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Kunal Soni

Kunal Soni

Sales
Pune

Summary

Profile Overview A Dynamic Sales & Marketing professional with more than 16 years of cross-functional experience in Sales and Strategy Formulation using Market Research with well-known organizations viz Diamond Water Park & Adventure park ,Oxford Golf Resort, Corinthians Resorts, DAMAC Properties Dubai, IDS Reznext Bangalore, Royal Orchid & Sheraton - Starwood Properties, SK Oil Fields Specialization: Commercial/ Residential Property sale, MICE Segment, Software Sales, Channel Manager, Revenue Management, Rate Shopping Social Media Management, Restaurants promotion, Online Reputation Management (ORM), Research, Writing, Business Development. Hotels Corporate Sales and Marketing. A Dynamic professional with more than 11 years of cross functional Experience in Sales, Marketing and Strategy Formulation Using Customer Insights. A proactive team player with expertise in Marketing Management, Business Intelligence, Market Research and Strategic Planning. Good on people skills, strong on managing through influence, strong project management with effective time and cost management, team building and revenue maximization skills. Demonstrated relationship management skills coupled with good customer handling skills and communication abilities. Sound knowledge and understanding of integrated Marketing communication tools and market research techniques. Highly communicative team player who motivates and Mentored people at all level. Achievements: Achieving Sales Targets and implementing initiatives that improve business processes and Profitability in UAE & Middle East. Increased sales revenue for the 2014–16 financial year Launched successful promotional activities in India to improve companies overall growth and brand awareness Was part of Road shows in India which generated substantial revenue.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Assistant General Manager – SALES

Xanadu Realty Pvt Ltd
PUNE
08.2022 - Current
  • Manage resources, sales process and enablers, operations, and business development activities to achieve intended business objectives for assigned real estate project - Leading diverse sales teams, pipeline management, tracking and reporting all forecasts and sales activities
  • Identify, hire and lead sales teams required to support Yearly sales targets - Actively participate in the development of the \
  • Company's strategic plan, partner with other members of senior management to establish and achieve goals expansion and profitability
  • Analyze performance data to help determine growing and declining sales areas - Track and maintain knowledge of industry and competitor trends, strategies, and approaches
  • Demonstrate and maintain a proactive, high energy, collaborative, and ethical management style ACHIEVEMENTS – Kumar fire works – Hadapsar- – 18 Booking per month – 22Cr – every Month.

Sr. Sales & Marketing manager

Diamond water Park
Pune
08.2021 - 08.2022
  • Primary responsibility is to bring Water Park and adventure park, Business
  • Handling portfolio of Corporate Sales for Pune and MIDC areas and around Pune
  • Daily activity includes Sales Calls to Corporate Offices, Travel Houses, and Event companies
  • Designing and developing various Packages for Corporate Event companies depending on the seasonal variations and demands
  • Conducting Sales Blitz’s to at regular intervals to ensure complete area coverage and identify new potential accounts
  • Executing a business plan and implementing the same within targeted timescales and budgets
  • Achieving sales budget in terms of no of contracting done for Halo kitchen subscriptions and banqueting
  • Identifying and exploring new markets to enhance penetration and tap business opportunities
  • Handling team of 6 personnel
  • Designing packages for B2C, B2B
  • Taking care of 05 profit centers for the company, Entrainment, FNB, Events, Banquets, Accommodation,
  • Conducting Sales Blitz’s to at regular intervals to ensure complete area coverage and identify new potential accounts
  • Executing a business plan and implementing the same within targeted timescales and budgets
  • Achieving sales budget in terms of no of Pax as well as Revenue
  • Contracting with corporate for yearly subscription of FnB ODC packages.

