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PANKAJ PANDAY

PANKAJ PANDAY

Business Manager
Vasundhara Enclave

Summary

Astute professional offering 16 years in-depth experience in Information Technology & Telecom domain, currently spearheading efforts as Business Manager (National Product Manager) with Savex Technologies .

Adept communicator skilled in engaging clients and partners, proposing practical solutions, fostering strong relationships to secure repeat business, and ensuring the high-quality delivery of products. Demonstrates effective strategic leadership, coordinating seamlessly with various stakeholders to facilitate market offerings and project execution within defined parameters.

Collaborative leader dedicated to fostering an engaged and empowering work culture, with documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships across diverse stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced environments.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Business Manager-National ( IT & Services)

Savex Technologies Pvt Ltd
03.2022 - Current
  • Responsible for the complete profitability of SAAS and Security product Portfolio. SAAS product include Customer Experience & Employee Experience product like Freshworks, Zoho & Security product include Kaspersky.
  • As a Product/Business Manager managing the regional Cloud Sales team , Pre-Sales, Digital Marketing & Inside Sales team across India.
  • GTM planning, Market Segmentation, Digital Marketing activities for lead generation, partner onboarding, and vendor management.
  • Anticipated financial impact from operational issues and worked with leadership to develop solutions.
  • Assisted with hiring process and training of new employees.
  • Enhanced and redefined organizational structure to maintain competitive edge across territories.
  • Supported business management projects by monitoring and tracking risks, issues and action items.
  • Researched industry and marketplace trends to enhance sales techniques and meet customer needs.
  • Cultivated and strengthened lasting client relationships using strong issue resolution and dynamic communication skills.
  • Updated and resolved incidents and managed accessorial charges objectively while maximizing profit.
  • Implemented business strategies, increasing revenue and effectively targeting new markets.
  • Identified and qualified customer needs and negotiated and closed profitable projects with high success rate.
  • Handled problematic customers and clients to assist lower-level employees and maintain excellent customer service.
  • Understanding and developing budgets, including expenditures, research and development appropriations, return-on-investment, and profit-loss projections
  • Managing Sales & Marketing campaign for product suite including pricing and Incentive Structure for partners
  • Building quarterly plan and assign sales quota to regional team based on TAM.
  • Coordinated sales activities with partners and resellers to identify and close new business.

Senior Manager- Sales & Marketing ( IT & Services)

Vigyanlabs Innovation Pvt Ltd (North & East India)
New Delhi
09.2015 - 02.2022
  • Managing Sales & Marketing in North & East India for Enterprise segment for entire patent product suite of IPM+ Endpoints (including Power Management, Asset Management, Patch Management and Productivity Management Module)
  • Crafting Marketing Strategy and efficiently managing market offering through region’s Channel, Enterprises, Government & Education vertical
  • Works in conjunction with CXO in the Key Corporate and Government accounts for product introduction
  • Responsible for Managing Channel Business for National Distributors and training their team
  • Managing a multi-cultural environment and delivering reseller partnerships, sustained profitability, business turn around and growth in dynamic conditions
  • Meeting end-customer expectations and delivering product functionality with help of internal engineering assessment on customer value
  • Managing digital advertising campaigns and supervising Marketing executive for company conferences, trade shows, and major events
  • Responsible for an innovative POC driven delivery approach that provided confidence to the client and mitigated the internal risk of technology solution fitment to business requirements.
  • Managed large-scale projects and introduced new systems, tools, and processes to achieve challenging objectives.
  • Held monthly meetings to create business plans and workshops to drive successful business.
  • Brainstormed and developed sales strategies to achieve short and long term sales revenue objectives.
  • Recommended and implemented successful strategies to maximize revenue.
  • Provided strong leadership to enhance team productivity and morale.

Manager- Business Development

Computer Exchange Pvt Ltd (East India)
Kolkata
03.2014 - 08.2015
  • Responsible for leading Software Business development & Operation in the East region
  • Responsible for the Promotion, Market Development & Sales of solution-based IT products like End Point Security, UTM, NAS, Backup Software, Ncomputing, etc based on key accounts requirement
  • Developed and maintained relationships with customers and suppliers through account development.
  • Understanding customer need and mapping of correct products and technology
  • Lead the Sales Territory Representatives and Technical Specialists, inclusive of managing performance, coaching, mentoring, hiring and career development.
  • Leveraged data and analytics to make informed decisions and drive business improvements.

