As a post-graduate marketing professional with 13+ years of sales and operations experience, I have a proven track record of aggressive working. My expertise lies in franchise management, team management, channel sales/management, franchise operations, general trade management, profit & loss of dealers and distributors of the assigned area, and sales management (B2B, B2C)..I am currently working as an Area Sales Manager (Franchise) at Pitambari Products Pvt. Ltd., where I am responsible for developing business through appointing new franchisees on a Pan-India basis. I manage territory mapping, secondary sales through sales teams, product and sales training to franchise shop owners, product schemes to franchise shops, BTL activities at shops level, and payment collection from franchisee shops. I have developed over 71 franchisee shops in Maharashtra and outside states.In my previous role as Proprietor at Yummy-Yum Cake, a custom baking business, I handled business operations and generated revenue. I managed B2B tie-ups with corporates, restaurants, and cafes, as well as B2C operations. I also initiated strategic social media campaigns across Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.As an Area Sales Manager at Eureka Forbes Limited, I developed and operated a channel in Mumbai and Pune with 32 (Franchise) distributors. I appointed 20 new franchise partners with a minimum investment of Rs.15 lakhs each. I achieved an average increase in sales of 10-15% every quarter and managed day-to-day key account activities such as listing, promotion, branding, and visibility.As an Area Sales Manager at Emirates Sleep Systems Pvt. Ltd., I handled 9 distributors in Mumbai and Gujarat with a 14 dealer channel network. Gujarat areas and did tie-ups with hotels, villas, and commercial projects.My previous experience as a Sr. Business Development Executive at Monginis Foods Pvt. Ltd. involved handling 40 franchises and 4 distributors for pack products. I opened 22 new franchises in the central Mumbai and Navi Mumbai regions and handled a turnover of 12 lakhs for dealers and distributors. I also tied up with corporates, schools, and banks for bulk orders, resolved operational questions and issues from dealers and distributors, managed exclusive dealers in terms of primary and secondary schemes and consumer offers, and handled a team of CSP (counter sales person).I am fluent in English, Hindi, and Marathi and have a passport. I am married and was born on November 15th, 1983