Siddhant Jalan Email & Phone Number

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Singapore

Singapore

Toyota Tsusho Asia Pacific (TTAP) is a 100% wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho Corporation - one of Japan's largest trading houses. It is involved in various industries such as Automotive, Chemicals, Steel, Machinery, Energy and many more.I am an Executive in TTAP's South West Asia department under its Automotive division. My primary tasks and responsibilities are:- Managing Toyota's model lineup in Nepal & Bhutan by liaising with Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) for New Model Introductions, Special Orders and Key Model Improvements.- Conducting pricing studies to improve Toyota's positioning in Nepal & Bhutan by negotiating with both, Toyota's distributors and TMC- Overseeing demand & supply related tasks on a daily basis to ensure smooth ordering of vehicles for Nepal & Bhutan in accordance with Toyota's revolutionary just-in-time system.

Singapore

GroupM is the world’s leading media investment company responsible for more than $45B (COMvergence) in annual media investment through agencies including Mindshare, MediaCom, Wavemaker, Essence and m/SIX, as well as the outcomes-driven programmatic audience company, Xaxis. GroupM creates competitive advantage for advertisers via its worldwide organization of media experts. During my summer internship with GroupM, I worked with [m]Platform - the data custodian of GroupM which also manages all of its marketing technology solutions including [m]insights, [m]report, and [m]analytics. Primary tasks and accomplishments:- Completed a certification program in [m]Report (GroupM’s campaign performance reporting solution powered by Datorama - reporting platform owned by Salesforce) to assist its enablement across GroupM’s agencies in APAC.- Developed a dashboard template that reports the performance of regionally implemented online campaigns to facilitate managerial-level decision making for large-scale projects.- Curated troubleshooting mechanisms for all [m]Report users to tackle data discrepancies, data on-boarding issues and dashboard inaccuracies.- Provided training to [m]Report users to boost usage of the platform across APAC.

Singapore

Vestas is the energy industry’s global partner on sustainable energy solutions. Vestas designs, manufactures, installs, and services wind turbines across the globe, and with 100 GW of wind turbines in 79 countries, Vestas has installed more wind power than anyone else. Primary tasks and accomplishments:- Formulated weekly reports on industry, competitor and customer news in the wind energy sector of Asia-Pacific.- Lead a project to automate the documentation of deals completed in the industry using SAP’s C4C platform.- Completed ad-hoc tasks to directly assist the Director of Market Intelligence and Strategy for operations in Asia-Pacific.

Singapore

January 2018 - April 2018- Served Professor Marcus Ang Teck Meng for his class on Decision Analysis (Management Science), a business core module in SMU.- Assisted Professor Marcus with student consultations, correction of papers and collating the results of the students accurately on MS Excel for his grading purposes.August 2018 - December 2018- Served Professor Kim Junghan for his class on Consumer Behaviour, a core marketing elective in SMU.- Assisted Professor Kim in consulting students outside of class hours to understand important topics, correcting examination answer sheets and noting down class participation contributed by students during lessons.January 2019 - April 2019- Served Professor Stephanie Lin for her class on Consumer Behaviour, a core marketing elective in SMU.- Assisted Professor Stephanie in evaluating class participation, class tests and group projects.

Singapore

August 2017 - December 2017- Worked as a student assistant for a visually impaired student under the guidance of Professor Marcus Ang Teck Meng and the Office of Dean of Students, SMU. - Facilitated the student’s learning experience by explaining visual concepts of Decision Analysis (OPIM101) in a comprehensive manner.January 2019 - April 2019 - Worked as a student assistant for a visually impaired student under the guidance of Professor Patricia Lui and the Office of Dean of Students, SMU. - Facilitated the student’s learning experience by explaining visualisations taught during Professor Patricia's classes (Digital Marketing and Services Marketing) in a comprehensive manner.January 2020 - April 2020 - Working as a student assistant for a blind student under the guidance of Professor Manoj Tulsidas and the Office of Dean of Students, SMU.- Facilitating the student to learn in-class and understand the concepts of Spreadsheet Modelling - a core module for all SMU students which teaches the usage and business application of MS Excel.