Sr. Sales & Marketing manager

Oxford Golf Resort
Pune
09.2018 - 11.2021
  • Primary responsibility is to bring rooms, Banquet business to the Hotel
  • Handling portfolio of Corporate Sales for Pune and MIDC areas around Pune
  • Daily activity includes Sales Calls to Corporate Offices, Travel Houses and associations
  • Designing and developing various Packages for Corporate/Travel Agents depending on the seasonal variations and demands
  • Conducting Sales Blitz’s to at regular intervals to ensure complete area coverage and identify new potential accounts
  • Executing a business plan and implementing the same within targeted timescales and budgets
  • Achieving sales budget in terms of Room Nights as well as Revenue
  • Identifying and exploring new markets to enhance penetration and tap business opportunities
  • Job responsibility also includes, maintaining database obtaining competition information and promotion of various events of the hotels
  • Monitored and analyzed market trends

Sales Manager

Corinthians Resorts
Pune
03.2016 - 08.2018
  • Daily activity includes Sales Calls to Corporate Offices, Signing new RFPs
  • Designing and developing various Packages for Corporate Agents depending on the seasonal variations and demands
  • Conducting Sales Blitz’s to at regular intervals to ensure complete area coverage and identify new potential accounts
  • Executing a business plan and implementing the same within targeted timescales and budgets
  • Achieving sales budget in terms of Room Nights as well as Revenue
  • Identifying and exploring new markets to enhance penetration and tap business opportunities
  • Job responsibility also includes, maintaining database obtaining competition information and promotion of various events of the hotels
  • Monitored and analyzed market trends

Manager Sales

DAMAC Properties & DAMAC Maison Hotels LLC
11.2014 - 01.2016
  • Selling commercial properties to high value costumers, commercial, Villas, Hotel apartments, Service
  • Apartments, Condominiums, Apartments, Recruiting agents, Training them, going on joint Calls
  • Attend to daily sales enquires, Understanding a client’s budget by asking relevant questions, offering a price, negotiating around it & recording the deal
  • Explain the client the benefits on this investment like rental income, appreciation on investment, key features of project, location by giving proper presentation in office
  • Explained the benefits of buying a property using features, statistics and Site visits to potential clients
  • Advise client on market condition, price, Mortgages options,
  • Involved in identifying potential end customers via promotional stands, road shows and trade shows
  • Maintained, tracked and reported all market related information about our competition in terms of new products, prices, activities, strategies to the team
  • Built relationship with clients that transcended into a consultation process, and revenue for the company
  • Organized a structured database of clients and properties sold, in order to use this data and statistics for forecasting revenue for later months
  • Maintain regular relations ship with channel partners
  • Develop new channel partners through Referrals and Follow ups with existing on regular basis.

Territory manager

Ids Reznext global solutions Pvt Ltd
05.2013 - 10.2014
  • Hotel and restaurant contracting, Responsible for Digital Marketing for Ids Reznext global solutions-
  • Real time Distribution technology
  • Contracting with hotel across Maharashtra for Ids reznext for two way connectivity for traditional channels Like Online travel agents ie Make my trip, Clear trip trip advisor etc and for Nontraditional Channels web sites like Airtel, Flipchart, Irctc and for Channel Manager
  • Contracting for products like Revenue management system, Rooms tonight
  • Mobile application, Reputation management ie trust you,
  • Web booking engine, Rate shopper, Campaign Management, Business
  • Intelligence, GDS Connect, E CRM
  • Coverage and identify new potential accounts
  • Identifying and exploring new markets to enhance penetration and tap
  • Business opportunities
  • Achieving sales budget in terms of Contracting with the clients.

