Product & sales professional with 14+ years of experience building new business from ground up & develop ecosystem partnerships. Diverse experience with domain knowledge & ability to understand business models, outline strategy. Lead 4-5-member teams across sales & product functions.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Product lead
Warranty Insurance Solutions, Bajaj, general
01.2019
Helped Create product strategy & roadmap for warranty to become a 1000 cr revenue business unit
End to product management of warranty product
Developed commercial warranty product from ideation to launch
Profit & loss responsibility
Liaison with different departments on product pricing
Finalisation of product note, detailed analysis across product features & competitor benchmarking
Introduced new categories in warranty space by identifying market gaps as in commercial & refurbished warranty
Identified customer pain points through market research & data analytics
UAT & Community building
Use value proposition canvas to map the solution
Work along with all internal stakeholders like U/w, actuary & Channels to achieve key deliverables
Created digital customer journey & process for policy issuance, claims
Helped top line increase by 15% with OEM tie-ups and innovative campaign ideas
Continuously monitored Top line, bottom line & took corrective actions
Designed workshops, training programs to create awareness among partners & intermediaries
Prepared necessary collateral for internal & external stake holders
Helped built a digital ecosystem through strategic partnerships with new age players like urban clap, Cashify, Droom etc
For extended warranty & Home product
Onboarded 12 new partners on to caringly your platform
Designed product & business model as per the partner.
Regional Manager,
Whirlpool of India
Ahemdabad, Gujarat
12.2012 - 12.2017
Promoted as Regional manager owing to consistent performance at state level
Streamlined Gujarat and Maharashtra markets to achieve 100% target
Achieved 15% market share in 3 years in Telangana market
Developed sales strategies for higher penetration, separate network for commercial range of appliances
Ensured Service network is aligned with sales plan and expansion
Lead the promotional activities by partnering with local chefs & culinary start-ups
Executed appliance deals for major projects like Botanika, Adani and Blue Nile developers
Achiever of Pinnacle award for year 2015
Manager
IFB Industries
09.2010 - 11.2012
Lead a cross functional team for small appliances in Telangana & AP markets
Set up an exclusive distribution system for Kitchen appliances to gain 4% market share
3% gain in market share of MWO category in alternate channel
Product Executive
05.2007 - 02.2010
Management Trainee
Hindustan Pencils
05.2006 - 05.2007
Led a cross functional team of 5 representatives and added new accounts
Conducted market research & category management for new products
Negotiated with key accounts for promotions and introduction of Apsara Ball pen
Set up an exclusive key account distributor system
The sales target both primary and secondary was achieved by 125%
Handled corporate sales and dealt with specific requirements of Taj group of hotels, Sahara etc
Developed the territory in terms of routes and business as a management trainee.