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Manikanta Puttarajaiah

Manikanta Puttarajaiah

BANGALORE

Summary

Talented State Head with 13 years of experience and successful career in planning, developing and executing events and initiatives to achieve maximum potential. Creative and highly strategic with excellent leadership and client relations abilities. Professional and outgoing with success in building relationships and attracting new clients.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

STATE HEAD

RETAILER SHAKTI (FLIPKART)
Bangalore
2023.04 - Current
  • Managing Area Managers
  • Analysis for price and deal structures in order to maximize revenue and profits and help to facilitate pricing best practices across the sales teams
  • Driving new business development through new accounts
  • Developing and mentoring new Sales Agents
  • Develop, forecasts and strategies to achieve sales at price levels to ensure profitability
  • Maximum utilization of available resources.
  • Promoted brand awareness by increasing market penetration across Bangalore markets.
  • Developed long-range plans for business growth, resulting in increase in annual sales.
  • Worked with senior management teams on short-term planning efforts that focused on improving operational efficiency.

ASSISTANT SALES MANAGER

NYKAA
Banagalore
2022.03 - 2023.04
  • Hired and built new teams across Karnataka
  • Ensuring maximum penetration of buyers
  • Develop and execute strategic market plan
  • Develop plans to increase sales
  • Analyse customer Purchase Sales and Inventory(PSI) report to make accurate monthly forecasts
  • Working with the team at ground level and with regular market visits to understand market needs and buyer requirements
  • Regularly travelled to the territory to maintain a connection with the market and identify opportunities for business growth
  • Ensuring every team member is productive and motivated
  • Data oriented and Data Driven
  • Ensuring month on month growth in all parameters
  • Monitored sales team performance and provided training to help reach targets.

AREA SALES MANAGER

Udaan
Bangalore
2020.03 - 2022.03
  • Successfully launched markets in various parts of Karnataka
  • Budget preparation follow up and adaptation to regional needs
  • Build strategic and tactical plans for driving volume growth in assigned area
  • Currently handling a team of 90+ Associates
  • Hold business plan reviews with sales and management teams
  • Have successfully planned and executed many pilot projects
  • Planning and executing monthly sales for stated
  • Follow-up customer inventory level
  • Ensure net sales performance
  • Preparation of space terms marketing calendar marketing support negotiations
  • Ability to analyse policies procedures and guidelines in a way that maximizes productivity but protects the level of risk desired
  • In-depth sales technique/sales coaching skills
  • Creating demand in the market.

BD MANAGER

OYO HOTELS AND HOMES PVT LTD
Bangalore
2019.10 - 2020.02
  • Identifying and finalizing new properties and for maintaining relationship with all stakeholders to run these properties profitably
  • Build a full-scale sales operation from the ground up
  • Implement strategic goals for acquiring new 5 start properties
  • Responsible for P&L driven decisions for the assigned area
  • Responsible for end-to-end business development of the assigned area; includes planning and building short-term and long-term supply
  • Cross-functional approach through coordination with multiple teams in inter and Intra geographies
  • Creating a balance in inventory growth and demand to ensure optimization
  • Proposes potential business deals by contacting potential partners; discovering and exploring opportunities
  • Making sure there is no churn affecting the profitability of the business
  • Continuous support to the operations team for healthy relationship with patrons
  • Demonstrated sales-focused approach to customer service continually achieving goals and expanding customer base.

SALES & OPERATION MANAGER

KOLOUR KONCEPTS, INTERATIONAL & TEXXSTYLES INTERNATIONAL
2015.01 - 2019.01
  • Work with Area Sales Manager on customer and prospect management and territory management
  • Create demand at the end user level
  • Analyze end user area sales monthly and propose market share development plans to management on a quarterly basis
  • Assist departmental management in identifying possible improvements in systems and procedures
  • Highly motivated with a strong customer focus and the ability to communicate effectively at all levels
  • Willing and capable to acquire a profound knowledge of the local culture political situation and business culture of the countries and its territory
  • Track record of influencing sales performance and profitability through expert knowledge
  • Excellent motivator and team builder able to form strong interpersonal relationships with sales team
  • Manage profitability of the account.

PLANNING & PURCHASE EXPERT

ITC
Bangalore
2011.01 - 2015.01
  • SAP Trained
  • A willingness to dive into technical environments and issues to manage and advocate products and projects
  • History of teamwork and willingness to roll up one's sleeves to get the job done
  • Analyze and develop solutions for business problems at their root stepping back to understand the broader context
  • Continuously evaluate and improve vendor systems and processes
  • Understand business objectives from various stakeholders and continually align your work with those objectives
  • Recognize and adopt best practices in vendor reporting and analysis
  • Knowledge of retail operational and marketing principles
  • Establish product vision business goals and product road map according to retail priorities
  • Handle trade-offs between cost time to market estimated return on investment and ensure strategic alignment across multiple teams
  • And to ensure successful delivery of set features to production that meet both internal and external customer needs
  • Work as a part of a highly collaborative cross-functional team to oversee the planning development and design of strategy from product initiation decision through the end of the product life cycle
  • Present strategy progress and product feature to internal partners at a senior level.

ASSOCIATE FINANCE SERVICE MANAGER

ICICI BANK LTD
Bangalore
2010.06 - 2011.01
  • Started my Professional career with ICICI Bank Ltd after the completion of MBA in Finance and Accounting
  • Started with great bench mark with ICICI
  • Achieved targets continuously for Three quarters
  • Providing Investment plans for High network clients
  • Helping Tax planning for clients
  • Handling their Investment plans according to their needs
  • Training the whole team about products and services
  • Helping the whole team to achieve their targets
  • Handling all Contingent Fund in the Office.

Education

MBA - Banking And Finance

Reva Institute of Technology & Management
Bangalore, Karnataka
2010-08

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT - Finance

Shehsadripuram College
Bangalore, Karnataka
2008-08

Associate of Arts - Business Administration

Sheshadripuram College Bangalore University
Bangalore, Karnataka
2005-04

High School Diploma -

Florence
Bangalore, Karnataka
2003-04

Skills

  • Innovative and Visionary
  • Balanced Work Ethic
  • Defining Company Vision
  • Client Relationship Building
  • Negotiation
  • Policy Development
  • Analytical and Critical Thinker
  • Budget Planning
  • Operational Analysis
  • Management Team Leadership
  • Sales Growth
  • Quality Control Planning
  • Approachable Leader

Timeline

STATE HEAD

RETAILER SHAKTI (FLIPKART)
2023.04 - Current

ASSISTANT SALES MANAGER

NYKAA
2022.03 - 2023.04

AREA SALES MANAGER

Udaan
2020.03 - 2022.03

BD MANAGER

OYO HOTELS AND HOMES PVT LTD
2019.10 - 2020.02

SALES & OPERATION MANAGER

KOLOUR KONCEPTS, INTERATIONAL & TEXXSTYLES INTERNATIONAL
2015.01 - 2019.01

PLANNING & PURCHASE EXPERT

ITC
2011.01 - 2015.01

ASSOCIATE FINANCE SERVICE MANAGER

ICICI BANK LTD
2010.06 - 2011.01

MBA - Banking And Finance

Reva Institute of Technology & Management

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT - Finance

Shehsadripuram College

Associate of Arts - Business Administration

Sheshadripuram College Bangalore University

High School Diploma -

Florence
Manikanta Puttarajaiah