The document provides a summary of an individual's 20 years of experience in senior sales, marketing, business development and management roles across multiple industries. It outlines his core competencies, areas of expertise, professional experience managing revenue growth and profitability, and educational qualifications. The objective is to contribute to growth in distribution channels or modern trade sales at a senior management level.
• 14 years of experience in management, sales, and marketing
• Ability to work in a team or independently with minimal supervision
• Strong relationship builder and excellent negotiator
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational and problem solving skills
• Ability to multi-task effectively
• Provide superior customer care, team spirit, and training
• Proficient in Internet Explorer and all Microsoft Office programs
⦁ Over 15 years of experience in Operations Management, Inside/Outside Sales and Customer Support. ⦁ Strongly advocates Customer Focus as a means of achieving objectives. ⦁ Proven skills in managing teams to work in sync with the corporate set parameters & motivating them for achieving business and individual goals. ⦁ Acting as an escalation gate to resolve critical issues of the team members. ⦁ Ability to adapt well and perform in new competitive environment with flexibility towards shifts in working and excelling under high pressure and diverse situation. ⦁ Adept at effectively dealing with customers and associates to meet their satisfaction utilizing customer centric approach combining relationship building and customer retention abilities. ⦁ Hard working, Self motivated and diligent team player possessing highly evolved and demonstrable communication, interpersonal and leadership skills.
• 14 years of experience in management, sales, and marketing
• Ability to work in a team or independently with minimal supervision
• Strong relationship builder and excellent negotiator
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational and problem solving skills
• Ability to multi-task effectively
• Provide superior customer care, team spirit, and training
• Proficient in Internet Explorer and all Microsoft Office programs
⦁ Over 15 years of experience in Operations Management, Inside/Outside Sales and Customer Support. ⦁ Strongly advocates Customer Focus as a means of achieving objectives. ⦁ Proven skills in managing teams to work in sync with the corporate set parameters & motivating them for achieving business and individual goals. ⦁ Acting as an escalation gate to resolve critical issues of the team members. ⦁ Ability to adapt well and perform in new competitive environment with flexibility towards shifts in working and excelling under high pressure and diverse situation. ⦁ Adept at effectively dealing with customers and associates to meet their satisfaction utilizing customer centric approach combining relationship building and customer retention abilities. ⦁ Hard working, Self motivated and diligent team player possessing highly evolved and demonstrable communication, interpersonal and leadership skills.
Over a decade of exp. in Business Development, Operations and leading large teams in the Education space. Joining at the start-up stage and scaling up is my forte & I thrive on challenges. Education is a great leveler & my goal is to make gen next as job ready as possible.
Specialties Sales, Operation, Competitive Analysis, Franchising, Marketing, Brand Building by designing brand campaigns, BTL & ATL marketing activities, Managing & Mentoring a killer sales force to maximize revenue generation for the company.
In today's competitive world I believe that your company is looking for someone who is Smart, Focused, Team Player, Goal-Oriented, has a positive Attitude, Creative and can work under pressure. Please consider me as an applicant for any position that fits to my experience.
I'm currently working as Regional Head –West in K-12 Digital Class Division (Maharashtra & Gujarat). Prior to I worked in Organization like NIIT, Aptech, Everonn & Apollo Educ.
Thank you and I am looking forward for right opportunity in city like Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, or Pune.
Request to check my profile and if Suitable for any position in your organization.
1. PRAMOD.R
OBJECTIVE:
To contribute passionately towards growth of Distribution
Channel and or Modern Trade Sales at senior management
level in corporate setup by leveraging the experience and skill
sets gained over the years.
SUMMARY:
A senior Sales, Marketing and Business Development
professional currently at Regional level with 20 years of
experience in various sectors.
CORE COMPETENCIES:
♦ Strategy Development, P & L Management & Execution.
♦ Marketing Communication–Advertising, Sales
Promotion, Direct Marketing, Events.
♦ Brand Management– Brand Positioning, Brand building,
Brand Launches
♦ Customer Relationship Management – Customer Loyalty
Programs, handling of Customer Complaints and
Customer Grievances Redressal
♦ Business Development, Business Partners Management,
Revenue generation through tie-ups and cross-promos
♦ Training, Teaching and Manpower development
♦ Channel, Modern Trade & Key Account Management.
♦ Process Development and Systems creation for
standardised formulation and effective implementation.
AREA OF EXPERTISE:
Strategy Planning, Business Development, Channel
Management Distribution, Receivable Management, Client
Relationship Management, Operations Management, New
Market Development, Marketing, Product Promotions,
Training, People Management, Contract Negotiations, P & L
Management Commercial Construct.
HIGHLIGHT OF EXPERIENCE:
♦ A dynamic professional with rich experience in managing the sales and marketing functions with
focus on revenue growth and profit maximization of the organization.
♦ Shared vision of the Business and Organization, formulating business strategies for utilization
and deployment of available resources to achieve organizational objectives.
♦ Devising short term and long term goals for achieving top line and bottom-line profitability.