Singapore

SMU Indian Cultural Society is an arts and cultural club in Singapore Management University dedicated to portraying and promoting Indian culture in Singapore through dance, drama, music and cultural events. Our primary events during the year are 'ICS Night' - a cultural evening of food, friends and performances by artists in the club, and 'TAAL' - A musical drama production that has been staged annually for the past 5 years. Visit our Facebook (SMU Indian Cultural Society) or Instagram (@smuics) for more!Primary roles and responsibilities:- Connected and liaised with all the major internal and external stakeholders of the club- Lead the executive committee of SMU ICS (10 members) in planning and executing the club's events for the year 2018- Produced 'TAAL 2018: Dharma'. KPIs achieved under my term - 2 sold out shows with a total of 250 tickets sold at an increased price from the previous edition of TAAL; successful collaborations with SMU Tamizha, Lasalle College of the Arts and NUS Naach for the first time in the club's history; Negotiation of the production's first significant cash sponsorship agreement- Initiated improvements in the club's administration and policies through official amendments and establishment of norms.- Recruited students to grow the club's active membership base by 60% to 110.

Singapore

Primary roles and responsibilities:- Managed the dance department of the club which consists of almost 40 members.- Lead the club into inter-university competitions and performances.- Organised bi-monthly events to engage the members of the club.

Singapore

Restaurant Brands International Inc. (“RBI”) is one of the world’s largest quick service restaurant companies with more than $28 billion in system-wide sales and over 23,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries and U.S. territories. RBI owns three of the world’s most prominent and iconic quick service restaurant brands – TIM HORTONS®, BURGER KING®, and POPEYES®. These independently operated brands have been serving their respective guests, franchisees and communities for over 40 years.I joined the company for their 2018 Leadership Development Internship Program. The training for the internship was completed in Zug, Switzerland while my work and final project was based in Singapore.Primary tasks and accomplishments:- Worked with the Marketing department of Popeyes Luisiana Kitchen on a Menu Architecture project for their expansion into international markets- Conducted qualitative and quantitative analyses on consumer fast food preferences in prospective markets in order to facilitate Popeyes' successful entry in those regions- Assisted the team with their weekly reporting routines by doing qualitative analyses on competitors and quantitative analyses on comparable sales and product mix (PMIX)- Contributed in completing a PMIX tracker model (on MS Excel) that automates weekly reporting and expedites marketing decision making

New Delhi Area, India

Dipper is an online aggregation platform for truckers and transporters within the logistics industry of India. It also leverages on IoT technology to provide state-of-the-art fleet management solutions for its customers. Primary tasks and accomplishments: - Procured new vendors for the company's Vehicle Tracking System (VTS) hardware and performed VTS related operational tasks like quality checks of the hardware before sale.- Improved the company's processes by creating Standard Operating Procedures for its VTS functionality, troubleshooting and activation.- Initiated the firm’s venture into advertising on trucks by performing a market feasibility study.

Singapore

- Worked Part-Time for B3, a restaurant and bar operated by the SMU Alumni Association.- Learnt the fundamentals of customer service, team work and relationship building by performing various tasks inside and outside the kitchen.- Understood the importance of time management and discipline as I had to schedule shifts during college hours.

Bachelor’S Degree, Business Administration And Management, Marketing And Analytics, 3.52

Activities and Societies: SMU Debate Society, SMU Indian Cultural Society, Gelar Budaya 2017, TAAL 2017, Bondue Business Forum 2017, SMU.

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Field Hockey, Indian Cultural Exchange, Emory Outdoor, Table Tennis, Rock Climbing Emory University's Goizueta.

High School, Cbse Secondary School Certificate Examination, 93.6%

Activities and Societies: Editorial Board, Football Team, Cricket Team, Table Tennis Team, Interact Club, Debate Team, Creative Writing.