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JAYA PRAKASH LAGISHETTY

JAYA PRAKASH LAGISHETTY

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PERSONAL SUMMARY A highly accomplished and well-connected Global sales professional with proven track record in IT Sales, SAAS & Large account Management. Demonstrating exceptional leadership skills, I have successfully led and motivated sales teams to achieve peak performance. With an unwavering commitment to excellence I have consistently achieved sales targets and optimized profitability all while delivering unparalleled customer experiences PERSONAL SYNOPSIS A dynamic IT professional with 14+ years of experience in IT Sales, Cloud, Business Development, Services, IOT, & Large account Management and International exposure Adept at creating innovative sales strategies that drive customer satisfaction and loyalty Hands on experience in charting out sales strategies, enhancing business volume & growth, achieving revenue and profitability objectives Excellent communication & interpersonal skills demonstrated by leadership quality and ability to work with team of diverse background. . Resourceful, committed, versatile, decisive and adaptive in nature along with excellent analytical skills I’m a keen planner and strategist with demonstrated abilities in devising marketing activities, Sales, execution and accelerating business growth. Exposure in handling all sales calls, analyzing market trends & establishing healthy & prolonged business relations with customers SAAS ^ Cloud ^ Enterprise ^Strategy ^ Acquisition^ Solutions ^ Telecom KEY HIGHLIGHTS Interact with C-suite executives like CEO,CIO and CTOs of the organization. Adept at mapping client requirement, custom Designing solutions and acting as an escalation gate to resolve any issues related to product or services Instrumental in service delivery functions; meeting deadlines without compromising quality norms and adhering to SLAs. Built strong relationships with Enterprise customers and gained proficiency in selling data , SMS and voice services across territories. Key contributor for driving financial sales growth of more than 20% across clusters. Increased the acquisition traction manifold and grew the overall business in excess of 30% YOY. AREAS OF EXPERTICE Customer Growth & consultative selling: Successfully grew the revenue share from the existing customers by providing trusted advisory services and employing consultative selling techniques Achieved a 2.5X increase in the revenue share within 12 months, exceeding the target and demonstrating a strong ability to drive revenue growth Digital Innovation office setup : Established a digital innovation office for customers, leveraging in depth Industry knowledge to navigate and implement digital transformation trends Utilized insights into changing industry dynamics to create an Innovation hub that enabled customers to adopt cutting edge digital strategies Integrated Solution delivery: Collaborated cross functionally within the organization to architect and deliver integrated digital solutions , resulting in successful acquisition of new business deals Orchestrated seamlessness alignment across various departments to ensure comprehensive and effective solution delivery Customer engagement and value demonstration: Led customer engagement efforts and consistently showcased the value proposition of companies offerings in monthly and quarterly business meetings Skillfully communicated the benefits of solutions, fostering stronger client relationships and reinforcing the company commitment to customer success Stakeholder relationship building: Established and nurtured connections with key decision makers and influencers, cultivating deeper relationships that facilitated business growth and collaboration. Client Partnering and Advisory role : Exhibits experience in engaging with CIOs/CTOs as a client partner, functioning in an advisory capacity to address critical business challenges. Leadership in ERP Transformation: Demonstrates proficiency in leading large ERP transformation programs, showcasing the ability to oversee complex initiatives with significant organizational impact Large Deal Construction and execution: Successfully constructed and executed deals exceeding $10 million, highlighting adeptness in handling substantial business negotiations Account Growth Expertise: Proven ability in growing existing accounts, leveraging strategic insights and relationship-building skills to drive revenue expansion Digital Transformation Leadership: Experience in delivering Digital Transformation engagements to customers, encompassing areas such as Cloud, Digital Assurance, Process Automation, and Data Transformation Executive Engagement and Analyst Interaction : Displays an aptitude for engaging with top global executives and industry analysts, including Gartner and IDC, to communicate industry perspectives and insights. Partner Collaboration: Collabarates effectively with IT OEMs and partners such as Oracle, Salesforce, and AWS, contributing to joint go-to-market strategies Problem solving and Team collaboration: Passionate about problem-solving for customers and adept at collaborating with diverse teams to achieve impactful results Market Intelligence: Conducting detailed market study to analyze the latest market trends and tracking competitor activities and providing valuable inputs for fine tuning the selling and the marketing strategies. Supply Chain Management: Handling the functioning of processes, identifying improvement areas and implementing adequate measures to maximize customer satisfaction level. Mapping client’s requirements and coordinating in developing and implementing processes in line with the guidelines specified by the client and regional offices. POSITIVE TRAITS Presentation skills Positive & Lateral Thinking Good Listening & negotiation skills Friendly nature Self Motivated On time good decision maker SUMMARY: Strong communication and business skills, coupled with apt time management, organizational, presentation and interpersonal skills. A patient listener, keen observer with a penchant for innovation and creativity Good organizer and motivator. Experience in implementing various Quality Improvements Projects for continual improvements in the services Performance-oriented Sales Leader offering exceptional record of achievement over 15 year career. Tenacious manager with strategic and analytical approach to solving problems, bringing in customers and accomplishing profit targets. Talented in identifying and capitalizing on emerging market trends and revenue opportunities.

