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PRANAV PRAVIN

Bid Manager, Presales Lead
Bangalore

Summary

Experienced professional with 15 years of expertise in Presales Consulting, Sales Enablement, and Bid Management. Skilled in Marketing and IT, I am seeking a challenging position with a progressive organization to utilize my talents and technical skills. Throughout my 14-year tenure as a Presales Consultant, I have consistently achieved outstanding results. Prior to pursuing my MBA degree, I gained valuable experience in Software Development for 10 months. I hold a certification as an ITIL 4 Certified Professional at the Foundation Level, accredited by Axelos. Energetic, result-oriented, and with a proven track record, I am ready to excel in higher echelons.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Presales Team Lead

Tech Mahindra Ltd.
08.2022 - Current
  • Handles large deal as Bid Manager, helps in solution product mapping & in proposal preparation
  • Supporting Bids for Healthcare domain based Application, Infrastructure, Data Analytics, Next Generation Services
  • Bid Assignment and actively participate in Bid Qualifications
  • Assemble the right team, develop pursuit summary, develop pursuit plan, execute the plan
  • Coordinate with stakeholders to develop the pursuit strategy, solution
  • Responsible to develop pursuit response and commercials
  • Responsible for bid submission with requisite quality
  • Develop the visit agenda, visit planning & scheduling for Client Visit Management and Vendor Empanelment
  • Develop the requisite content for the presentations
  • As Bid Team Lead – Manages team and provides assistance in their work & responsible for Performance Review Feedback

Presales Manager

Zones India
06.2020 - 07.2022
  • Bid & Proposal Management
  • Deep Market Research for RFP and particular clients
  • Providing assistance in rate cards of IT hardware items

Presales Manager

ITC Infotech
08.2019 - 06.2020
  • End to End anchoring of bids & proposals from different industry and support Infrastructure solutions and pricing
  • Actively own the solution & pricing with the SME/ team
  • Manage a team of 2 member and get the best support from them

Presales Consultant

Hewlett-Packard (DXC Technology)
12.2014 - 08.2019
  • Bid & Proposal Management
  • End to End anchoring of various proposal from Consumer Goods & Retail, BPO, Healthcare & Technology companies to cover various aspects such as executive summary, understanding of customer requirements, proposed solution, governance model, Governance & Communication plan, quality management, value adds and benefits
  • Review and interpret customer’s requirements and ensure the win strategy, win themes, basis for qualification and competitive analysis are appropriate for the type / size of opportunity
  • Involved in Solution designing & technical discussion to complete the proposal and overcome the challenges
  • Workflow Allocation
  • Knowledge Management

Sr. Presales

Tech Mahindra Ltd.
06.2014 - 11.2014
  • Bid & Proposal Management
  • SPOC for Sales Enablement

Presales Consultant

Drishti-Soft Solutions
07.2012 - 05.2014
  • Solution Development
  • Bid & Proposal Management
  • SPOC for Sales Enablement
  • Workflow Allocation
  • Develop a plan for Presales resource hiring and build & manage 8+ Presales resource

Consultant – Business Analysis & Presales

Tulip Telecom Ltd.
02.2011 - 06.2012
  • Involved in Technical Discussions & Enabling with Customer Centric approach
  • Positioning of Tulip product (Video Conferencing, Security Surveillance, Managed Data Centre & Virtual Cloud) and capabilities for prospects
  • Preparation of compliance, BOM, Margin sheet & revenue analysis
  • Handling client meetings and OEM relation build up
  • Responsible solution designing/ customization to suit customers solution requirements
  • Understanding of Infrastructure Management, Banking, ITeS, E-Commerce segments

Jr. Developer

MphasiS Software & Services (HP)
05.2007 - 03.2008

Education

MBA - Marketing & IT

Amity Business School

B.E - Computer Science

BIET

X - undefined

K V Maithon Dam

XII - undefined

K V Maithon Dam

Skills

Bid Management

Miscellaneous

  • Nominated for Employee of the Quarter Award, 06/23, Tech Mahindra Ltd.
  • SPOT – Employee of the Quarter Award, 11/18, DXC Technology
  • Star Performer Award, 08/13, Drishti-Soft CEO
  • Amity Excellence Award, 04/11, Industry relation & Interpersonal skills

Synopsis

Young, energetic and result-oriented MBA (Marketing & IT) professional with 15 years’ experience in Presales Consulting/ Sales Enablement/ Bid Management role., 02/11 - Present, 14 years of work experience as Presales Consultant., 04/10 - 12/10, 10 months work experience in Software Development prior to MBA degree., ITIL 4 Certified Professional (Foundation Level), Axelos

Timeline

Presales Team Lead

Tech Mahindra Ltd.
08.2022 - Current

Presales Manager

Zones India
06.2020 - 07.2022

Presales Manager

ITC Infotech
08.2019 - 06.2020

Presales Consultant

Hewlett-Packard (DXC Technology)
12.2014 - 08.2019

Sr. Presales

Tech Mahindra Ltd.
06.2014 - 11.2014

Presales Consultant

Drishti-Soft Solutions
07.2012 - 05.2014

Consultant – Business Analysis & Presales

Tulip Telecom Ltd.
02.2011 - 06.2012

Jr. Developer

MphasiS Software & Services (HP)
05.2007 - 03.2008

B.E - Computer Science

BIET

X - undefined

K V Maithon Dam

XII - undefined

K V Maithon Dam

MBA - Marketing & IT

Amity Business School
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