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Prakhar Pandey

Jaipur

Summary

As a dynamic Sales Professional with an MBA in Marketing, I excel in retail and sales, specializing in business development, client acquisition, and team leadership. With extensive experience in Mass Retail Offline Business operations in Jaipur, I drive growth through strategic acquisition and servicing. Skilled in maintaining brand visibility and fostering client relationships, I'm adept at people management and KPI monitoring. Honored with the Value Evangelist award and accolades for contributions, I'm proficient in sales, marketing, leadership, and analytics. Having excelled in roles at OLX Cash My Car and Cars24.com, I'm now eager to deliver results in a dynamic environment.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

City Manager (Project State Head) || Mass Offline|

Phonepe
Jaipur
01.2024 - Current

Business Growth:

  • Strategically expand distribution channels and increase market share within the designated operational area.
  • Identify, engage, and nurture Direct Selling Agents (DSAs) to synchronize efforts and enhance business presence.
  • Analyze insights provided by Territory Sales Managers (TSMs) regarding local competitors, ensuring accuracy and devising appropriate counter-strategies for local initiatives.
  • Utilize data analysis to pinpoint areas for improvement, conducting market visits to identify optimal performance zones.
  • Compare and benchmark performance metrics against territorial standards to adopt best practices.
  • Plan effective market sizing, geographic coverage, and team structure for TSMs, Team Leaders (TLs), Business Development Executives (BDEs), and Field Leaders (FLs).
  • Develop clear communication strategies to effectively convey plans and targets to the team, minimizing expectation versus delivery gaps.
  • Proficiently interpret formats and data to gather precise information, particularly when conducting surveys and deriving insights.

Stakeholder Management:

  • Manage and resolve merchant escalations in the market, collaborating with internal stakeholders for timely resolution.
  • Liaise with cross-functional teams such as Marketing, Sales Capability, and HR to ensure adequate market support in terms of collaterals, manpower, and onboarding experience.
  • Establish processes and metrics for tracking progress, organizing regular review sessions with all stakeholders.
  • Ensure adherence to process timelines for DSA payouts and receipts, ensuring accurate calculations and timely disbursements.

People Management:

  • Drive recruitment efforts for Territory Sales Managers (TSMs), Business Development Executives (BDEs), and Relationship Team Leaders (RTLs) to maintain full team strength.
  • Facilitate the onboarding process for new team members, acquainting them with PhonePe's operational protocols.
  • Actively participate in performance appraisal exercises, offering insights on team performance and providing constructive feedback for individual growth and development.
  • Provide regular coaching to TSMs to enhance their ability to manage the input and output deliverables of BDEs effectively.
  • Analyze factors contributing to attrition and implement corrective measures to minimize turnover.
  • Spearhead team-level recognition and engagement initiatives.

Quality Management:

  • Oversee quality parameters such as KYC compliance and PFB usage to identify discrepancies and initiate corrective measures.
  • Validate audits conducted by TSMs, evaluating the processes followed and insights shared.
  • Monitor compliance performance to ensure strict adherence to regulatory standards and zero deviation.

Territory Manager

PhonePe
Jaipur
11.2021 - 12.2023
  • Business Growth: Grow merchant network by driving acquisition and servicing to attract and retain them
  • Drive quality in execution by audits and review mechanisms
  • Meet merchants to present products and manage escalations
  • Monitor competition within assigned territory and share inputs with leadership team
  • Drive acquisition and win backs productivity to ensure right ROI
  • Ensure payout closure and NOC from BDEs and FLs/TLs for all payments
  • Brand Visibility: Ensure brand visibility in assigned territory leveraging collaterals provided by the organization
  • Participate in promotional events and other BTL activity (e.g
  • Road shows and trade shows) to cultivate customer relationships
  • People Management: Facilitate hiring of BDEs/ TLs to ensure 100% manning in their territories
  • Onboard and provide on-the-job-training to the front-line sales team to improve performance
  • Monitor KPIs and coach team members on an ongoing basis
  • Work towards retention and engagement of the front-line sales team
  • Drive execution rigor by being in the market and observing BDEs/TLs
  • Motivate the team by regularly communicating about monthly schemes and incentives.

Manager

OLX Cash My Car
Pune
08.2020 - 10.2021
  • Handling 20 UCDs
  • Driving inspection and closure for entire city
  • Contributing to 45% of total B2B GMV
  • Closing 22+ car with average margin of Rs 7200 per car with 39% of I2P per month
  • Guiding team of 6 members.

