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KUSHANK VORA

Summary

Confident Professional successful at increasing monthly revenue using insightful marketing strategies and aggressive product development. Skilled at understanding customer and employee requests and meeting needs. Furthers success by strengthening staff training, streamlining internal systems and facilitating sales techniques. Collaborative Key Account Manager with demonstrated success in relationship building, negotiating and developing new business within targeted and assigned accounts. Strong analytic, quantitative and technical aptitude with great attention to detail. Self-motivated, driven and adaptable with proven track record of exceeding goals.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Key Account Manager

HT Media
11.2023 - Current

• Handling Team of Account Managers • Client Acquisition & Retention, Business Expansion and Business Consulting for Enterprise & Corporate Clients. • Customer Account Management • Identifying and building alliances with corporate business partners/ agencies representing such corporate houses. • Business Development - New Client Acquisition and Retention • Continuously collate competitive data and business intelligence, monitor competitive offerings, and give their inputs to help reposition/ redesign/ introduce offerings..

  • Mentored junior account managers in best practices for managing key accounts efficiently and effectively.
  • Conducted regular account reviews to monitor progress, identify opportunities, and address concerns.
  • Implemented account plans to enhance customer retention and optimize business potential.

Senior Manager - Business Development

upGrad
4 2023 - 11.2023
  • Hired and evaluated associates and management staff to add to workforce and meet demands.
  • Provided organisational leadership and established business vision to achieve sales, profit and revenue goals.
  • Trained and mentored high-performing team through regular performance reviews, individual feedback and professional coaching.
  • Oversaw employee recognition programme to encourage professional development and high performance.

Manager - Business Development

upGrad
01.2021 - 03.2023
  • Handle team of 14 Councillor's, who are responsible to interact with Learner's looking for an Opportunity in Software Domain i.e
  • Cyber Security, Full Stack, Cloud Computing etc.
  • Surpassed sales and customer service targets, consistently exceeding established KPIs.
  • Prepared reports and presentations detailing business development activities and outlining new initiatives.
  • Identified cross-selling opportunities through ongoing customer needs analysis.

Admission Counselor

upGrad
06.2020 - 12.2020
  • Responsible to manage & convert leads for versatile upGrad programs which are in collaboration with renowned
  • Universities/Institutes such as IIITB, NIMMS, IMT Ghaziabad, Dakin
  • Business School, IITM LiverpoolBusiness School, MICA
  • Providing in-depth information to prospective learners, this includes counselling through phone, email, chat and social media
  • Identifying references through the existing customer base to increase the sales pipeline
  • Details pertaining to lead discussions & conversion should be updated real-time on CRM (Salesforce, Leadsquarred, Ameyo ) software Responsible for adherence of the inside sales process, tools and data management
  • Meet and overachieve the given weekly, monthly and quarterly target in terms of revenue as well as number of enrolments
  • Handle
  • Objections and Price Negotiation in order to generate Sales
  • Revenue
  • Maintain effective communication till the time learner is onboarded
  • Maintained up-to-date knowledge of sales strategies and product offerings leading to INR 1,67,00,000 in incremental up-sell revenue against a Target of INR 85,00,000

Career Development Officer

Jaro Education
09.2019 - 06.2020
  • Responsible to manage & convert leads for Welingkar Institute ,
  • GNIMS University , Alliance University for their Executive and
  • Part Time MBA courses for Working Pro
  • Achieving enrolment targets (End to End Sales)
  • Lead generation through cold calling
  • Meeting & Counselling prospective students (mostly working executives in various industries)
  • Maintained up-to-date knowledge of sales strategies and product offerings leading to 54 Enrolment against Target of 40 Enrolment.

Senior CSA

Firstsource LTD
05.2013 - 01.2019
  • Dealing with queries and Technical issues of customer's of SKY - one of the leading Television and Broadband provider in United
  • Kingdom
  • Dealing with Inbound Calls and providing Technical support to the customer's and further upselling them various Products of Sky that
  • Customer's can Benefit from ( Broadband, TV upgrade , Talk package etc.)
  • Maintained up-to-date knowledge of sales strategies and product offerings leading to £ 200,000 in incremental up-sell revenue

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration - Business Administration

Madurai Kamaraj University

H.S.C - Science

GMES High School and Junior College

S.S.C -

St Thomas High School and Junior College

Skills

Negotiation

Accomplishments

  • Received CEO Award as an Overachieving Manager FY 22-23
  • Recognised by management for Articulation projects delivering outstanding 2x Growth in Revenue.

Timeline

Key Account Manager

HT Media
11.2023 - Current

Manager - Business Development

upGrad
01.2021 - 03.2023

Admission Counselor

upGrad
06.2020 - 12.2020

Career Development Officer

Jaro Education
09.2019 - 06.2020

Senior CSA

Firstsource LTD
05.2013 - 01.2019

Senior Manager - Business Development

upGrad
4 2023 - 11.2023

Bachelor of Business Administration - Business Administration

Madurai Kamaraj University

H.S.C - Science

GMES High School and Junior College

S.S.C -

St Thomas High School and Junior College
KUSHANK VORA