BE + MBA WITH 9 YRS EXPERIENCE IN SALES, MARKETING, LOGISTICS

Career Objective : To head a business division in a large, successful organization, leveraging my corporate and African experience.

1. Organization:Parco Enterprise Nig. Ltd.Group company of Liberty House UK)
Position: Business Head - Commodity
Duration: Sep, 2007 till date
Responsibility:
Job Profile in the current assignment
A. Procurement & Ordering of shipments.
• Responsible for procurement
• Plan sources of procurement after discussions with the suppliers then Negotiate & finalize the orders
B. Business related responsibilities.
• Understand competitive environment
• Determine our selling price
C. New Product Development.
• Working on launching company’s own new welding electrode brand ‘STERLING ELECTRODES ‘in the Nigerian market.
• Chalking out strategy for marketing of the product in the market.

2. Organization: ESSAR OIL LTD
Position: Territory Sales Manager
Duration: February, 2004 to August, 2007
Job Profile:
• Territory includes 3 districts of North Gujarat viz. Mehsana, Patan, & Banaskantha.
• Developing the distribution channel by appointing franchisee’s post trading area analysis, locational analysis and site appraisal and achieve the set targets
• Driving sales through the channel partners & achieve the sales targets
• Analyzing new markets or segments post market audit
• Minimize the cost to company on every franchisee sign ups
• Design, Implement and manage sales promotional and other marketing initiatives for every retail outlet in the territory. Build market awareness and brand building
• Retail outlet Audit, customer care audit at the retail outlet
• Liaison with government offices for required licenses / approvals
Achievements:
• Appointed 60 channel partners out of total plan of 68 in the period April’05 – Aug’07
• Commissioned 54 Retail Outlets (Petrol pumps) in the period mentioned above
• Handled an additional responsibility of Supply & Distribution in Essar Oil

3.Organization: Amara Raja Batteries Ltd. (AMARON BATTERIES)
Position: Marketing Executive
Duration: May, 1999 to April, 2002.
Job Profile:
• Marketing and customer service for whole of Saurashtra and Kutch region.
• Handling franchisees at Rajkot, Kutch and a network of more than 300 retailers.
• Organizing marketing and service camps to increase awareness for AMARON BATTERIES in the region.

QUALIFICATION : MBA (Marketing)
COLLEGE UNIVERSITY : ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad
YEAR : 2004 (Two year Full Time)

QUALIFICATION : Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics)
COLLEGE UNIVERSITY :SSVPS College of Engineering, Dhule NMU, Jalgaon
YEAR : 1999 1ST Class with Distinction

Date of Birth, Place: February 26th, 1977; Ahmedabad
Marital Status: Married
Father’s Name: Shri Gulabprasad Tripathi
Languages Known: English, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi (not fluent)
Hobbies: Car Driving, Cooking, Watching Movies
Skills: Good at developing and maintaining interpersonal relationships.Good Analytical Abilities