Manager- Business Development ( IT & Services)

NCS COMPUTECH LTD (KOLKATA & NCR)
Kolkata
07.2010 - 02.2014
  • Managed Channel, Sales & Marketing for products like Desktop Virtualization, Thin Clients, Unified Threat Management, Data Vault through Spook, Data Backup solution, Enterprise NAS Solution, Monitoring Software, Antivirus, Microsoft Licensing
  • Responsible for identifying a new partner who has the potential to work on NCS solution products and enable them to gradually scale up their capability with the evolution
  • Tracked Channel Partner capability to address NCS solution business which includes financial as well as technical competencies and take up certain defined targets for various products
  • Tracking generated new Leads & referrals resulting from field activity.

Assistant Project Manager (CDMA) – Network Service Department

Toshniwal Enteprise Controls Pvt Ltd
05.2008 - 06.2010
  • Carried detailed planning and scheduling and coordinated with internal & external partners to ensure execution of projects as per the defined technical & functional specifications
  • Managed client expectations including mitigation handling, project life cycle governance, and quality audit achieving zero variance in project delivery timelines
  • Analysing the drive data, network-related problems (Call drop, Handover failure, Call set up failure, Site Auditing, etc.) on CNA, X-CAP and ACTIX GA 10 and recommending relevant solutions
  • Tracking and maintaining the PO, SOW, WCC of all projects with Project Budgeting
  • Anchoring and coordinating on-site activities to ensure smooth work progress and conceptualizing and implementing measures for enhancing operational efficiency and optimizing resource utilization.
  • Supported senior managers and department leaders by completing projects and problem resolution under tight budgets and schedule demands.
  • Maintained tactical control of project budgets and timelines to keep teams on task and achieve schedule targets.
  • Partnered with project team members to identify and quickly address problems.
  • Led team meetings to assess project progress and plan appropriately to meet delivery targets.
  • Documented project progress to fulfill project requirements and establish traceability.
  • Negotiated contracts and agreements with vendors for constructive supplier relations.
  • Planned, monitored and analyzed project costs to meet financial goals.

Education

MBA - Strategy & Sales

Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
11.2019 - 03.2022

B.Tech (Electronics & Communication) -

Academy of Technology Under W.B.U.T Affiliated To A.I.C.T.E (West Bengal), Kolkata
07.2004 - 04.2008

HSC -

Vikram Vidyalaya Under West Bengal Secondary Education
03.2001 - 03.2003

SSC -

Hind Motor High School Under West Bengal Secondary Education
04.2000 - 03.2001

Skills

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Accomplishments

  • Started with a patent product from scratch in Jan 2016 in North and turned the brand IPM+ into India’s No 1 Enterprise Power Management Co.
  • 100% revenue growth year on year
  • Won the award for Top Sales Performer in the fiscal year 2017-18
  • Bagged 1st Order in a Healthcare & Education vertical for Vigyanlabs
  • Won Gold Award by SuperStartup Asia 2019 which is a badge of honour to recognize excellence in the Asian Start-Up world.
  • Shortlisted among Leaders to manage and lead the top performing channel partners of East region.
  • Selected to provide product and Go to Market training to all channel partner in the region.
  • Selected by the company for managing, training and recruiting all R.F engineers for PAN India CDMA project.
  • Conducted several seminars based on CDMA TECHNOLOGY for upcoming new projects.
  • Received Performance Excellence Award for the year 2010 for excellent performance and achieving revenue target

Personal Information

Date of Birth: 07/31/85

References

Available on Request

Timeline

Business Manager-National ( IT & Services) - Savex Technologies Pvt Ltd
03.2022 - Current
Indian Institute of Management - MBA, Strategy & Sales
11.2019 - 03.2022
Senior Manager- Sales & Marketing ( IT & Services) - Vigyanlabs Innovation Pvt Ltd (North & East India)
09.2015 - 02.2022
Manager- Business Development - Computer Exchange Pvt Ltd (East India)
03.2014 - 08.2015
Manager- Business Development ( IT & Services) - NCS COMPUTECH LTD (KOLKATA & NCR)
07.2010 - 02.2014
Assistant Project Manager (CDMA) – Network Service Department - Toshniwal Enteprise Controls Pvt Ltd
05.2008 - 06.2010
Academy of Technology Under W.B.U.T Affiliated To A.I.C.T.E (West Bengal) - B.Tech (Electronics & Communication),
07.2004 - 04.2008
Vikram Vidyalaya Under West Bengal Secondary Education - HSC,
03.2001 - 03.2003
Hind Motor High School Under West Bengal Secondary Education - SSC,
04.2000 - 03.2001
PANKAJ PANDAYBusiness Manager