Saurabh Bhatnagar has over 15 years of experience in sales management roles across various industries including media, finance, and timeshare. He has a proven track record of exceeding sales targets and growing revenue through strategic planning, team management, and client relationships. Bhatnagar holds an MBA and has strong communication, presentation, and computer skills. His career highlights include leadership positions at Zee Media, ICICI Bank, Hindustan Times, and Star India where he consistently achieved high performance.
Martal Group - B2B Lead Gen Agency - Onboarding Overview
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1. SAURABH BHATNAGAR
E-Mail: saurabhb06@hotmail.com / Contact: 09792492726/8874009777
AN OVERVIEW
Over 15 years of experience in diverse areas:
1. Sales driven management professional with aggression coupled with experience of 15 years and ability to be multi faceted
& work towards revenue from road mapping realizing weak areas to make strategies till realization in any field with any
and all products understanding company goals by
A. Experience with media, finance and time share has given exposure and confidence through customer
interaction for sales to premium category clientele and corporate based on positive approach with multitasking
for higher revenue.
B. Command over both written and spoken English enabling astute presentations towards closures.
C. During college years assisted family in handling distribution network of Liberty shoes for U.P, UK and Nepal through dealer
and retail network taking care of P&L and distribution with extensive travelling in North India and Nepal.
D. Calmness with ability to be organized with road maps, reporting online
1. With clarity to scan reports, dsr and force feedback for underlining sales strategies.
2. Prepare road maps and budget plans to be scanned by finance and put in use.
3. Be a role model to guide offices and team in taking responsibility and onus to start and finish projects in profitability.
4. Experience of product launch for Media-Print, airtime sales and Home loans in face of strong adversaries.
COMPETENCIES MATRIX
Exposure & experience in media with Finance has given open mind-set in designing solutions through understanding work culture
and requirement of all industries in revenue generation till revenue collection.
A. Observant, Patient and analytical to be Methodical: Follow systems and sales process for better coordinated efforts
and understanding from inside office to field.
B. Be updated with training & team Management
C Administration: Making presentation and downloading.
D. Business Intelligence (Marketing & Product): Updated with current market developments and team
composition:
E. Customer Understanding through Mapping:
F. Follow up- Consistence in follow up individually and through team till desired target, process and revenue is
online.
CAREER CONTOUR
Dec’13 to April, 2015: Product Head Zee Sangam, Zee News UP & UK, Ghaziabad, as Sales Manager, Uttar Pradesh,
India.
For Lucknow, Kanpur, Allahabad, Gorakhpur and Varanasi
Key Result Areas
Overseeing the entire gamut of Brand marketing, regional sales for Zee Sangam & other group channels of Zee
Media Corporation for smooth revenue flow through space sale .
Over 100% achievement for Sangam and more than 110% achievement for business and national channel
from UP. With-in a span of 6 months able to increase revenue through of ATL advertising inflow with net
innovations, agency relations and employee retention leading to retail growth.
Successfully handled Uttar Pradesh with for space sale with major business from Government, Sme of Eastern
and western Uttar Pradesh with major push in revenue from educational clients, sme of Moradabad, Meerut,
Agra, Lucknow, Kanpur, Gorakhpur and Varanasi. Synchronized working among all departments to increase ad
revenue and client retention through communication and working with agencies.
Jan, 2013 – December, 2013: Panoramic Group, Magic Holidays, Lucknow.
Short successful stint of 10 months in panoramic group for Magic Holidays in sales Lucknow focussed on
quality sales and good deliverance through lead generation. I was recognized for lead generation with quality
management deliverance & achiever in team management and lead conversions also through tele team.
With regular PR interaction of team with relations of media and finance and market channels.
Dec’07 – Dec’12: ICICI Bank Ltd., Lucknow, UP, India as Location Manager – Sales
Key Result Areas, Location: Lucknow, Kanpur, Allahabad, Gorakhpur and Banaras
Spearheaded the entire gamut of Home Loans Sales, Credit Card Collections and Sale of re-Possessed Assets on
Wheels. Achiever in home loans, credit card collections and repossessed assets on wheel sale.
Jul’06 – Dec’07: Hindustan Times as Category head SME
2. Key Result Areas, Location: Lucknow: reported profits as category head for sme division generating display ads for city
centric newspaper and display category ads from Lucknow market. I was called for Hindustan launch of Kanpur also
for my work experience and relations in that particular market. Increased ads flow through regular features, day and
festival specific.
PRECEDING TASKS
Jan’05 – Dec’06: Star India, Lucknow, India as Assistant Manager - Media Marketing
Jul’02 – Jul’05: Bennett Coleman n Company, Kanpur, U.P, India as Sr. Executive - Response, Times of India
Jun’01 – Jul’02: Tata Info-media, Mumbai as Officer- started career as management officer, Yellow pages in Tata Info-
media, Mumbai, India.
SCHOLASTICS
MBA (Marketing) from Apeejay School of Marketing, New Delhi with 1st
Division in 2001 with Marketing as major and
IT as minor.
BBA from IFTM, Moradabad with 1st
Division in 1999.
IT Skills: MS - Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), Quark Express Corel Draw, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Page Maker and
Windows XP, Vista & 7.
EXTRAMURAL ENGAGEMENTS & ACCOLADES
N.C.C, 'A' certificate holder and received recognition for being the best Cadet in Punctuality and Marching Drill.
State level: Holds the credit of representing school in state level in Choreography and won First prize also represented
school and college team in Cricket, Football and Choreography.
Sports: Received certificates of achievement in Cricket and football.
Corporate: Took part in Tata Infomedia Ltd. Annual Function Day and won prize for Corporate Quiz Management and
Choreography as well as organized and participated in Media Cricket Challenge.
Media Cricket tournament: Distinctively arranged Media Cricket tournament at Amarpali Entertainment City during
Radiocity Star Tenure.
Extra Culinary Activities: Served as an Area Vice Chairman with Elite Club Round Table Chapter 136, Lucknow and
Area Publicity Convener for UP Round table also developed Nation- Wide networking within a year. Currently president
of Alliance club group for Lucknow and PR chairman for UP.
Interests: Reading, Presentation, Net savvy in analysing fads and trends, Travelling, Professional photography, 4 wheelers
and off roaders, Communicating, Socializing, Networking, Foreign Languages and smartly being right with presentations and
closing sale.
PERSONAL SNIPPETS
Date of Birth: 6th
September 1975 Address: 21/27, Tilak-marg, laxman-Niwas, Lucknow-226001, India.
Languages Known: English & Hindi Passport: Z3180887