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Saurabh S. Shah

Ahmedabad

Summary

  • To take advantage of the business acumen and experience developed at different distribution houses and OEMs, move to a role where I develop business activities, plan product strategy And account management for a company in the IT Solutions/ Software/ Hardware/Networking/ Telecom. Would have a natural advantage in any product/ Service line Involving Retail Sales and Account Management.
  • 25 yrs. IT Industry experience
  • Sharp business acumen
  • Experience in Managing B2C, B2B and B2G Business. Marketing IT range of Products.
  • Strong fundamentals of Retail Management, Account Management, Operations & Inventory Management
  • Good Relationship builder, Sound Interpersonal skill, Team worker.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Dy. Sales Manager

Canon India Pvt Ltd
10.2022 - Current
  • 2 Years Managed channel business for Canon range of Printers
  • Currently managing B2B and B2G business for Gujarat region
  • Achieved the highest ever revenue of 46 Cr. in A4 business in Gujarat for 2024.
  • Supplied nearly 8k units in Government in just two split of orders in Govt of Gujarat.

Account Manager – Commercial

Asus India Pvt Ltd
Ahmedabad
05.2020 - 10.2022
  • Asus Laptop, Desktop and AIO commercial range of business.
  • Driving sales thru channel partners. Helping them get closure in favor of Asus brand
  • Direct interaction with Customer, Demo the product, explain the USP and features and channel sales
  • Managing Ahmedabad and upcountry businesses for brand

Sales & Product Manager

R P Tech India
Ahmedabad
07.2018 - 04.2020
  • Managing: Dell Vostro business - Desktop, Notebook and Accessories for Gujarat region
  • Driving a team of branches for average 5 Cr. Business a month.
  • Report to Group Business Manager – PCD.
  • Managing Sales, Marketing, Topline and bottom line as well for product I am given.

Product Manager

Compuage Infocom Ltd.
Mumbai
07.2011 - 06.2018
  • Managing business for HP : Desktop, Notebook, Display & Printers
  • Vendor management.
  • Revenue worth 250 Cr annually. Revenue, Margin & Inventory
  • Team Management.

Channel Manager

eSys Information Technologies Ltd
Ahmedabad
11.2007 - 07.2011
  • Managing the sales for Wizard branded desktops, servers, NAS, External storage in Gujarat in channel dist.
  • Handling the distribution product available with eSys in Gujarat market.
  • Taking care of end customer business directly as well as thru channel partners in Gujarat
  • Few big wins: LJ College / R K Group / Transformer & Rectifiers / IndoGerman tool room / Tata power / IIM – A / Cama group of hotels / FD Educations / Taralac chemicals…

Account Manager – Channel Sales

Wipro Ltd
Ahmedabad
03.2007 - 10.2007
  • Wipro is the most known IT company mfg the Computer desktop, Laptops and Servers with its own brand name.
  • I was responsible for channel business.
  • I was looking after the Ahmedabad and Saurashtra business in Wipro.

Sr. Associates - Sales

Ingram Micro India Pvt. Ltd.
Ahmedabad
03.2004 - 02.2007
  • Joined as a back-office support (ARI) and promoted up to Sr. Associate – Sales. (upcountry)
  • IMIL is the distribution company for most of the all IT products available in the market.
  • I was handling the channel business in the organization for Rajkot and Saurashtra territory.
  • Mainly product line: PC (Acer, IBM, HP) with software and networking.
  • After one and half years of experience in the organization, my division has been shifted. As currently I was handling the up-country market (Rajkot, Bhavnagar, and Jamnagar).

Sr. Sales Executive

Third Wave Systems Pvt.Ltd.
Ahmedabad
05.2003 - 03.2004
  • Third Wave Systems is IT and OA one stop solution Retail Outlet. The responsibilities upon me include Sales and Marketing for retail & corporate segment.
  • Sales and Marketing of all OA and IT Products forms a core of my job role.
  • Schemes, claims, Bundles, interacting with suppliers & principles for the same also form a part of my job.
  • Handling mainly brands like Hewlett Packard, IBM, Compaq, Acer, HCL and Panasonic.
  • Handling certain corporate & Government accounts directly as part of my outbound sales activity.

Executive-Sales Division

Ronak Computers Pvt.Ltd.
Ahmedabad
12.2000 - 04.2003
  • Ronak computers was the distributor for IT hardware products like Samsung, Epson, Canon and HP.
  • I was responsible for network business.

Education

B.Com - Management and Accounts

Gujarat University
04.2001

12th - Commerce Faculty

Gujarat Board
03.1998

10th - General Faculty

Gujarat Board
03.1996

Skills

  • All applications under Windows
  • MS Office and specially command over Excel & Power Point

Languages

English, Gujarati, Hindi

Hobbies and Interests

Reading, go on a long drive, Driving Car, spending time with family and friends.

Timeline

Dy. Sales Manager

Canon India Pvt Ltd
10.2022 - Current

Account Manager – Commercial

Asus India Pvt Ltd
05.2020 - 10.2022

Sales & Product Manager

R P Tech India
07.2018 - 04.2020

Product Manager

Compuage Infocom Ltd.
07.2011 - 06.2018

Channel Manager

eSys Information Technologies Ltd
11.2007 - 07.2011

Account Manager – Channel Sales

Wipro Ltd
03.2007 - 10.2007

Sr. Associates - Sales

Ingram Micro India Pvt. Ltd.
03.2004 - 02.2007

Sr. Sales Executive

Third Wave Systems Pvt.Ltd.
05.2003 - 03.2004

Executive-Sales Division

Ronak Computers Pvt.Ltd.
12.2000 - 04.2003

B.Com - Management and Accounts

Gujarat University

12th - Commerce Faculty

Gujarat Board

10th - General Faculty

Gujarat Board
Saurabh S. Shah