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Work History

Sr. Sales Manager

Cloud4C
02.2023 - Current
  • Cloud4C is the world’s leading automation-driven, application-focused cloud managed services provider
  • It specialized in managing mission-critical workloads for large enterprises with stringent compliance requirements
  • Identify potential customers and understand their businesses, challenges and technology needs
  • Develop a compelling value proposition that highlights the unique benefits and advantages of the business
  • Attend Industry events, conferences and networks to reach out to key decision makers and influencers.

Sr. Sales Manager

Knowlarity Communications
08.2021 - 03.2023
  • Knowlarity is into business communication with AI enabled Cloud telephony
  • It is the largest provider of cloud based communications solutions to businesses
  • As a regional manager position Knowlarity as the preferred cloud telephony partner to the enterprise by using thought leadership/industry insights/creative thinking and drive new business opportunities
  • Deliver the sales and revenue numbers as per the agreed business plan
  • To develop account plan for the large enterprise set of accounts
  • To have account level P&L ownership
  • Market analysis on the startup companies and positioning company’s portfolio
  • Successfully expanded the market share by 20% in the APC region through strategic partnerships and focused business development efforts
  • Orchestrated webinars and though leadership events , positioning Knowlarity a s arecognized leader in AI enabled cloud telephony & Communication
  • Nurtured Key client relationships ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction and fostering long term loyality and repeat business

AVP – Evolgence Telecom Systems Pvt Ltd
08.2018 - 08.2021
  • Evolgence offers enterprise communication and collaboration platform on mobile
  • Spear On is designed to eliminate silo systems and enhance the productivity of the sales, collections, operations and services aspects of business by leveraging the power of collaborative connect
  • Bring in New opportunities, strategic Planning, Marketing & Sales
  • Discover new collaboration for Evolgence Telecom Product ideas & Enhancement
  • Develop and manage a pipeline of new business opportunities and initiatives that provided strong revenue and
  • Profitable growth for the business from Enterprise Accounts
  • Handling services business unit for Hyd region, Develop and manage a pipeline of new business opportunities and
  • Initiatives that provided strong revenue and profitable growth for the business from Enterprise Accounts.

