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Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Leading new business development at Conran Design Mumbai (part of Conran Design Group, Havas’ flagship brand and design network) - responsible for business growth, client acquisitions and visibility in the region across research and insight, brand strategy, brand design, packaging and activation specialisms.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Territory sales/account management role responsible for managing corporate relationships (including key clients such as Kotak Mahindra, ONGC, L&T, Glenmark Pharma and more) ensuring optimum business coverage, gaining penetration and share of wallet while driving business for entire IHCL portfolio.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Responsible for heading the Business Development function, spearheading efforts to diversify its emerging brands/business lines in institutional catering, QSR partnerships, corporate gifting and more, while leading and mentoring a team of 13 executives and assistant managers across 6 units.

Mumbai Area, India

Worked out of the Global Sales office of IHCL in Mumbai as a part of the Strategic Accounts Management Group handling and managing a critical portfolio of high-value key global corporate accounts/clients representing and driving travel, events, F&B business and other ancillary businesses for the entire portfolio of Taj, SeleQtions, Vivanta and Ginger properties across India and the globe - across customer and industry segments, while developing and nurturing strong relationships with business partners across mid-management to CXOs/senior management executives.

Bengaluru Area, India

--Managed a dense portfolio of 80+ large, medium and small corporate accounts such as Tesco, Societe Generale, Intel, Technicolor, Tata Elxsi, Applied Materials, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz and others in the primary catchment of the property driving all revenue streams and services. --Ideating for special promotional offers and activations at a property/unit level and the creation of promotional content.

Bengaluru Area, India

Completed one year of comprehensive on-the-job training while handling independent corporate account management responsibilities in the East Bangalore territory as part of the Bangalore Commercial Sales office and successfully completed the Sales Executive Development Program under the aegis of the erstwhile of Taj Management Training Program

Bangalore

• Drove a project in running a catchment analysis for the location scouting of new potential large hypermarket stores.• Ran a detailed environment scan of three crucial South Bangalore catchments – Koramanagala, BTM Layout, Jayanagar and Bannerghatta Road with focus on profiling competition outlet presence, rent rates, demographic and economic indicators. • Engaged with local authorities like BBMP and BESCOM for relevant area information. • Spent time understanding the layout and merchandising patterns and formats at existing Total Superstores and brainstormed with the team to create more optimised and engaging visual appeal and access possibilities.• Spent time having many interactions with customers and conducted an opinion survey on retail floor on possible pain points to detect distinct and tangible triggers of customer displeasure.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Marketing/Marketing Management, General

Activities and Societies: Ushus - Inter B- School Management Fest Committee Member, Departmental Football Team Captain

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Honours (Bba(H)) | West Bengal University Of Technology (Wbut), Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: IEMPact and IEM Culturul Festival Management and Corporate Sponsorship Team Committee Member, Departmental.