Vipin Saboo Email and Phone Number

GermanLiv is a household name for tough and quality hardware products in Europe. India market would be their first large market entrant after Europe. It feels proud to support the company to strategies in their approach and work along side one of the most talented people.

Currently, I am heading the P&L responsibilities with respect to sales & marketing and project execution across Chennai regions. I am involved in strategy planning, operations, new project launches, sales & marketing, business development and stakeholder/team management.My portfolio comprises of 8 live on-going projects and during the short time I have been here, I have been instrumental in launching another 2 new projects – Aura Sky and Aura Earth. My focus is on expanding the business footprints into newer territories, tapping the investor market and ensuring all projects are completed as per defined terms and conditions.

I was heading the P&L responsibilities for all Southern projects, which primarily included sales and marketing of 2 projects in Chennai and Coimbatore.At time of joining, there were certain project related challenges such as the Chennai project was stalled from past 2 years. My first key initiative and achievement was to acquire the relevant permissions/approvals for commencement of the project. Headed development of innovative sales and marketing strategies for the same and successfully sold more than 50% of the units available. Also, rebuilt relationships with the existing stalled customers and re-negotiated better pricing terms leading to revenue increment. Revisited the existing development architecture planning and redesigned and developed 2BHK/3BHKs specifically targeting the blue collared population.Devised and deployed several other unique sales and marketing strategies – targeted the surrounding MNCs existing in the project industrial zone of Oragadam Industrial Estate.Launched successfully the Coimbatore project (phase 1) and handled all project management responsibilities for both the projects - P&L, balance sheet, cash flow management, framing of operational policies, recruitment, training and project management and procurements.

Joined the company with the mandate of establishing the company as a real estate player in Chennai and developed 20 acres of land into second home villa project. Achieved the revenue targets, launched and sold 3 projects within the short time span of 2 years – Village Park, Little India Village and The Village and headed development of Spanish Village project right from conceptualisation stage.

I was in-charge of real estate ratings for South and East India regions and a key achievement in my tenure was to receive ‘excellent” rating for 30+ projects within timeline of 1 year.Received recognition for the highest sales in India for a region, engaged in new product designing as part of business development and expanded company presence in tier 2 & 3 cities such as Bhubaneswar, Guwahati, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram, Coimbatore and Jharkhand.

My profile comprised of providing real estate business consultancy and advisory on various types of projects – residential, commercial, mix development, SEZ, golf-centric and many more. It included business development deliverables which were achieved on a consistent basis.I was involved in market research, product positioning, product mix and product strategizing activities as part of business development responsibilities for Chennai and Kolkata markets and bagged some prestigious projects from government agencies/bodies.

Involved in assessment of project requirements, development of proposals and client presentations for business and industrial research projects for both domestic and international markets.Handled crisis management in terms of improving delivery processes for execution of a large project. Received 5/5 rating for various projects on client servicing and deliverable parameters and more.

Handled the sales activities for white paper and knowledge sharing summit seats to firms in USA. Overachieved the business targets and received appreciation for the same.

This was the start of my career and I was involved in sales of hardware and software products.