Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Achievements
Milestones/Achievements
Certification
Software
References
Timeline
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Lenson  Dsouza

Lenson Dsouza

Senior Product Associate
Bengaluru,AND

Summary

Senior Product Associate with over 5 years of successful experience in Product Management. Recognized consistently for performance excellence and contributions to success in Pharmaceutical industry.

Overview

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Certification
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years of post-secondary education
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6
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Product Associate

The Himalaya Drug Company
Bangalore, Karnataka
10.2016 - Current
  • Assisting Product manager in developing marketing strategies to build brands, to develop the quarterly marketing strategies, Brand wise plans.
  • Developed literatures, Planning and Designing promotional material / tools to support the sales / marketing objectives. Also preparing the digital communications for product and sales related topics as part of the strategy.
  • Monitored market trends and competitor performance. Analyzed gaps to update promotional strategies & maximize sales.
  • Analysis of the monthly sales, product wise achievement, overall target vs achievement based on which, developing the strategies to assist the sales force for effective selling.
  • Training to the field staff on regular basis on technical aspects of product and soft skill developments.
  • Conducted customer meetings, campaigns and participating in the trade shows and exhibitions to increase the market presence and create awareness of the products amongst the customer groups.
  • Market Visits to understand the market needs and carry out the market survey for target market and competitor survey for brand building and implementation of marketing strategies.
  • Collaboration and Coordination with Inter departments like FRnD, Packaging, production, Distribution and E sourcing for various product related activities.
  • Developed newsletters and other informative materials to reach maximum customer base.
  • Developed product documentation to communicate and align key components of upcoming features and products to internal teams.

Assistant Product Manager

Meditek India
Managalore, Karnataka
06.2015 - 09.2016
  • Established, initiated and optimized business development strategies based on company targets, product specifications, market data and budget factors.
  • Increased Product sales and brand exposure by developing new packaging, collateral, and sales materials and optimizing target audience reach.
  • Captured new customers by optimizing business strategies and launching products to diversify offerings.
  • Evaluated consumer preferences and behaviors, combined with market trends and historical data, to adjust and enhance campaigns.
  • Orchestrated launch for two new products to expand market share and generate revenue.
  • Built and strengthened strategic relationships with vendors, advertising agencies and leading partners.
  • Enhanced profitability to achieve marketing objectives and drive productivity and growth from concept to implementation.

Education

MBA - Marketing

Jain University
Bangalore
08.2019 - Current

Master of Pharmacy - Pharmaceutical Sciences

NGSM Institute Of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Mangalore
08.2013 - 07.2015

Bachelor of Pharmacy - Pharmaceutical Sciences

NGSM Instituteof Pharmaceutical Sciences
Mangalore
08.2009 - 06.2013

Skills

Brand building

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Achievements

  • Promoted as Senior Product Associate within two years of tenure in The Himalaya Drug Company.
  • Successful planning and execution of 'Himalaya Bandhan' marketing campaign at the customer level for the first time in the industry that resulted in 40% growth of the segment.
  • Successfully launched product 'Transet MF' a tranexamic & mafenamic acid combination in Gynec segment that added additional revenue of 30% in the launch month.
  • Launched product ‘HimROP Plus’, uterine tonic that clocked a sale of 1 cr. in the launch month.
  • Launched a newsletter-Vet Info H & All About Pets exclusively for the Veterinary doctors & Pet Parents.

Milestones/Achievements

A) Qualified GPAT (Graduate Pharmacy AptitudeTest) in 2013- All India entrance examination with rank of 3551.

B) Paper Publication & Presentation

1. Simultaneous Estimation of Famotidine and Rabeprazole sodium: method development and validation by UV- spectrophotometric method

International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Impact factor: 0.512.

Indexed in Scopus and Elsevier

2. Bilayer Film Type of Unfolding Drug Delivery System for the Dual Release of Proton Pump Inhibitor and H2 Receptor Antagonist

Asian Journal of Pharmaceutics

Impact factor: 0.460

Indexed in Thomas Reuters (Web of Science)

3. Development and in-vitro evaluation of PVA-Chitosan based Gastro-Retentive unfolding film type drug delivery system of famotidine

66th Indian pharmaceutical Congress, 2015.Hyderabad

Certification

WIPO- Distance learning course on Intellectual Propert Rights

Software

Microsoft Office

References

Dr. Abhishek Adsul

Product manager-Livestock

Virbac India

Ph: +918879962120

Ms. Avril Mathias

Associate Professor

MVM College of Pharmacy

Bengaluru-8050569516

Timeline

MBA - Marketing

Jain University
08.2019 - Current

Senior Product Associate

The Himalaya Drug Company
10.2016 - Current

Assistant Product Manager

Meditek India
06.2015 - 09.2016

WIPO- Distance learning course on Intellectual Propert Rights

03-2014

Master of Pharmacy - Pharmaceutical Sciences

NGSM Institute Of Pharmaceutical Sciences
08.2013 - 07.2015

Bachelor of Pharmacy - Pharmaceutical Sciences

NGSM Instituteof Pharmaceutical Sciences
08.2009 - 06.2013

Declaration

Declaration

I hereby declare that, the information provided above is true with required documentations.

Lenson Dsouza

Lenson DsouzaSenior Product Associate