Total Experience:
20 years
Permanent Address:
No: 151, Abhijit Apartments,
Flat No. 2, 7th
Main, 11th
Cross,
Malleshwaram,
Bangalore – 560 003
Mobile:
89714 77622/ 96328 16925
E-mail Id:
pramodrsharma@yahoo.co.in
Date of Birth:
13th
May 1974
Educational Qualification:
Post Graduate Diploma in Sales &
Marketing from AIIMS, Chennai in
1997
Bachelor of Arts in Economics from
Bangalore University, Bangalore in
1995
Languages known:
English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, &
Telugu
Target Positions & Industry:
Senior management position in the field
Telecom, FMCG, Automotive,
Lubricants industries.
2. ♦ Market Planning and Market Development, Logistics, Sales and Marketing, Manpower Planning,
Training and Development.
♦ Overseeing Marketing and Sales operations and implementation for achieving effective and
increased growth & profitability. Ensuring maximum brand visibility and capturing optimal
market share.
♦ Formulating Annual Marketing Plans, Budgets and Calendars for accomplishment of assigned
targets.
♦ Formulation and implementation of Customer acquisition and customer retention strategies.
♦ Devising & effecting competitive promotional and sales programs/strategies to improve the
product and brand awareness.
♦ Setting performance standards and measuring performance for efficient delivery in the sales and
marketing domains.
♦ Providing effective leadership and direction to the sales and marketing personnel to ensure that
members are motivated. Devising methods to improve performance of staff.
♦ Motivating, mentoring, guiding and monitoring executives to achieve goals.
♦ Interfacing with customers to understand their requirements, coordinating with the technical /
merchandising teams & devising optimal solutions to satisfy customer’s needs.
♦ Collating accurate feedback from clients through scientific customer research to identify areas of
improvement in the service levels.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
A 15000 Crore manufacturer and seller. Specializing in Mother Boards, IT Peripherals, Laptop,
Desktop, Tablet, Mobile and its accessories.
Responsibilities & KRA:
♦ Started the
Mobility Business from Scratch for South.
♦ Hired
Manpower, appointed Disti’s across South, implemented all systems and processes.
♦ Started various
programs, driven Ideas into actions and increased the entire South Business.
♦ Promoted as
Senior Manager within Nine Months of taking over the responsibility.
A 180000 Crore company, with 12000 Cr Turnover in India. Distributors of around 70 Brands
across Hardware, Telecom, Software, Networking, Logistics, etc.
National Sales Manager – INGRAM MICRO INDIA Ltd – Apple IPhones (Nov 2012 to June
2014)
Regional Sales Manager – ASUS India Pvt Ltd – Mobility Division (June 2014 till date)
3. Responsibilities & K.R.A:
♦ Handling all
Regional/ National Chains/ APR’s for TN & Kerala.
♦ Responsible
for Sales, Distribution, Collections & Execution.
♦ Negotiating
Terms of trade with National accounts & planning Marketing activities.
♦ Planning &
extracting maximum results out of BTL & ATL activities.
♦ Conducting
regular meetings, Training programmes for Reportees, Partners, Field Staff.
Achievements:
♦ Successfully
launched IPhone 5.
A Bharti Airtel Group company, Manufacturers & Distributors of Beetel brand of landline phones,
Mobiles, IT Peripherals, Dongle & National partners for distributing Motorola Handsets/
Accessories, Apple Iphone, Blackberry, Transcend & Sandisk Memory products, WiFi etc.
Promoted from Sales Manager (Oct’07 to Nov’09) to Regional Business Head
– South India
Responsibilities & K.R.A:
♦ Responsible
for Sales, Distribution, Collections & Execution for all 4 Southern States i.e., Karnataka,
Tamilnadu, Andrapradesh & Kerala.
♦ Negotiating
Terms of trade with National accounts & planning Marketing activities as well.
♦ Planning &
extracting maximum results out of Promotional activities.
♦ Conducting
regular meetings, Training programmes for Field Staff.
Achievements:
♦ Independently
handling all Retail chains and growing the business by 85 % over Last year.
♦ Successfully
handling a very high risk, high volume market.
Regional Business Head (South) -BHARTI TELETECH LTD (Oct 2007 to Oct 2012)
4. ♦ Forecasting
Sales & increasing ASP’s in my markets.
A FMCG Multinational company. Producers and Sellers of Convenient Foods with operations in
more than 100 countries.
Responsibilities & K.R.A:
♦ Responsible
for 7 Modern Trade retail chains in Bangalore city.
♦ Accountable
for Sales, Distribution & Execution.
♦ Extracting
maximum results out of Promotional activities, conducting regular meetings, Training
programmes with Merchandisers.
Achievements:
♦ Independently
handling all Retail chains and growing the business by 41 % over Last year.
♦ Successfully
handling a very high risk, high volume market.
♦ Bangalore
Market was the Best all over India in terms of Market Share, Volumes, Systems and Execution.
A Telecom service provider with operations in Karnataka and Punjab Circles.
Responsibilities & K.R.A:
♦ Responsible for direct corporate sales & service.
♦ Handled a Team of around 12 Representatives.
