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Vinayak Chowdhri

Vinayak Chowdhri

Vice President. - International Sales And Expansion
New Delhi

Summary

With over 14 years of experience in sales and marketing, business development, and customer relationship management, I am a seasoned leader in the SaaS and e-commerce industries. I currently head the international sales and expansion efforts for NimbusPost, a cloud-based logistics platform that helps online sellers optimize their shipping and delivery operations.

In this role, I am responsible for developing and executing strategies to grow the business across existing and new markets, such as Indonesia, United Kingdom, USA, Australia, and MENA. I also manage key account plans, multilevel contacts, and customer happiness for our suite of SaaS products. I leverage my expertise in logistics, digital marketing, hospitality management, and business management to deliver solutions that increase operational efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance customer satisfaction. I am passionate about building long-term relationships with clients and partners, and driving innovative and impactful solutions that create value for all stakeholders.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Vice President - International Sales and Expansion

Nimbuspost
01.2023 - Current
  • Heading the International Sales and Expansion efforts for the organisation across current markets in South east asia and United Kingdom followed by USA, Australia and MENA in the near future.
  • Hired and managed employees to maximize productivity while training them on best practices and protocols.
  • Established performance goals for department and provided methods for reaching milestones.
  • Increased company growth through collaboration with sales,marketing, Tech and other related departments.
  • Collaborated with senior management to develop strategic initiatives and long term goals.
  • Aligned organizational objectives with company mission to increase business growth and integrate work strategies.
  • Identified opportunities to improve business process flows and productivity.

Assistant Vice President

Shipper
06.2020 - 08.2022
  • We are experts at advising organisations across industries for their Logistics and Warehousing operations thus helping increase operational efficiency and reduce costs
  • Responsible to ensure that sales and productivity goals are met
  • Responsible for fostering long lasting relationship with clients
  • Responsible for network within the region
  • Responsible to meet yearly targets
  • Responsible for developing key growth strategies.

Director Of Sales

Mobikon Technologies
04.2019 - 05.2020
  • Responsible for achieving B2B sales targets along with P&L
  • Responsible for developing key growth sales strategies and action plans
  • Client Happiness accountability for the region and constant upsell/cross sell of products
  • Managing the end to end client relationship from onboarding to retention.

Head Of Business Development - New Business Initiatives and Growth

Nearbuy.com ( Formerly Groupon Inc India Division )
12.2018 - 03.2019
  • Responsible for Primary and Secondary Research like Analysis of the business globally in markets like USA, Europe, APAC etc, Market size of the business within India, Current top players etc
  • Complete Implementation of the new business initiatives Pan India
  • Understanding the Supply chain and Logistics perspective of the new business and making it cost and time efficient
  • Hiring of new resources and managing the current team
  • Acting as a key contact for large/national accounts
  • Implementing new business initiatives across new business and the sales team.

Business Head - Hotels and Experiences

Nearbuy.com ( Formerly Groupon Inc India Division )
04.2017 - 12.2018
  • Responsible for the country Sales along with P&L responsibility
  • Responsible for achieving B2B sales targets
  • Acting as a key contact for large/national accounts
  • Implementing new business initiatives across new business and the sales teams.

Associate Business Head - Hotels

Nearbuy.com ( Formerly Groupon Inc India Division )
04.2016 - 04.2017
  • Heading a lean and effective team to handle large / National accounts
  • Responsible for the country Sales along with P&L responsibility
  • Taking care of the end-to-end relationship, starting with signing-up of the brand, to onboarding to driving bookings through brand specific marketing and promotions
  • Designing and driving brand specific promotions through online (In product) and offline activities.

Senior Manager Business Development

Groupon Inc
10.2013 - 04.2016
  • Get Travel offers from a handpicked set of travel partners in India & negotiate the absolute best rates and inventory available for the subscribers of Groupon India
  • Responsible for achieving monthly targets and seeking to identify new and creative travel packages
  • Responsible to measure revenue, market share of the assigned portfolio and competitor ranking.

Head Of Department - Food and Beverage

Starwood Hotels and Resorts ( ITC Welcomhotel Rama International )
06.2012 - 09.2013
  • Responsible for the Food and Beverage Department of the hotel
  • Leading a team of 60 plus associates, 4 managers and 4 executives
  • Played a stellar role in rendering high quality services, resulting in customer delight and optimum resource utilization for maximum service quality
  • WOW RATIO - Guest Satisfaction Index - achieving year after year in the unit.

Restaurant Manager

Starwood Hotels and Resorts ( ITC Maratha, A Luxury Collection Hotel )
08.2009 - 06.2012
  • Responsible for the Restaurant operations of the unit
  • Responsible for mentoring the staff members and providing memorable experiences to the guests
  • Roster planning for entire restaurant staff including the Captain and the Asst Restaurant manager
  • Keeping a check on Six Sigma standards and running area effectiveness team as the leader.

Education

Post Graduation - Business Management

XLRI
Jamshedpur
02.2013 - 05.2014

Hospitality Management -

Welcomgroup Management Institute
08.2005 - 09.2009

Bachelors In Tourism Studies -

I.G.N.O.U
09.2005 - 09.2008

Skills

Salesundefined

Accomplishments

  • Won the best sales representative award for 2 consecutive years at Groupon
  • Won the Best Leadership award in 2017
  • Responsible for onboarding many big brands in India like ITC Hotels, Leela Palaces and Resorts, The Roseate etc on Nearbuy for the first time
  • I was the first in my batch of 15 to become a Head of Department during my stint with ITC hotels

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 09/27/87
  • Gender: Male
  • Nationality: Indian

Timeline

Vice President - International Sales and Expansion

Nimbuspost
01.2023 - Current

Assistant Vice President

Shipper
06.2020 - 08.2022

Director Of Sales

Mobikon Technologies
04.2019 - 05.2020

Head Of Business Development - New Business Initiatives and Growth

Nearbuy.com ( Formerly Groupon Inc India Division )
12.2018 - 03.2019

Business Head - Hotels and Experiences

Nearbuy.com ( Formerly Groupon Inc India Division )
04.2017 - 12.2018

Associate Business Head - Hotels

Nearbuy.com ( Formerly Groupon Inc India Division )
04.2016 - 04.2017

Senior Manager Business Development

Groupon Inc
10.2013 - 04.2016

Post Graduation - Business Management

XLRI
02.2013 - 05.2014

Head Of Department - Food and Beverage

Starwood Hotels and Resorts ( ITC Welcomhotel Rama International )
06.2012 - 09.2013

Restaurant Manager

Starwood Hotels and Resorts ( ITC Maratha, A Luxury Collection Hotel )
08.2009 - 06.2012

Bachelors In Tourism Studies -

I.G.N.O.U
09.2005 - 09.2008

Hospitality Management -

Welcomgroup Management Institute
08.2005 - 09.2009
Vinayak ChowdhriVice President. - International Sales And Expansion