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BusinessDevelopmentManager

Ramakrishnan Ramachandran

Business Development Manager
CHENNAI

Summary

Dynamic marketing professional with over 12 years of experience across diverse sectors, including automobiles, advertising, exhibitions, and edtech. Expertise in B2B marketing has cultivated a strong foundation in sales, customer service, business development, and team management. Proven track record in branch operations as a profit center, successfully managing sales targets and enhancing team productivity through effective training. Adept at launching new geographical markets and fluent in Tamil, English, Hindi, and Malayalam.

Work History

Business Development Manager

RTT Digital Signage.com
, Washington D.C
08.2025 - Current
  • Generated new business with marketing initiatives and strategic plans.
  • Reached out to potential customers via telephone and email's.
  • Negotiated and closed long-term agreements with new clients in assigned territory.
  • Increased client base by identifying new business opportunities and cultivating strong relationships with key decisionmakers.
  • Reached out to potential customers via telephone, email, and in-person inquiries.
  • Developed customized solutions for clients based on a deep understanding of their unique pain points, delivering exceptional value and driving repeat business.

Consultant: Inside Sales Manager

Bridgegap Consultants and Loan Syndication LLP
08.2023 - 04.2025
  • Corporate Loans in terms of new projects, expansions, Purchase Invoice Discounting and setting up of new factories forthe Clients.
  • Directing the Sales Team to achieve the targets.
  • Sales target are achived. Meeting up with the Financial Heads and top Management of the Clients.
  • Details to be discussed with the Financial Team in regard to the client's requirements.
  • Ensure Corporate Loans are processed according to the terms and conditions.
  • Inside Sales Specialist-International

International Inside Sales

EPowerX Learning Technologies P Ltd
01.2022 - 06.2023
  • Oversaw regions of North America, South America, Australia and New-Zealand.
  • Promotion Of Engineering Courses in Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, Civil and Computer Science.
  • Sales of Individual Courses and Master's Programme.
  • Subscription.
  • Arranging Demo session for Technical Session.
  • Arranging one on one on-boarding. Collection Support: May onwards:
  • Handling Escalations issues within various departments.
  • Addressing Students Issue via Emails and Phones.
  • Training the Customer Support Team to handle queries in terms of Finance, Web and Sales Operations.
  • Ensuring the Sales Operations are updated before processing of Loans with Collection teams.
  • Ensuring the Accounts are updated periodically to ensure learning without any interruptions.
  • Working in Excel and Google Sheets.
  • Various tools used are V-Lookup, Pivot Tables, etc.

Senior Manager( Advertising)

News Today Media Ltd
06.2016 - 05.2020
  • Manage Advertisement revenues for both News Today and Maalai Sudar.
  • Guided the team of Assistant Managers and Deputy Managers.
  • Ensured targets are achieved by the Asst.Manager's and Deputy Managers.
  • Training the Team for increasing productivity.
  • Manage major Advertising Agencies like Mindshare (J Walter and Thompson).
  • Manage Corporate accounts like Apollo Hospitals, Velammal Institutions, Vodafone South

Sales Officer

Sundaram Industries Pvt Ltd (TVS Rubber)
07.1996 - 08.1998
  • Managed Sales and Depot operation of automobile rubber components for Kerala State.
  • Managed Depot and sales operations as a profit center. Channel sales through distributors, dealers and mechanics.
  • Managed13 distributors across various cities of Kerala and covered 13 districts.
  • Managed contract labour’s.

Sales Executive

Meera Dynamic Company
05.1994 - 06.1996
  • Computer, Software and Building Materials Exhibition's.
  • Sales of Stalls in the cities of Chennai, Coimbatore, Bangalore and Hyderabad
  • Promoted successfully the first show for the company in Trichy

Education

Course - Salesforce Admin and Developer

Fita Academy

Course - Digital Marketing

Peridot Systems

Master - Marketing

School of Finance and Management, University of Lincoln
United Kingdom
09.2001

Bachelor - Commerce

Loyola College
CHENNAI
03.1994

Skills

Business development

Certification

Salesforce Admin and Developer Course, Fita Academy Jun '19

Timeline

Business Development Manager

RTT Digital Signage.com
08.2025 - Current

Consultant: Inside Sales Manager

Bridgegap Consultants and Loan Syndication LLP
08.2023 - 04.2025

International Inside Sales

EPowerX Learning Technologies P Ltd
01.2022 - 06.2023

Senior Manager( Advertising)

News Today Media Ltd
06.2016 - 05.2020

Sales Officer

Sundaram Industries Pvt Ltd (TVS Rubber)
07.1996 - 08.1998

Sales Executive

Meera Dynamic Company
05.1994 - 06.1996

Course - Digital Marketing

Peridot Systems

Master - Marketing

School of Finance and Management, University of Lincoln

Bachelor - Commerce

Loyola College

Course - Salesforce Admin and Developer

Fita Academy
Ramakrishnan RamachandranBusiness Development Manager