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KUNDAN JYOTI

Bangalore

Summary

Commercial Excellence Manager at Alcon Laboratories India | Ex Novartis Field Force Operations | Ex HUL | Ex GlaxoSmithKline CH

Proven track record in Growth Strategies & implementing Go To Market strategies exposure to Pharma & Medical Devices, FMCG, Consumer Healthcare & Lifesciences consulting industries, having a total work experience of 12 years

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Commercial Excellence Manager

Alcon Laboratories India Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore
07.2023 - Current
  • Spearheaded the GTM Field Force expansion initiative (Salesforce of the Future 2025) for the Cataract business (Intra-Occular Lens & Cataract Surgical consumables) aligned with Global guidelines & organizations broader objective for the year to win against heightened competition
  • Demonstrated business partnership with the Commercial leaders in Go To Market restructuring & Capacity Optimization initiative for Contact Lens business unlocking growth by focused customer engagement at high potential accounts with increased market penetration
  • Led a Global campaign for India market to drive growth strategy by unlocking incremental IOL business on the Grow Segment Customers (High Market Potential but Low Market Share)
  • Closely collaborated with Brand & Marketing team & commercial leaders to build New Product Launch plans & Strategies & decide on KPIs determining pre & post launch metrics (Launch of a new Surgical Phaco-Vitreoretinal Device & advanced technology contact lens in premium segment)
  • Leading deployment of enhanced AI/ML capability that empowers medical reps with 360 degree customer view and data science backed recommendations to do effective pre call planning thereby making every call an Impactful Sales Call
  • Timely and accurate Customer Profiling & Segmentation ensuring principles & guidelines embedding new GTM strategies. Post segmentation analysis - Segment Change Impact Analysis vs Last Year, Call Capacity Analysis, Field Force Sizing, Segment refinement based on insights & Field priorities
  • Accurate, timely & efficient Quota To Payout process, Design & Suggest Sales Incentive Framework incorporating organization SIP guidelines & nuances of GTM changes.
  • Drove Strategies & Analytics in identifying potential opportunity for Surgical equipment business based on competition landscape study, aging of the device & Surgical Procedure profiling data
  • Partnering with Commercial & Brand team to accelerate growth in designing & implementing Campaigns & share campaign related insights
  • Leading & about to launch a new Account Planning Module that enables reps to do effective account planning (Account Objective, SWOT Analysis, Strategies & Tactics, Barriers, Stakeholders & Team member, Sales Plan) & dashboard showcasing metrics against the target.
  • Monthly present to the Country/Global Leadership team in MORs detailing about the strategies execution, Challenges & Support needed & Way forward

Manager, Field Force Operations

Novartis
Hyderabad
12.2021 - 07.2023
  • Driven the Patient Support Program by ensuring daily analytics on Patient Journey stages - Start Forms, Benefit Verification, Prior Authorization, Appeal, Triage
  • Build POC on Augmented Reality Platform powered with AI/ML technology - Analyze and suggest strategic content to the right customers in right time for a quality customer engagement
  • Ensure Master Data Management, timely closure of customer data change requests, lead CRM & MDM governance call to highlight achievements & risk areas

Asst. Manager, Centre Of Excellence

Hindustan Unilever Ltd.
04.2020 - 11.2021
  • End-to-end management and onboarding of Nutrition Portfolio on the B2B Order Management App (Shikhar), design banners and creative notifications, analyze metrics like CTA & CTR & enable commercial schemes to promote adoption of the app & demand generation
  • End-to-end SFE and sales analytics of Unilever Health Science (300+ field force).
  • Design the right KPIs for incentive compensation based on marketing priorities, manage and ensure the required dashboards and tracker development, align with business heads, HRBP, and finance, and roll out.
  • End-to-end management of the SFA tool (Phyzii), requirement gathering, development from the vendor, master management, user management, and BI reporting and validations.
  • Monthly, present to SLT the insights and analytics to discuss Progress, Risk & Opportunity, Support Required, and Action Items.

SFE Executive, Expert Marketing

GlaxosmithKline Consumer Healthcare
05.2016 - 03.2020
  • Providing analytical services in the area of sales force effectiveness includes: 1) Sample Management 2) Monthly Sales Analysis 3) Retail Chemist Prescription Audit 4) Segmentation & Targeting 5) Travelling and Training the Field Force
  • Effective implementation of Business Planning & SFA tool (Salesforce + Veeva) to ensure the regular tracking of doctors on their loyalty and potential attribute

Sr. Analyst

Aoh Hewitt
09.2015 - 05.2016
  • Lead HR Analytics projects for 10+ MNCs by publishing Engagement Surveys, Calculating Engagement Scores & Manager Scorecards based on RWA principles & recommendations and Action plans

Programmer Analyst

Cognizant Tech Sols.
04.2013 - 09.2015
  • Incentive Compensation, Goal setting, plan design, Scorecard and monitoring for the sales forces of a leading pharmaceutical firm in US
  • Developed dashboards, automation on Excel VBA & SQL to generate 100s to scorecards

Education

B.E. - Information Technology

Rajiv Gandhi Technical University
Bhopal

Higher Secondary School -

B.N. College
Patna

Secondary School -

St. Karens High School
Patna

Skills

  • Functional Skills - GTM Strategies & Framework, Growth Strategies, Brand & Campaign Management, Commercial Excellence & SFE, Data Analytics & Data driven Story Building
  • Industry Exposure - Pharma, Medical Device, FMCG, Consumer Healthcare, Life Sciences Consulting
  • Technical Skills - Advance Excel & VBA,SQL, Python, Alteryx, Business Intelligence & Visualization - Power BI, Tableau, Automation, Design PowerPoint Presentation & Story Building

Accomplishments

  • Alcon 2024 - Rewarded for the value "Speed, Ownership & Accountability" for demonstrating solution mindset & bring efficiency in Incentive process computation
  • Novartis - Multiple "Spirit Awards" for excellence in operations & process
  • HUL & GSKCH - Awarded for implementing entire incentive & SFE KPIs on Power BI dashboard

Affiliations

  • Painting
  • Listening to music & Playing Guitar
  • Cooking

Timeline

Commercial Excellence Manager

Alcon Laboratories India Pvt. Ltd.
07.2023 - Current

Manager, Field Force Operations

Novartis
12.2021 - 07.2023

Asst. Manager, Centre Of Excellence

Hindustan Unilever Ltd.
04.2020 - 11.2021

SFE Executive, Expert Marketing

GlaxosmithKline Consumer Healthcare
05.2016 - 03.2020

Sr. Analyst

Aoh Hewitt
09.2015 - 05.2016

Programmer Analyst

Cognizant Tech Sols.
04.2013 - 09.2015

B.E. - Information Technology

Rajiv Gandhi Technical University

Higher Secondary School -

B.N. College

Secondary School -

St. Karens High School
KUNDAN JYOTI