Sumit Ahuja

Current

Vice President - Sales and Distribution Stratergy (Sub Continent Communities) at The New Media Group

Past

Manager - International Distribution at Sherwood and Tiffany (Japan)Ltd
Account Manager - Auto at GE Country Wide Financial Services
Sales Manager at Kotak Mahindra Primus Ltd

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Education

Osmania University

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Industry

Broadcast Media

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Sumit Ahuja’s Summary

Highly motivated and enthusiastic Sales , Marketing and Business Development professional with with broadcast and Internet / interactive convergence and platform management experience; excels at developing content and services frameworks and content / functionality / technology convergence business models; IPTV and OTT service management, having a passion for Media, with fostered Distribution Networks and relationships throughout Asia Pacific and Australia region.

Result Oriented Individual with a skill set developed via hands on experience in Media Networks, IPTV, SMATV distribution, building agent and distributor relationships over time.
Developed an Entrepreneurial ability to better my own skills and ability with high tolerance for pressure and risk.

Sumit Ahuja’s Specialties:

1. Content Management (Sub Continent) and Distribution in South East Asia and Australia Markets.
2. Sales and Distribution on IPTV Products and services
3. Building Business Relationships ( Agent Networks / Distribution Networks / Tie ups with competitors in the same Industry )

Sumit Ahuja’s Experience

Vice President - Sales and Distribution Stratergy (Sub Continent Communities)

The New Media Group

(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

March 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

Develop Strategy / Business plans / Sales and Marketing initiatives in the Sub Continent Communities world wide to sell our High End IPTV Services.
Manager - International Distribution

Sherwood and Tiffany (Japan)Ltd

(Entertainment industry)

October 2002 — January 2007 (4 years 4 months)

Responsible for the Launch of HUMTUM TV- the first Indian Broad Band TV Station in South East Asia, relaying the best Indian and Pakistani entertainment channels over IP.

Handled every part of the Business Single handedly and yet achieved 2400 users in 18 months time.

Humtum TV became a house hold name for most of the Indian & Pakistani families living in Japan in 14 months time it’s was one of the most successful IPTV platform servicing The Indian Sub Continent in South East Asia.

Roles and Responsibility

Handled full responsibility of Business development, Sales, Customer Support, Payments, Audit, Budgets, advertising & corporate deals. It was a ONE MAN show for around 2 years.

Build Agents / Delivery Systems / Process from word GO.

Partnered with Zee TV / B4U and Aajtak Channels – negotiated revenue deals, Content deals for Japan / Taiwan & Korea.

In 12 Months we were the main distributors for Zee TV in Taiwan / Korea and Japan.
Account Manager - Auto

GE Country Wide Financial Services

(Retail industry)

July 2002 — October 2002 (4 months)

As an Account Manager for Autofinance Division, I was responsible to deal with all the lease contracts and corporate sales for the whole Hyderabad region.
Dealt direct with the Corporate Heads of Car Manufactures, for the lease, Excelled in the Hyundai, Honda and Mercedes lease contracts.
Achieved and maintained a Minimum Target of sourcing 2 Crores (Lease amount) Per month for the company.
Was responsible for maintaining Budgets, advertising, sourcing, Managing a regional sales team and Handling all Customer complaints and queries.
My responsibility also included, handling the Credit criteria for sourcing loans and handling collections to some extent and working with the collection team to get better results and maintain a low default rate .
Sales Manager

Kotak Mahindra Primus Ltd

(Banking industry)

July 1999 — July 2002 (3 years 1 month)

Kotak is one of the best companies in Retail financing for automobiles. As a Senior Manager I was actively involved with the Car Finance Market and sourced new and used car loans. Handled Maruti, Hyundai & Mercedes Dealer counters for sourcing new car loans and 3 major used car dealers for used car Loans.

Handled training of the dealer staff, explaining them the credit norms and procedures our company followed and kept them updated with the latest changes.

Was responsible for appointing Direct marketing associates for the company and training them with all the policies and Procedures and keep a constant check on their performance.

Handled the file movement of the Loan, from Application sourcing to credit check and then till disbursal, tried to maintain a 48 hour turn around time for the loan disbursal.

Was responsible to organize road shows, Dealer meets, advertising, Invent new schemes to attract more customers, with coordination with the dealer staff.

Was actively involved with the collection mechanism and kept a control over the delinquency and bad debts.