Rakesh D. Negi

Overlooking operations for all brands(Leisure, M&E, Foreign Exchange and Corporate) of FCM travel in India. Creating Competitive advantage for businesses.Leading a team of over 300 people.

• Creating and Implementing strategy for FCM Brand(Large Market-Corporate Travel) in India.
• Collaborated with Global Teams to develop strategic initiatives and long term goals.
• Spearheaded cross-functional initiatives across departments to achieve business goals for bottom-line profits.

• Strategically coordinated operations according to objectives and capabilities, effectively allocating resources to meet demands
• Prepared annual budgets with controls to prevent overages.
• Resolved issues and recommended actions based on production and compliance reports.
• Identified issues with production, workforce and material sourcing and implemented successful solutions.

• Investigated and integrated new strategies to expand business operations and grow customer wallet share.
• Applied 1800 principle and Blue Ocean strategy to engage in new business opportunities and develop existing accounts.
• Collaborated with marketing team and created an Annual Property - White Paper on Industry.
• Transformed the Account Management function from only relationship builder into revenue generation.
• Engaged in product training, demonstrations, consumer awareness, branding and acquisition initiatives to raise awareness and revenues.

• Monitored business processes and plugged gaps, keeping current on latest changes and competition in industry.
• Drove short-term and advanced promotional initiatives and planning processes.
• Collaborated with senior management to develop strategic initiatives and long term goals.

• Promoted and led performance enhancement culture by actively coaching and mentoring direct reports.
• Demonstrated proficient leadership skills to motivate employees and build competent teams.
• Identified opportunities to improve business process flows and productivity.

• Drove year-over-year business growth while leading operations, strategic vision and long-range planning.
• Provided thoughtful guidance to personnel in navigating and resolving snags in productivity.