Sateesh Ramoutar Email & Phone Number

London, GB

easology makes smartphones and tablets accessible for seniors and the visually/dexterity impaired through easy to use interfaces. As Chief Commercial Officer responsible for the commercial launch of easology incorporating all aspects of Go To Market planning and execution

Morrisville, NC, US

• Responsible for channel in-store execution across 15 countries & 100+ partners in North, West, East & South Europe. Accountable for sales through product & brand presence in-store, ensuring staff recommendation and.
• Developed Motorola’s in store methodology leading to a 2.5% increase in market share
• Managed launch of over 50 new product introductions in Europe
• Launched new in store brand identity for furniture and POS material
• Board member of Europe Management team
• General Manager of Germany for interim period of 12 months

• Responsible for Sales & Distribution across the Group of 3 African OPCO’s (Uganda, Ivory Coast, South Sudan). Specifically accountable for sim and airtime sales across 3 the OPCO’s:
• Interim Sales Director (for 6mths) at Uganda Telecom setting up and running a full multi channel (Indirect, Own Retail, Direct Sales, Alternative) sales & distribution organization with a five fold increase in sim.
• Took charge in country (10 mths) of turn around project in GreenN Cote D’Ivoire, setting up multi channel distribution and launching a full indirect partnership distribution which delivered tripling of Opco revenue in.
• Management of 3 OPCO Sales Directors and responsible for overall sales function across the Group of 300 persons
• Responsible for all S&D strategy development and its implementation across the Group
• Responsible for all aspects of S&D Group management, control and reporting

London, GB

• Drafted in as an expert to take charge of the own retail chain before launch: 200,000 customers acquired in 9 mths (country pop’n 1.4m), with a Turnover of GBP14m
• Launched 5 stores in 14 days and grew the portfolio to 9 stores & 2 mobile trucks in 2 mths
• Stabilized the retail business through the launch period into business as usual
• Built structural & operational aspects of the retail business
• Built a highly engaged people culture with energized and motivated people.

Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

Invited by the Managing Director MTN SA and by the General Manager Retail to review the Owned/Non-Owned Retail strategy for South Africa (400+stores). Performed a strategy & business check and made recommendations directly to the MD and GM on strategic & operational improvement opportunities.

Dubai, AE

• Created & launched Quad-Play Retail chain (Fixed, GSM, TV, Internet). 15 highly sophisticated stores designed and built within 12mths, claiming 15% of the total market.
• Selection & acquisition of 20 store locations across the UAE
• Design of Quad-Play ‘du retail concept’
• Supplier selection & store fit out of 15 stores in 16 weeks (Capex management of $8m)
• Recruitment & Training of 150 Store staff,16 HQ staff & 4 Management members
• Design & delivery of IT systems & infrastructure & Logistics & Supply Chain

Issy-les-Moulineaux, Île-de-France, FR

• 50+stores, 300+ employees, Turnover +€50m p.a. Results: P&L €-18m to break even within 2 yrs. Share of total market sales growth from 1% to 7%.
• Acquisition & merger of two chains & initial rationalization reducing fixed costs by 24%
• New concept designed and rolled out: 22 stores fitted in 20wks (Capex $6m)
• Growth from 22 stores to 50 stores in 2.5 years, all in ‘A1’ locations
• Delivery of new IT infrastructure/systems and re-engineering of key processes
• Extensive culture creation & motivation program designed & implemented,

Issy-les-Moulineaux, Île-de-France, FR

Management Board member responsible for the long term commercial direction of Orange retail UK Ltd. Created a concept Orange Retail formula containing ‘ideas’ which in time would raise the bar world-wide in terms of Telecoms store function & form.

Issy-les-Moulineaux, Île-de-France, FR

• An internal consultant working as part of the Quality team, seconded to Orange retail UK Ltd in order to improve the operational efficiency of the retail business:
• Re-engineered key business processes reducing operational costs by 14% within 6 months.
• Project managed a new organizational design including the full restructure of the management board and their respective divisions. The ‘new’ organization made Orange retail ‘fit’ for its future.
• Fully mapped all in store processes and launched comprehensive procedures database (ISO Compliant), bringing consistency to the retail operations across the store portfolio

Ba Hons, Economics

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