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VIKASH PANDEY

VIKASH PANDEY

Business Lead
Mumbai

Summary

Results-driven sales professional with a proven track record of building successful businesses from the ground up and achieving substantial revenue growth. Over the past 12+ years, I have played a pivotal role in the success of setting up business & Growing Performance, Agency & Brand Business for company with revenue bifurcation of 80% Performance & 20% Brand Business.

In my recent role as a Lead Business expansion at Snapchat, I've achieved a 150% growth in India revenue, secured strategic Joint Business Plans (JBPs) with industry Top performance Players Flipkart, Myntra, aJio, Amazon & Brand advertisers Unilever and P&G, Loreal, ELC , I led the establishment of Agency Business, consistently achieving a 300% overachievement of revenue targets and onboarded 100+ agencies & closing Rebate deals.

I have been participated in strategy & execution to setup business in India for Avazu Holding, Tiktok & Snapchat and grew revenue 300% quarter on Quarter where Performance campaign with has contributed 80% of revenue.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
2
2

English & Hindi

76
76
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Business Expansion Lead - Agency & Direct Business

Snapchat
08.2021 - 02.2024
  • Grew Internet , ecom, Gaming, D2C & Fintec Performance vertical which has contributed 80% of Total revenue.
  • Grow LCS , MCS & Agency Business.
  • Prepared Strategy approach for Performance clients for pitching & solution. Working with Ops team to educate them about client requirement with approach to manage expectation.
  • Lead Team to achieve revenue goal.
  • Develop & execute strategic plans to achieve sales target & expand brand presence in India Market
  • Responsible for New Business and maintaining strong customer relations
  • Align Global clients with regional team to grow revenue.
  • Grow Agency Business in India & engage with top leaderships.
  • Manage & grow partner revenue
  • Engage agency & sign Annual deals

Strategic Deals :

Closed Local JBPs with Top Performance brands : Amazon, Myntra, Flipkart, Hotstar, APV, Nykka, Zomato, Dream11, Gamex24x7 & Swiggy which contributed 40% of Total revenue

Long term deals, Strategic & creative support to 50+ MCS performance clients which contributed 40% of revenue :

D2C : Bolt, Neemans, Ketch, Boat, Lenskart, Caratlane, Giva etc

Internet : Shadi.com, Bumble, Spotify, Tinder, Hunch, Zee5 etc

Gaming : Winzo, MPL, Junglee Games etc

Fintech/Banking : Kotak811, Groww, Upstox, Angel Broking etc

Partnership Manager

Bytedance (TikTok & Helo)
03.2019 - 06.2021
  • Established Agency Business for TikTok and grew it 300% QOQ.
  • 70% of agency Business was Performance revenue which were combination of App Install, Lead Gen, Site visit, Bounce rate.
  • Engage client & agency to sign Annual deals
  • Develop & execute strategic plans to achieve sales target & expand brand presence in India Market
  • Joined business development meetings and supported market outreach plans to improve business development.
  • Led team to meet 300% of performance goals.
  • Aligning Local JBPs with clients.

Head of Sales & Business Development

Avazu Holding - Performance & Programmatic
11.2015 - 02.2019
  • Ad-Sales for Performance campaigns as well as programmatic demands in the market though Avazu DSP platform
  • Lead team of 18 people to achieve revenue goal.
  • Develop client Base across India – Performance & Branding both where 90% of revenue was from Performance with App Install objective from Internet, edutech, ecom & Gaming vertical.
  • Responsible for New Business and Account Management
  • Generate revenue by successfully initiating contact with potential customers, forecast & formulate business and market needs, and implement sales strategy, achieving sales targets with customer satisfaction
  • Deal with media agencies as well as direct clients; Ensure detailed Client Profile Research, Client Servicing, Rigorous and timely follow-ups along with after sales support.

Sales Coordinator - India Sales

Vserv Digital Services Pvt. Ltd. - Branding & Performance
02.2015 - 10.2015
  • Grow revenues for the Vserv Video/ Audience/ ROI/ Mobile and Branding solutions to the clients across categories in west Region
  • Responsible for New Business and Account Management.
  • Maintained long-term relationships with high net-worth clients.
  • Look after the west region for Video and branding solutions – FMCG, Non FMCG/ Banking / Entertainment, and International. Responsible for New Business as well as Account Management.
  • Responsible for driving revenue from agency business across west for Video & Brand Solution

Campaign Manager - Client Services, (APAC, EMEA, US)

Talentica Software - Opera Media works (AdMarvel) - Ad Exchange
11.2013 - 02.2015
  • Grow revenues for the Programmatic, Ad exchange and Branding solutions to the clients across categories in APAC & Europe region
  • Responsible for Programmatic & Ad exchange campaign setup & delivery
  • Responsible for day to day client interaction to grow revenue
  • Managing team.

Business Development Executive - Media Sales/Buying

Twist Mobile India Pvt. Ltd.
05.2012 - 10.2013
  • Handled sales and Marketing for Android & iOS Games
  • Managed Marketing for Games.

Education

MBA -

IIM Kozhikode
Kozhikode
01.2024

B.E - Electronics & Communication

IES IPS Academy Indore

Diploma - EE

RGPV University

HSC - Math

MP Board

SSC -

MP Board

Skills

    Strategic Planning

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Personal Information

Date of Birth: 05/01/90

Timeline

Business Expansion Lead - Agency & Direct Business

Snapchat
08.2021 - 02.2024

Partnership Manager

Bytedance (TikTok & Helo)
03.2019 - 06.2021

Head of Sales & Business Development

Avazu Holding - Performance & Programmatic
11.2015 - 02.2019

Sales Coordinator - India Sales

Vserv Digital Services Pvt. Ltd. - Branding & Performance
02.2015 - 10.2015

Campaign Manager - Client Services, (APAC, EMEA, US)

Talentica Software - Opera Media works (AdMarvel) - Ad Exchange
11.2013 - 02.2015

Business Development Executive - Media Sales/Buying

Twist Mobile India Pvt. Ltd.
05.2012 - 10.2013

MBA -

IIM Kozhikode

B.E - Electronics & Communication

IES IPS Academy Indore

Diploma - EE

RGPV University

HSC - Math

MP Board

SSC -

MP Board
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