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SANTOSH KUMAR MUDDADA

SANTOSH KUMAR MUDDADA

Business Planning & Sales Operations & Strategy-Automobile

Summary

Accomplished Business & Demand Planning professional with over 13 years of experience in executing end-to-end sales planning within the automobile industry. Skilled in developing and implementing strategies to reach customers, generate sales leads, and facilitate business forecasting for Demand Planning processes. Possess strong analytical and problem resolution skills, adept at understanding business requirements, driving incremental channel sales, expanding dealer networks, and enhancing profitability through business development initiatives, sales promotions, and target achievement.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
2011
2011
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Senior Manager -Business Planning & Strategy-EV

TVS Motor Company
04.2023 - Current
  • Deploy rolling monthly planning as part of AOP & market dynamics.
  • Lead strategic initiatives to drive business and for leadership position for TVS iQube in India.
  • Plan execute & coordinate budget strategies for Key markets and 650+ towns across.
  • Lead Weekly and monthly business meetings for leadership along with status of solutions deployed.
  • Budget allocations on monthly basis for BTL led activities & Incentive programs for Field & Trade.
  • 1.4% Market share gain for FY24-25 over FY23-24.
  • Tracking competition actions,product promotions& finance schemes to develop counter measures.
  • Diagnose and generate insights for chronic non performing markets through PDCA across zones.

Deputy Manager-Sales Planning & GTM Lead for EV6

Kia Motors
03.2022 - 04.2023


  • Conducted GTM meetings with cross functional teams for EV6 launch in India for select markets.
  • Worked closely with CBU teams of Korea for Ordering/Shipping/ and Sales planning of EV6.
  • Instrumental in monitoring and drive short-term goal versus Business plan. Product Launch & Demo for EV6.
  • Collaborating with competition sales planning teams for data collection like volume forecast, fuel mix.
  • Leading development of annual business plan current for the year.


DEPUTY MANAGER PROGRAMMING- DEMAND PLANNING & FIELD OPERATIONS

FORD INDIA PVT LTD.
08.2015 - 10.2021
  • Leading development of annual national sales plan for current & future, programming meeting with OCM every month to obtain consensus on the Sales & production plan.
  • Assess internal company & competition's product and pricing actions to develop better forecasts; network with industry counter parts to understand competitor activities.
  • Formulating Industry Forecast for future months and future year, submit data for markets view for the Industry Consensus Meeting (ICM) with APA Sales. Execute volume and mix planning for all new product launches (J#1+90) days of launch.
  • Enabled development of VM programs by recommending retail support required in the Variable Marketing and ensuring allocation of cars across all brands Dealer-wise /Region-wise for pan India.
  • Instrumental in monitoring and drive short-term goal versus Business plan. Product Launch, Demo & Display Car planning PAN India.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive business growth and achieve corporate objectives.

REGIONAL SALES MANAGER

FORD INDIA PVT LTD.
07.2011 - 07.2015
  • Established adequate mechanism for assistance to dealerships in resource planning, forecasting and performance monitoring apart from processes to surpass Customer View Point standards.
  • Identified and developed strong channel partners for deeper market penetration.
  • Instrumental in improved profitability over previous years and positioning few channel partners in the highest accessory sale category for consecutive quarters in major tier 3 markets across Maharashtra & MP.
  • Recognized for allied business performance in accessories and Value Added Products.
  • Established Goa market as 5 time winner of 'Race of Champion consistently.
  • Devised a Float campaign which was more of 'Go To Market' Strategy, improving the Bhopal market share by 2 % and volume by 1015 cars within 2 months of the campaign launch. Bhopal delivered highest Market share in Madhya Pradesh in the year 2014.

CUSTOMER SUPPORT VOICE

HCL TECHNOLOGIES
01.2007 - 01.2009

Education

PGDM - Marketing

Acharya Institute Of Management & Sciences

B.Tech. - Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Aditya Engineering College

Skills

Microsoft LMS

Impacts Delivered

  • Played a pivotal role as a part of SVP launch strategy which resulted in sustaining volumes in 2020-21 and also gaining 1.5% market share.
  • Led key endeavors to achieve program effectiveness of 80% and 90% in 2019 despite pandemic situation in 2020 as BS4 stock is liquidated well before March deadline. Achieved an industry forecasting accuracy of 98% over a period of 2 years.
  • Instrumental in achieving product mix accuracy at 95% and contributed to new Launch Support mix aligned to ensure availability & success.
  • Automated PMA files (Dashboards) & Target setting files leading to more accuracy & insights for field operations.
  • Acted as SPOC for PAN India Employee Referral Program and automated process which improved turnaround time from 5 days to 2 days.
  • Led key endeavors to position Figo as the (Sub B Segment) in Chindwara & Satna for more than a year.
  • Drove sales efforts to ensure highest market share in Ecosport Goa & Bhopal market in the year 2014.
  • Out-performed assigned annual target by 115% in 2014-15 and 102% in 2013-14.
  • Recipient of AP Recognition Award for process automation by moving the entire process of Ford Family Program to SharePoint and designing a simple process that reduced time and man hours.

Core Expertise

  • Strategic Sales Planning/Programming
  • Business/Data Analytics
  • Industry, Market Share and Demand Forecasting
  • Channel Sales
  • Business Development Process Automation/Improvement
  • Sales Budget Establishment
  • Client & Stakeholder Relations
  • Inventory Management

Timeline

Senior Manager -Business Planning & Strategy-EV

TVS Motor Company
04.2023 - Current

Deputy Manager-Sales Planning & GTM Lead for EV6

Kia Motors
03.2022 - 04.2023

DEPUTY MANAGER PROGRAMMING- DEMAND PLANNING & FIELD OPERATIONS

FORD INDIA PVT LTD.
08.2015 - 10.2021

REGIONAL SALES MANAGER

FORD INDIA PVT LTD.
07.2011 - 07.2015

CUSTOMER SUPPORT VOICE

HCL TECHNOLOGIES
01.2007 - 01.2009

B.Tech. - Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Aditya Engineering College

PGDM - Marketing

Acharya Institute Of Management & Sciences
SANTOSH KUMAR MUDDADABusiness Planning & Sales Operations & Strategy-Automobile