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Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

• Manage the Foundation courses portfolio, including strategy development, publishing, planning, production, editorial to maintain an excellent standard of the product• Strategy development includes competitor study in terms of pricing & GTMs, conducting surveys to understand the future requirements etc.• Set and manage product development budget• Ensure timely release of all products• Support the Sales & GTM by working with Sales & Marketing teams. Sales support includes developing products that are based on market demands, conducting presentations & demos to clients, providing inputs to the Sales team on competitor strategies etc. Objective is to work closely to help the Sales team to achieve the Portfolio targets.• Keep an eye on market developments & create products that are futuristic & give an edge over competition.

Telangana, India

Conceptualizing and conceiving product, sales & marketing strategy based on market research & data analysis.Overseeing the complete operations and business development of company’s products being delivered from the academics department catering to children books section (Preschool to K 12).Layout sampling and approvals for ongoing and new products.Taking strategic calls regarding the print run of the books, cost and other related activities. Coordinating with the printers and other vendors.Communicating with authors/editors for commissioning/submission of manuscripts, adherence to company’s quality standards, copyright, text permissions and coordination with subject matter experts.Supervising the team of Subject leads, designers, subject matter experts, quality controllers, and illustrators. LMS training to schools and teachers. Manage all the digital support products related to the print books.Optimizing project costs through better systems, sources & higher efficiency.Achieving Revenue & profitability targets to align with the company’s targets. Conducting sales and marketing product trainings, both for India and abroad teams.Organizing teacher's training programs and faculty development workshops to promote the products.Making business plans for the department. Have been involved in direct sales of the products as well.New hirings and appraisals of the team members.

Noida Area, India

Overseeing the complete operations and business development of company’s products being delivered from the editorial department catering to children books section (Preschool to K 12).Reviewing and approving author submitted manuscripts and content plans.Planning and initiating the marketing strategy with the relevant departments.Layout sampling and approvals for ongoing and new products.Liaising with the company’s national and international teams for new business, business transitions, and ongoing projects.Communicating with authors/editors for commissioning/submission of manuscripts, adherence to company’s quality standards, copyright, text permissions and coordination with subject matter experts.Supervising the team of project manager, designers, subject matter experts, quality controllers, and illustrators. Optimizing project costs through better systems, sources & higher efficiency.Achieving Revenue & profitability targets to align with the company’s targets. Liaising with marketing and sales department to align the product development plans as per the market requirements. Making business plans for the department.

Noida Area, India

Noida Area, India

Overseeing the production of Thieme’s high-quality publications of books in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.Liaison with the company’s Germany and the United States offices.Communication with authors/editors for submission of manuscripts, adherence to Thieme quality standards, and coordination with a team of pre-editors and copy-editors. Handling editor/author escalations and improving the existing workflow to best suit project needs.Supervising the team of project managers and production editors.Optimizing project costs through better systems, sources & higher efficiency.Achieving Revenue & profitability targets to align with company targets.Managing external vendors.Team management.

Gurgaon, New Delhi

Managing the complete operations of the children publishing section.Liaison with major international Clients.Proactively reaching out to prospects to provide information regarding company's products, services and initiatives.Handling customer escalations and improving the existing workflow to best suit customer needs.Reporting to the Senior Management on visibility, downtime, profitability, schedule fidelity for fine tuning processes.Optimizing project costs through better systems, sources & higher efficiency.Managing external vendors.Team management and appraisals.

Skillful in managing end-to-end operations with key focus on profitability and ensuring optimalutilization of resources.Handling all aspects of project management involving requirement analysis, project scope, effort estimation, risk analysis and quality management as per the specified guidelines.Client Relationship ManagementStrong analytical, problem solving and organizational abilities. Possesses a flexible and detail oriented attitude.Process mapping, maintaining high quality standardsTraining project leads and team appraisalsTo coordinate with the vendors, and other functional groups involved in the project;Managing the Interactive white board and e-learning projects.Managing the image search department.

Msc, Bioinformatics

Presented a paper on the topic “SNPs and STS as the Genetic Basis for Differential Drug Action,” at CONMICRO 2005, Lucknow. Paper selected.

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