Price Discovery

OLX Cash My Car
Pune
08.2018 - 10.2021
  • Client Acquisition
  • Maintaining client(dealer) heath chart from month to month
  • Mentoring DRM for Pricing during auctions
  • Taking care of PLL and business partner grievances in the city
  • Providing refresher training for SOP's to entire retail including store managers
  • Responsible for pricing for entire city
  • Taking care of home inspection leads
  • Highly active in expansion.

Price Discovery

Cars24.com
Pune
11.2017 - 07.2018
  • Managing and coordinating between Retail and Sales for all communications, pricing and deal closures
  • Accountable for getting the best pricing for every lead in the city
  • Accountable for all deal closures of the retail centers
  • Ensuring month on month growth of the retail centers allocated
  • Won Best PAN India PD Award: December and March
  • Closed over a 2500+ cars in the six month.

Key Account Manager

Cars24.com
03.2017 - 10.2017
  • Have sold over five hundred cars in six months
  • Have handled a total dealer base of over fifty channel partners
  • Key Account Management - Have managed key accounts of various brands such as Maruti, Hyundai and Tata etc
  • Channel Partner On boarding
  • Have won various awards such as: Best Dealer Experience - February - PAN India, Best Dealer NPS - February - PAN India, Best Calling Feedback - March - PAN India, Highest Overall Score - April - PAN India.

Retail

Cars24.com
Pune
02.2016 - 02.2017
  • Have opened and established three stores Baner, Kharadi and Swargate
  • Have purchased around 100 cars ranging from scrap to luxury in one month
  • Complete store management
  • Taking care of overall customer experience.

Marketing Consultant

Desi Diaries
09.2014 - 12.2015
  • With more than 3 Lakh members, Desi Diaries is established as one of India's biggest community of photographers curating stunning photographs from daily walks of life
  • Taking care of entire sales and marketing
  • Designing of the website and pages
  • Team building from scratch
  • Branding
  • Business development and plan
  • Set the theme for the competition
  • Looked for the collaboration with other brands
  • Handled the Digital Marketing of the website.

Intern

Racold Geysers Ltd
05.2013 - 07.2013
  • Analyzed the Market distribution
  • Look for the new potential counters
  • Deals with dealers and distributors
  • Handled the issues of Retailers and Customers
  • Branding and Promotions for the brand
  • Did market research for Market share, Brand presence, Distribution weighted and counter share for the brand Achievement
  • Got appreciation from higher level management.

Education

Bachelor of Commerce -

Rajasthan University
01.2012

PGDM in Marketing -

MIT School of Telecom Management

Senior Secondary Schooling -

Tagore International School

Secondary Schooling -

Emmanuel Mission School

Skills

  • Problem Solving
  • Organization Building
  • Execution Rigor
  • Customer Centricity
  • Leadership
  • Analytics

Accomplishments

  • Winning twice Phonepe Champions League twice in last 6 months.
  • Won Lending Championship in Region thrice in last 6 months.
  • Won Value Evangelist in June 2019 with OLX Autos.
  • Received 'Letter of Appreciation' by Dr. Milind Pande, Director - MIT School of Telecom, Telecom Summit (2013) for the efforts in making Telecom Summit a great success
  • Got an appreciation for HR Summit 2013
  • Participated in State Level Cricket Camp organized by RCA at Jaipur, Rajasthan
  • Played at State Level Tournament (School) held at Bhilwara, Rajasthan

Timeline

City Manager (Project State Head) || Mass Offline|

Phonepe
01.2024 - Current

Territory Manager

PhonePe
11.2021 - 12.2023

Manager

OLX Cash My Car
08.2020 - 10.2021

Price Discovery

OLX Cash My Car
08.2018 - 10.2021

Price Discovery

Cars24.com
11.2017 - 07.2018

Key Account Manager

Cars24.com
03.2017 - 10.2017

Retail

Cars24.com
02.2016 - 02.2017

Marketing Consultant

Desi Diaries
09.2014 - 12.2015

Intern

Racold Geysers Ltd
05.2013 - 07.2013

Bachelor of Commerce -

Rajasthan University

PGDM in Marketing -

MIT School of Telecom Management

Senior Secondary Schooling -

Tagore International School

Secondary Schooling -

Emmanuel Mission School
Prakhar Pandey