Assistant Manager

Royal Orchid
Pune
05.2012 - 04.2013
  • Part of unit set up for Royal Orchid in Mumbai
  • Primary responsibility is to bring rooms business to the Hotel
  • Handling portfolio of Corporate Sales for Pune and MIDC areas around pune
  • Daily activity includes Sales Calls to Corporate Offices, Travel Houses and associations
  • Signing new RFPs
  • Designing and developing various Packages for Corporate/Travel Agents depending on the seasonal
  • Variations and demands
  • Conducting Sales Blitz’s to at regular intervals to ensure complete area coverage and identify new potential accounts
  • Executing a business plan and implementing the same within targeted timescales and budgets
  • Achieving sales budget in terms of Room Nights as well as Revenue
  • Identifying and exploring new markets to enhance penetration and tap business opportunities
  • Job responsibility also includes, maintaining database obtaining competition information and promotion of various events of the hotels
  • Monitored and analyzed market trends

Assistant Manager

Sheraton Hotels, Starwood’s group of Hotels
01.2011 - 04.2012
  • Part of Regional set up for Sheraton Udaipur Palace Resort & Spa in Mumbai
  • Primary responsibility is to bring rooms and banquet business to the Hotel
  • Handling portfolio of Corporate Sales for South of Mumbai and Pune
  • Daily activity includes Sales Calls to Corporate Offices, Travel Houses and associations
  • Designing and developing various Packages for Corporate/Travel Agents depending on the seasonal variations and demands
  • Conducting Sales Blitz’s to at regular intervals to ensure complete area coverage and identify new potential
  • Accounts
  • Executing a business plan and implementing the same within targeted timescales and budgets.

YTC group of hotels
12.2009 - 06.2010
  • Worked as a part of team in lee Venda Cafe
  • Managed the Cafe work team by gave inputs for handling systems efficiently
  • Plan and carry out Cafes activities
  • Maintain and develop existing and new customers
  • Ensure and maintain minimum funnel goal are met or exceeded
  • Communicate effectively with customers, superiors and other Company personnel
  • Identifying key customer needs through database
  • Involving in all aspects of Cafe
  • Planning and Organizing Supply
  • Customer Satisfaction
  • Going for sales calls to promote the restaurant
  • Banquet Sales

Assistant Manager

Supreme Group Services
Mumbai
03.2006 - 03.2009
  • Interacting with ONGC on regular bases
  • Planning daily program and making arrangement on behalf of the company
  • Implementing Programmes, Supplying IT Products.
  • Communicated with target audiences and managed customer relationships
  • Achieve or exceed monthly revenue targets
  • Provided communication support to the management
  • Monitored competitor activity.
  • Act on Market development, brand promotion, agency management and research traditional channels agencies, Institutions

Sales Executive

S
Mumbai
10.2003 - 10.2005
  • Operations, Business Development, Compiling daily and monthly reports
  • Assisted in all marketing and promotion activities
  • Supported the marketing manager and other colleagues
  • Evaluated marketing campaigns
  • Assisted in all marketing and promotional activities.

Education

Bachelors of Economics - undefined

Mumbai University
01.2000 - 1 2003

PG Diploma - Tourism & Hospitality

BMS Bangalore &Nan yang institute of management
01.2009 - 1 2011

Skills

Computer Skillsundefined

Timeline

Assistant General Manager – SALES

Xanadu Realty Pvt Ltd
08.2022 - Current

Sr. Sales & Marketing manager

Diamond water Park
08.2021 - 08.2022

Sr. Sales & Marketing manager

Oxford Golf Resort
09.2018 - 11.2021

Sales Manager

Corinthians Resorts
03.2016 - 08.2018

Manager Sales

DAMAC Properties & DAMAC Maison Hotels LLC
11.2014 - 01.2016

Territory manager

Ids Reznext global solutions Pvt Ltd
05.2013 - 10.2014

Assistant Manager

Royal Orchid
05.2012 - 04.2013

Assistant Manager

Sheraton Hotels, Starwood’s group of Hotels
01.2011 - 04.2012

YTC group of hotels
12.2009 - 06.2010

PG Diploma - Tourism & Hospitality

BMS Bangalore &Nan yang institute of management
01.2009 - 1 2011

Assistant Manager

Supreme Group Services
03.2006 - 03.2009

Sales Executive

S
10.2003 - 10.2005

Bachelors of Economics - undefined

Mumbai University
01.2000 - 1 2003
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