Pitam Chattopadhyay

Seeking Higher level managerial assignments in Learning & Development with a growth-oriented organisation.

A Passionate Learning and Development professional with more than 20 years of extensive experience in Sales and Training, Motivational, Behavioural and Cognitive developmental Training, and Out bound training activities, Been into Sales & Marketing, and Business Development Strategy Insight Trainings for different strata of Insurance Professionals with excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills A dynamic sales professional with nearly 20 years of extensive experience in Insurance Sales, Training & Development, Module Development, Sales & Marketing, Business Development. Presently working as Training Manager – Ageas Federal Life Insurance Company. Proven abilities in coaching & training for various academic and professional courses Expertise in identifying training needs, designing training modules & executing the same for reputed organisations across the insurance industry. A thorough professional with a proactive attitude; capable of thinking in and out of the box and generating new solutions / ideas which can act as sales enabler and profit enhancer Expertise in managing business operations across the assigned region with key focus on top line profitability by ensuring proper learning of different stake holder. Proven skills in managing teams to work in sync with the corporate objectives & motivating them for achieving business and individual goals. An avid Bird Photographer with a prized possession of 511 species of digitalised avifauna collection. A mountaineer and rock climber a true Himalayan –fortunate to get involved in Stok Kangri (20182ft) summit Expedition. A regular Blogger on nature and Learning % Development in Leading Bengali News papers.

• IDBIFederal Life Insurance Company, South Bengal, Training Manager, 09/2015, Present, Responsible for entire Training and Distribution needs of West Bengal Agency Branches namely Kolkata and Contai. Asansol and Howrah., Responsible for Training of 3 unites of DST – Kolkata , Howrah and Contai comprising 40 employees., Responsible for Training of Bengal Bancasurance channel – Federal Bank – a team of 10 veteran IRM and their supervisor., Conducting TTT for consultant trainers and groom them for building distribution production point.
• Freelancer, Trainer, 10/2014, 08/2015, LIC, Bank of Baroda, HSBC, NIFT, Bidhan Chandra Engineering College, Anmole Biscuits, Peerless Hotels, Emami Groups, Vedanta, Sales Management, Performance management, Focus workshop, Ego Gram and Psychometric Analysis, Leadership Styles, Managerial Efficacy, Out Bound Training, Behavioural Boundaries, Sangsikhe Sang Bare, Shepherd Leadership, Body Language and Communication, Decision Making Workshop, MS Excel Fresher Employability
• Birla Sunlife Insurance Company Limited, South Bengal, Training Manager, 10/2008, 08/2014, Primarily responsible for grooming and business deliverables of employees and distributors for a tenure of 6 months after they sign in to the organisation.
• Tata AIG Life Insurance Company Limited, South Bengal, Area Sales Manager, 05/2008, 09/2008, Managing 54 locations across the region and monitoring the insurance business of United Bank of India as Bancasuarnce Partner In-charge of Tata AIG Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Identifying & tapping the business avenues for systematic distribution of insurance products across the assigned territory., Developing strategies and preparing budgets in-line with the consent of the higher management.
• ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited, Burdwan, Sales Manager, 04/2006, 05/2008, Responsible for launching the brand of ‘ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited’ as one of the first private life insurance companies to tap the sub-urban and rural areas of Bolpur., Recruiting ‘Unit Managers’ through an extensive process of interview and ensuring pro-bono recruitments of ‘Insurance Advisors’., Identifying and finalising the property for establishing branch offices across various localities.
• Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Limited, Suri, Satellite Branch Manager, 07/2005, 04/2006, Accountable for launching the brand of ‘Bajaj Allianz’ across the region of Suri., Handling the process of land acquisition, property construction and all necessary infrastructural development to start the satellite branch., Recruiting 5 STM and providing required training to them.
• ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited, Jamshedpur, 06/2003, 06/2005, Unit Manager, 06/2003, 04/2004, Agency Manager, 05/2004, 06/2005, Recruiting a group of Insurance Advisors and providing proper training to them before they hit the market., Creating an efficient & productive team to generate regular business on behalf of the company., Rendering proper career guidance to the team members to meet their career objective.
• STIFEL Laboratories India Ltd., Ranchi, Derma Care Associate, 09/2001, 05/2003, Responsible for launching the company in the State of Jharkhand.

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