Savidharshan is an accomplished Business Development Manager with 8 years of experience with demonstrated results in delivering accelerated revenue growth, driving International market entry, New Business Development and building large high-performance teams from the ground up.
As the Sales & Business Development Manager, he has set up the Inside Sales, Market Research team from strategy planning to build & manage both SDRs & BDRs across SaaS Start-ups & Mid-size companies and enterprise
Specialized in APAC region | Secondary - EMEA and NA Enabled the Sales team with the effective Sales structure, the right Tech Tools, Ideal customer profiles & Buyer persona via Market research >Set up the Cadences, Value Proposition, Battle cards, Social selling, Region & Industry specific Email Templates, Call Scripts, Lead Assignment format etc.
In the last 8 years, he has led teams of 4+ and delivered 1080 yearly Meeting targets with 40% Qualified opportunity leading to a 3-6X Pipeline generation with 30% actual revenue conversion ($6 M)
Worked across multiple industries & global Markets and have experience with various Prospecting, Engagement and CRM tools
In his journey, he has built a winning Sales process with a Repeatable & Scalable Framework for a future-proof strategy, process development & Improvement plans, developed multiple brand awareness campaigns for New Market Penetration, built open Communication and structured cross-functional collaboration to bridge communication gaps and speed up the sales cycle.
Along with the Outbound engine, he has also structured the Inbound engine with the help of LinkedIn Ad Campaigns, Events, Hosting Partner & Internal Webinars, Landing Page & 3rd Party Campaigns
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Enterprise Account Manager
Blockfenders
Bengaluru
10.2023 - Current
Developed and implemented sales strategies to increase client base and revenue for data logistics platform solutions
Conducted market research to identify potential clients and assess competition
Built and maintained strong relationships with existing clients, resulting in high customer retention rates
Generated leads through cold calling, networking events, and digital marketing campaigns
Negotiated contracts and closed deals with clients, consistently meeting and exceeding sales targets
Collaborated with the product development team to gather customer feedback and make necessary improvements to the platform
Trained and mentored new sales team members, sharing best practices and sales techniques
Participated in industry events and conferences to promote our data logistics platform and expand our network
Analyzed sales data and market trends to identify opportunities for growth and improvement.
Account Manager
Thelightbulb.a
Bengaluru
02.2023 - 08.2023
Outboud Sales
3 BANT qualified meetings
Demo Presenation - 3 per week
Account Manager role and Business Development role
Senior Business Development Manager
LOGIQ.AI
Bengaluru
09.2020 - 02.2023
$500k+ Pipeline | Supporting - India and Asian (APAC) Industry - Retail,BFSI,
Telco, E-commerce, Software Company and few other
15-20 Demos per month. Generating leads and making cold calls to convert
lead to prospects and to give a product Demo
Multiple sequence at a time to generate more cold outreach
Hosting Webinar and Virtual events to create product Awareness
Making sure technical team answer all the questions and making sure Trial goes successful.
Targeted Persona - CTO, Head of IT, Head of Product, Database Manager
Negotiating on POC and Product
Business Development Manager (APAC, NA, ANZ)
Aerospike, Inc
Bengaluru
07.2018 - 01.2020
Lead Generation to Demo
The closure includes SMB less than $10K
Pipeline created $900k+ for Sales Director (Tier 1 Accounts)
Client names include SBI, DBS, Couture.AI, Paypal, Hotstar etc
The opportunity created 8/Month (BANT)
Industry includes - Telco, Retail, E-commerce, BFSI Geography -
NA/APAC/ANZ/EMEA
Key Account Sales Manager (UAE,EMEA,NA,ANZ)
Artaaj Events
Bengaluru
01.2014 - 10.2017
Account Manager (Sales) (NA,EMEA,APAC,ANZ_$15k Target and I was able to