
Cluster Head - Maharashtra at NetAmbit ValueFirst Services Ltd.
Bombay Area, India

Cluster Head - Maharashtra at NetAmbit ValueFirst Services Ltd.
Bombay Area, India
A proverbial "fast tracker" in sales and distribution domain. Masters in management with a penchant for growth . Experience in sales management, customer servicing and people management. Handling zonal level team across geographies in startup venture in financial services sector. Ultimate goal is the capability development as a learning professional ready to adapt and prosper in an ever changing business environment.
Sales Management, Competitor Tracking, Startups, Distribution Setup and Operations, People Development.
(Financial Services industry)
June 2009 — Present (6 months)
>> Responsible for setting up the Mumbai cluster.
>> Hiring Branch Managers and Sourcing Managers.
>> Overall responsibility of Mumbai cluster including Hiring, Operations, Training, Administration and Sales with a given mandate of developing the cluster as a separate Profit Centre.
>> Present span of control includes 60 Sourcing Managers and 5 Branch Managers.
>> Controlling Risk issues / Customer relationship / Controlling Attrition.
>> Responsible for taking a decision on scaling up the branch network and ramping up capacities as and when required.
>> Training & Imparting skills.
>> Homogenisation and streamlining of processes for incresed efficiencies and productivities.
>> Hands on approach for man management and people development.
(Privately Held; Insurance industry)
April 2008 — March 2009 (1 year )
>> Handling a team of 12 Unit Managers with an advisor base of 200 and an annual target of INR 40 million.
>> Training and Imparting skills - Making UMs and advisors independent.
>> New Product Launches - downloading and utilizing opportunities.
>> Streamlined process flows to increase efficiency.
>> Best team on manager productivity.
>> Ranked 4th Sales Manager Pan Mumbai on WRP target v/s achievement for FY 08-09.
>> Ranked 2nd Sales Manager Pan Mumbai on WRP target v/s achievement for AMJ 08.
>> Ranked 5th Sales Manager Pan Maharashtra on WRP target v/s achievement for Dec 08.
(Privately Held; Insurance industry)
December 2007 — March 2008 (4 months)
>> Handling 6 branches on western line of Mumbai from Churchgate till Andheri for the newly constituted Urban Referal Channel.
>> Creating awareness about the potential of the channel within the Tied Agency.
>> Driving the URs for business through contests, meetings and field work.
>> Mumbai - Main branch emerged as the top branch in Mumbai on absolute WFP collected through the UR channel in JFM 08.
>> Mumbai - Lamington Road emerged as the top branch in Mumbai on %age contribution of the UR channel to the total WFP in JFM 08.
(Privately Held; Insurance industry)
June 2007 — November 2007 (6 months)
>> Induction into insurance selling by doing on the ground frontline selling stints in Direct Marketing and Tied Agency channels.
>> A two month stint in Direct Marketing channel as FSC selling insurance in natural market and also working on leads provided by the company.
>> A four month stint in Tied Agency channel as Unit Manager recruiting and licensing advisors and sourcing business through them.
>> Ranked No 1 FSC in Chembur branch for the month of July 07 on the basis of WFP collected.
PGDM , International Business, Marketing , 2005 — 2007
BA , Economics , 2002 — 2005
Was ranked 1st in Ranchi University in BA (2002-05).
Reading, Writing, Cooking
>> Ranked 1st in University for BA (2002-05).