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Sumit Singhal

Director Partnerships
Ghaziabad,India

Summary

Seasoned Business leader with strong history of success in leading teams, establishing industry support and working with sales professionals. Excellent understanding of market conditions paired with organized nature and good critical thinking skills. Leverages multi-channel approaches to market company products and services and surpass targets.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages

Work History

Director of Partnerships

Think & Learn Pvt Ltd - Byju's
Noida, India
03.2022 - Current

* Building B2B Partnership Business as an Alternate Revenue Channel for K4-K10 Vertical with PNL responsibility for the segment.

* Closed more than 50 partnerships in first 6 months across industry verticals of FMCG, Telecom, Affiliate ,Fintech, Meditech, Ecom Platforms, Banking sectors to name few.

· Responsible for launching Gift Card Business under One Byju's Brand.

· Responsible for launching Loyalty & Reward based partnerships across 250 Odd platforms through multiple partners.

· Aiming to provide free education to 1 Lac underprivileged students through Education for All program of Byju's under CSR based partnerships.

· Driving the business, product, operations & support matrices for B2B business.

Associate Vice President- National Alliances

Airtel Payment Bank
Gurugram, india
04.2020 - 03.2022
  • Spearheaded cross-functional initiatives across departments to achieve business goals for bottom-line profits.
  • Lead the Corporate Alliances for Bank for multiple sectors including FMCG, Travel, Transport, Logistics, ISP - Telecom, Media, Central Government, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing & Distribution, Hospitality etc.
  • Managed the overall portfolio of approx. 1000 Cr INR monthly GMV with YoY growth of 30% both on gross and net revenue basis.
  • Lead the Pan India team to develop Demand and lead gen programs to accelerate the sales pipeline and bring Strategic Partnerships to the Bank which add greater brand value in the cliental lists.
  • New partnerships & Logos for Airtel Thanks App along with Banking Partnerships for App in App journeys like Metro, IRCTC, Bus etc.
  • Responsible for driving First of Its Kind deals for the bank which has direct impact on increasing the Unique User Base by multifold covering DMT, DBT, Cashback and other BOP based audience.
  • Responsible for creating partner ecosystem in the digital payment solutions of Wallet, SBA, UPI, Fastag, BBPS, App in App PWA-Redirection journey.
  • Managed GTM Efforts for various Gov Institutions alignment like NSDC, IFFCO, FMCG, IOCL etc

Senior Business Manager- EMEA

Bharti Airtel Ltd
Gurugram, india
09.2015 - 03.2020
  • Increased the RMS for Airtel business with customers by almost 28% vis a vis competition
  • Implemented the Smart Sourcing Strategy and bringing new partners on board with new solutions under offering thus improving the EBITDA margin for region by 24%
  • Enabled the engagement with Wholesale Carriers players, Telecom Operators, ISPs, Satellite & Media Companies and increased the business by almost 10X in the region.
  • Worked on the Strategy Building process for joint GTM with major business houses in South & North Africa and Europe.
  • Dealt in Carrier products of Data like IPLC, IP, MPLS, DC, Satcom, Fiber & Media Solutions.
  • Opened up new regions for business like South Africa, Egypt, France, Gibraltar, Algeria, Mauritius etc.

Head Business Development- SAARC& ASEAN

Idirect Asia Pte Ltd
Delhi, India
02.2013 - 02.2015
  • Headed the Business Development Activity in the SAARC & ASEAN region for iDirect products in Satellite Baseband (VSAT) domain.
  • Build up the strategies to generate new business requirements in the region with various Nationals Gov Agencies, Defence, Telecom Operators, VSAT Operators, Satellite Operators, Media Broadcasts and System Integrators etc.
  • Worked in collaboration with developed Partners to accelerate the demand for iDirect products with various Gov Agencies- Sri Lanka & Bangladesh , New Internet Players- Nepal & Myanmar , Oil & Gas Sector- Bangladesh & Malaysia , VSAT & Telecom Partners – Airtel, Tata, HCL – India etc.
  • Signed up New partners in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Malaysia & Myanmar

Senior Manager Sales

Business Octane Solutions Pvt Ltd
Gurugram, India
06.2012 - 02.2013
  • Spearheaded marketing operations for AV, VC & Display solution in North India , Corporate Channel, SMEs & Government Accounts - to achieve agreed revenue milestones and maximize market share
  • Maintained perfect cross-functional coordination to ensure adherence to customers' delivery schedules ushering market credibility in company's customer centred policies
  • Ensured the assigned Sales Team is working at optimum level and worked for creating new sales avenues for the team to deliver better.

Business Development Manager

Bharti Airtel Ltd
Gurugram, India
05.2010 - 06.2012
  • Increased Sales and Business Development activity for Group Business and ISPs in Africa Region
  • Engaged in Selling , designing and Implementing the TV Studio, DTH and DTT solutions in the region.
  • Achieved the Order Booking target by 250% in the 1st year itself.

Key Account Manager

Hughes Communications India Pvt Ltd
Gurugram, India
01.2007 - 05.2010

Service Assurance Executive

Reliance Communications
Noida, India
06.2005 - 01.2007

Education

MBA - Business Management

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
New Delhi
11.2014 - 11.2015

B.Tech - Electronics & Communications

U.P. Technical University
Lucknow
10.2001 - 06.2005

Skills

    Business Management

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Accomplishments

  • Created the First of Its kind On-Pack Visibility & Cash Back Marketing Journey for APB in FMCG- Weikfield.
  • Increased the Non-Group Business for the region 10 times within 3 years from 1.1 Mill USD to 10.2 Mill USD annually
  • Achieved the Revenue & New Business Acquisition target by 200% continuously for 3 years in row
  • Maintained the healthy P&L for the business with more than 24% Net Margin with smart sourcing
  • Received the “Achievers Club Award” continuously for 3 years
  • Won the ACE Award for Excellence for Year 2007 at HCIL
  • Achieved the Best Contribution to Sales Award for Year 2007 at HCIL
  • Recipient of the “Excellence Award” for Best Program Manager in 2nd Quarter at HCIL
  • Achieved the Order Booking target by 250% in the 1st year itself
  • Got the Best Strategic Deal Award for deal in Botswana. Africa
  • Received the President Club Award in the first year of joining the company in Bharti Airtel.

Timeline

Director of Partnerships

Think & Learn Pvt Ltd - Byju's
03.2022 - Current

Associate Vice President- National Alliances

Airtel Payment Bank
04.2020 - 03.2022

Senior Business Manager- EMEA

Bharti Airtel Ltd
09.2015 - 03.2020

MBA - Business Management

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
11.2014 - 11.2015

Head Business Development- SAARC& ASEAN

Idirect Asia Pte Ltd
02.2013 - 02.2015

Senior Manager Sales

Business Octane Solutions Pvt Ltd
06.2012 - 02.2013

Business Development Manager

Bharti Airtel Ltd
05.2010 - 06.2012

Key Account Manager

Hughes Communications India Pvt Ltd
01.2007 - 05.2010

Service Assurance Executive

Reliance Communications
06.2005 - 01.2007

B.Tech - Electronics & Communications

U.P. Technical University
10.2001 - 06.2005
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