Business Manager

BHARTI AIRTEL
12.2016 - 09.2018
  • Handling large enterprises for spearheading company’s incursion into Communication & Connectivity, Data Center, Cloud, IOT , System Integration, and Security Solutions
  • Managing channel partners & mentoring sales executives on smooth execution of voice services
  • Building strong relationships at C-level, presenting business value creation and helping customers by co-creating solutions
  • Key accounts handled : Microsoft, Google, facebook, IVY, HSBC
  • Increasing revenue growth >30%
  • Instrumental in retaining 100% customer base & consistently exceeding AOP's 120%
  • Developing short term and long term strategic road maps to increase market footprint >50%
  • Added more than 30 Key accounts generating revenue of more than 50Mn wrt Managed Sales & Distribution of data connectivity products like ILL,MPLS,IPLC,VAS

NATIONAL ACCOUNT MANAGER

Idea Cellular Limited
08.2011 - 05.2016
  • Team member of the national enterprise team of Idea handling about 300 national accounts
  • Account management i.e
  • Hunting and farming of accounts by maintain good relationship with existing clients and cracking new accounts by empanelling and participating in RFPs/Tenders
  • Key Achievements:
  • Empanelled Idea with Google, HSBC, SBI as a Pan India vendor for Mobility and Data Services which fetched a revenue of 5.5 million/month which is the biggest order of national enterprise business for Idea till date
  • Have been awarded the NAM for the best all-round performance for FY 13-14

Sales Manager

SatNav Technologies Pvt Ltd
05.2007 - 07.2011
  • SatNav Technologies is a Hyderabad based IT Products Company
  • SatNav is pioneer of GPS navigation in India, and it is India’s largest GPS Company which has various solutions for navigation and IT Solutions and Services
  • Worked with SatNav technologies, and played a role of Regional Head for AP & Western Region
  • Setting up complete sales operations & managing strategic alliances with partners
  • Responsible for Managing the pre and post-sales processes through reporting team members
  • Managing and motivating teams for running successful Sales operations & extensive experience in implementing procedures, service standards & operational policies for business excellence
  • Appointing new channels and increasing the count of outlets present which hold the stock of Satnav
  • Coordinating with Marketing team for Corporate Tie-ups etc promotional & brand visibility programs & events
  • Taking care of PAN India Distribution & Dealer segments
  • Handled the 50+ Sales executives and brand staff
  • Recognized as the best Strategy & Planning Manager in IDEA Cellular
  • Five times received the best employee of the Organization in SatNav
  • Only employee to receive 250% PLI 4 times in Satnav
  • Provided innovative and creative solutions to SBI, NFCL, Deliotte, Iconcept
  • Achieved and exceeded Quarter on Quarter Sales and annual targets
  • Built a large offshore team from 0 to 35 in a year
  • Appointed National wide Distributor Grass Impex and regional distributors in TN, KK, Gujrat, WestBengal , Pune, Mumbai and Ahmedabad
  • On boarded new logos Google, Deliotte, SBI, HSBC, ICICI, Axis Bank & Microsoft
  • Streamlined the process to achieve 50% improvement in turnaround time
  • Reduced the expenses by 35% by effective controls
  • Grew sales and boosted profits, applying proactive management strategies and enhancing sales training.
  • Attended industry shows, conventions, and other meetings with primary mission of expanding market opportunities.
  • Closed lucrative sales deals using strong negotiation and persuasion skills.
  • Exceeded sales quotas and increased profitability through effective sales strategy and business planning.

Education

M.B.A - Marketing and Systems

Osmania University

B.Sc. - Computer Science

Osmania University

Skills

    Business growth and retention

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Timeline

Sr. Sales Manager

Cloud4C
02.2023 - Current

Sr. Sales Manager

Knowlarity Communications
08.2021 - 03.2023

AVP – Evolgence Telecom Systems Pvt Ltd
08.2018 - 08.2021

Business Manager

BHARTI AIRTEL
12.2016 - 09.2018

NATIONAL ACCOUNT MANAGER

Idea Cellular Limited
08.2011 - 05.2016

Sales Manager

SatNav Technologies Pvt Ltd
05.2007 - 07.2011

M.B.A - Marketing and Systems

Osmania University

B.Sc. - Computer Science

Osmania University
JAYA PRAKASH LAGISHETTY