Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Websites
Certification
Accomplishments
Customer Engagement
New Account Addition
Revenue Impact
Bids And Proposals Handled
Timeline
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Praggati Sharma

Praggati Sharma

Summary

Experienced and results-driven mid-senior level customer-focused professional with over 11 years of proven expertise in driving international growth and fostering strategic partnerships. Adept at identifying new market opportunities, forging valuable relationships, and implementing innovative strategies to achieve revenue and market expansion goals, have documented strengths in bid and proposal management, market analysis, commercial & legal negotiation, product and services pricing, building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders and cross-functional collaboration, consistently delivering outstanding outcomes in dynamic, fast-paced and diverse industries. I have been recognized as an energetic professional with great poise who brings collaborative leadership style, proactive approach, and effectively translate complex operational concepts into tangible action plans that deliver results.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Manager (Commercial Operations and Bid Management)

GE Vernova
05.2021 - Current
  • Managed Bid and Proposal operations for EMEA and APAC regions in Power Generation and Oil & Gas sectors
  • Led and won USD 7 million multi-year reverse auction bid spanning 5 years
  • Driving Strategic accounts proposals and bids for revenue addition of ~USD 35 million over tenure
  • Pioneered Enterprise-level Bid Management Tool, reducing bid cycle-time by 70%
  • Orchestrated end-to-end Bid Management Process, Stakeholder Management, and Risk Assessment for Complex and Enterprise level bids
  • Initiated and enabled process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and remove inefficiencies.

Senior Consultant (Presales- Energy and Utilities)

Wipro Limited
12.2019 - 05.2021
  • Central point of Contact for queries, proposals, bids, RFPs / RFQs / RFIs for Oil and Gas Clients in Canada and Americas region; leading to
  • Onboarded new client with USD 3.5 million revenue addition for 3 years, achieved 15% revenue growth
  • Developed account-level strategy to identify potential challenges and optimization opportunities for new and existing clients resulting in 20% increase in client retention rate and requests for proposals
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to manage pursuit of strategic opportunities.

Manager (Business Development & Commercials)

Stride Climate Investments: Macquarie Group
05.2018 - 11.2019
  • Led Post Acquisition Integration for renewable power plant valued at USD 14.60 billion
  • Front-ended contract negotiations and led due diligence processes with internal and external stakeholders for acquisition of 4 solar plants of cumulative capacity of 300 MW across India
  • Leading team for due diligence for merger and acquisition with internal legal counsel, external lenders, lenders’ engineers, lenders’ legal counsel, technical consultant, solution architects, EHS consultant and tax advisory
  • Determining criticality through all due diligence reports and finalizing conditions subsequent/ precedent clauses
  • Single point of Accountability for post-acquisition integration activities.

Manager (Business Development and Sales)

First Solar India Inc
05.2017 - 04.2018
  • Managed all India Solar Modules Sales and responded to Solar Bids worth ~$ 5 Billion
  • Responsible for maintaining and enhancing robust business development pipeline for bids/deals resulting in 50% increase in bid response rate, tracking prospective clients, driving 10% growth in revenue through channel partner/references/internal lead generation and client relationship management (CRM) tool
  • Responding to client quote queries by reducing response time to 2 Business Days
  • Crafted persuasive sales presentations and conducted workshops to translate customer needs into solutions

Deputy Manager (Business Development)

WALWHAN Renewables Energy: A TATA Power Co.
04.2013 - 05.2017
  • Represented organization to Vibrant Gujarat Committee, pre-bid meetings, tender interviews and presentations
  • Managed project development through reverse auction PPA and bilateral contracts for 150MW renewable solar plants, generating ~USD 30 million annual revenues
  • Initiated projects for significant C&I customers, ensuring timely milestones for project implementation
  • Implemented Process Improvement system for accurate Revenue Tracking
  • Collaborated across departments to align and execute growth strategies
  • Gather and analyze market intelligence for formulating winning bid strategies and monitoring market trends.

Education

Masters in Business Administration (Energy & Infrastructure) -

Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (Founder Member of Club Arthashastra)
India
01.2013

Bachelors in Business Administration -

Gujarat University (Class Topper in Marketing And Economics)
India
01.2011

Skills

  • Business Development
  • Customer Success Management
  • Commercial Presales
  • Commercial Contract Negotiations
  • Bid & Proposal Management
  • Process Improvement

Certification

  • APMP PRACTIONER CERTIFICATE (APMP USA)
  • Certificate from NSE India (NCFM: Project Finance Module)

Accomplishments

  • Bid management, stakeholder management, proposal/ bid compliance, executive and C-level deal presentations for bringing in the new clients for revenue generation of ~$2.5 million annually in both of my IT stints.
  • Orchestrated acquisition and closed the post-acquisition integration process of solar assets of a total of 200 MW worth ~$14.60 billion. Generated revenue addition of ~$12.80 million annually.
  • Administered and headed end-to-end Bid Management, Project Management, Team Management and Customer relationship management of India's first PPP based solar project of 50 MW capacity ensuring on schedule deliverables.
  • Spearheaded Kaizen for scope alignment across the Business Sales Cycle to reduce the product implementation gap by 20%.
  • Trained, onboarded, and mentored 10 graduate trainees and new team members.

Customer Engagement

APAC, EMEA, Canada, Americas

New Account Addition

10+ in last 5 years

Revenue Impact

~USD 45 million in last 5 years

Bids And Proposals Handled

500+ in 10 years

Timeline

Senior Manager (Commercial Operations and Bid Management)

GE Vernova
05.2021 - Current

Senior Consultant (Presales- Energy and Utilities)

Wipro Limited
12.2019 - 05.2021

Manager (Business Development & Commercials)

Stride Climate Investments: Macquarie Group
05.2018 - 11.2019

Manager (Business Development and Sales)

First Solar India Inc
05.2017 - 04.2018

Deputy Manager (Business Development)

WALWHAN Renewables Energy: A TATA Power Co.
04.2013 - 05.2017

Masters in Business Administration (Energy & Infrastructure) -

Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (Founder Member of Club Arthashastra)

Bachelors in Business Administration -

Gujarat University (Class Topper in Marketing And Economics)
Praggati Sharma