♦ Development of corporate retention.
Achievements:
♦ Consistent in getting sales numbers by tapping the corporate clientele, conducting Road shows,
direct selling along with Sales team etc.
♦ Efficiently managed over 90 corporate accounts.
♦ Started, organised & developed the concept of corporate retention for the first time in the
company.
Senior Sales Officer (MT) - PEPSICO INDIA HOLDINGS PRIVATE LTD - Food Division (Jan
2006 to Oct 2007)
Sr. Executive - SPICE COMMUNICATIONS PVT LTD (May 2003 to Jan 2006)
5. Started, organised & developed the concept of corporate retention for the first time in the company.
A FMCG Multinational company, Producers and Sellers of Beverages with both Franchise and
company based operations in more than 187 countries.
Responsibilities & K.R.A:
♦ Responsible for 4 Distributors in Bangalore city and later at Madurai.
♦ Accountable for Sales & Distribution Targets.
♦ Direct Consumer contact.
♦ Improving executional standards.
♦ Extracting maximum results out of Promotional activities, conducting regular meetings, Training
programmes with Distributors and their Salesmen.
♦ Appointing new Distributors, Auditing, etc.
Achievements:
♦ Sole person to successfully handle Distributor network.
♦ Successfully
handled a very high risk, high volume market.
An 11,000 Crore FMCG Multinational company, Manufacturers and Sellers of Soaps,
Detergents, Leather Products, Food & Beverages, etc.
Responsibilities & K.R.A:
♦ Handled 12 stockists and 17 salesmen.
♦ Laisioning with Stockists, Direct consumer contact, Achieving sales (Primary and Secondary)
Targets.
♦ Motivating dealers, auditing, appointing new dealers, undertaking sales Promotional activities
etc.
♦ Plan and execute new initiatives and innovations, Improving stockists efficiencies, Infrastructure,
etc.
Achievements:
♦ Responsible
for achieving 8.61% volume growth and 7.4% value growth in my Territory, whereas Area was
at 2.5% volume growth and 1.72% value growth in the year 1998-99.
♦ Was rated
among the top 5 TSI’s in South India.
Customer Executive - PEPSICO INDIA HOLDINGS PRIVATE LTD – Beverages Division (Aug
2000 to May 2003)
Territory Sales Incharge - HINDUSTAN LEVER LTD – Soaps & Detergents (Aug1996 to Aug
2000)
6. ♦ Introduced a
new & highly successful concept of distribution to eliminate wastage of time & resources.
A 1,500 crore public limited company. Manufactures and sellers of Automobile Tyres, Tubes and
Flaps. Market Leaders in truck as well as Bus segment.
Responsibilities & K.R.A:
♦ Handled Large Dealer & Fleets Network. Effectively serviced the Existing Network & identified
Potential Markets.
♦ Regular consumer contact at various strategic locations, conversion of competitor customers.
Warranty analysis and awarding of claims.
♦ Responsible for market potential analysis, conducting promotional campaigns and assisting
technical team in testing of new tyres. Handled Dealer Development in new Markets, OE
Accounts & Government Accounts.
♦ Planned & executed effective Market Promotion Strategies (Consumer meets & Campaigns).
Provided excellent after sale service.
Achievements:
♦ Appointed
large network of dealers and fleet customers. Handled and developed the local Bangalore market
which was the largest market in terms of volume in the state.
♦ Handled the
operations of a Branch office independently.
♦ Responsible
for a growth of almost 75% in one Year.
♦ Increased
market share for the company by penetrating into the competitors counters.
♦ Successfully
appointed a large number of exclusive and non-exclusive dealers and fleet accounts.
(R. PRAMOD).
Sales Executive - APOLLO TYRES LTD (July 1995 to Aug 1996)
7. ♦ Introduced a
new & highly successful concept of distribution to eliminate wastage of time & resources.
A 1,500 crore public limited company. Manufactures and sellers of Automobile Tyres, Tubes and
Flaps. Market Leaders in truck as well as Bus segment.
Responsibilities & K.R.A:
♦ Handled Large Dealer & Fleets Network. Effectively serviced the Existing Network & identified
Potential Markets.
♦ Regular consumer contact at various strategic locations, conversion of competitor customers.
Warranty analysis and awarding of claims.
♦ Responsible for market potential analysis, conducting promotional campaigns and assisting
technical team in testing of new tyres. Handled Dealer Development in new Markets, OE
Accounts & Government Accounts.
♦ Planned & executed effective Market Promotion Strategies (Consumer meets & Campaigns).
Provided excellent after sale service.
Achievements:
♦ Appointed
large network of dealers and fleet customers. Handled and developed the local Bangalore market
which was the largest market in terms of volume in the state.
♦ Handled the
operations of a Branch office independently.
♦ Responsible
for a growth of almost 75% in one Year.
♦ Increased
market share for the company by penetrating into the competitors counters.
♦ Successfully
appointed a large number of exclusive and non-exclusive dealers and fleet accounts.
(R. PRAMOD).
Sales Executive - APOLLO TYRES LTD (July 1995 to Aug 1996)