Avi Gambhir, Business Development & Account Manager - (MEA)

Avi Gambhir

Business Development & Account Manager - (MEA)

SunTec Business Solutions FZE - Dubai-UAE

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, B.COM
Experience
20 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :20 years, 7 Months

Business Development & Account Manager - (MEA) at SunTec Business Solutions FZE - Dubai-UAE
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • My current job since August 2011

• Generating revenues from solutions through new sales from the telecom accounts aiming towards revenue generation and business development.
• Deliver the business plans through carrying out market research, formulate market analysis and deliver accurate business reports.
• Identifying client business needs and business challenges, forecast, requirements, and work on proposals for customized business simulations.
• Liaising with technical teams for servicing the accounts.
• Liaison with key stakeholders amid focused, customer-oriented approach, excellent relationship management skills.
• Prepare client presentation and complex proposal.

Practice Manager & Sr. BDM at Squareone Technologies
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since January 2013

• Responsible for marketing solutions for various vendors including Citrix, Nuance etc.
• Liable for Nuance Product Portfolio and Profit &Loss.
• Delivers sales presentations to key clients in coordination with sales channels & Technical teams
• Leading a team of 2 Sales and 2 Technical members.
• Responsible for Sales Cycle and Opportunity Management for Consulting and Presenting Solutions to end customer
• Generating revenues from solutions through new sales from corporate accounts aiming towards revenue generation and business development.
• Accountable for Revenue Generation, Channel Development, Account Mapping, and End Customer Relationship Management
• Liable for Identify cross sales opportunities.
• Accountable for Learning, updating and training for self and Sales Team

Regional Manager - Sales at UshaComm - Nairobi- Kenya
  • Kenya
  • April 2010 to July 2011

• Identify and develop new business opportunities for the Company's solutions and prepares the annual business development plans as well as the work plans.
• Responsible for managing the gamut of operations pertaining to accomplishing a complete turnaround of the business unit in terms of growth and profitability.
• Identifying client business needs and business challenges, forecast, requirements, and work on proposals for customized business simulations.
• Develop and deliver the business plans through carrying out market research, formulate market analysis and deliver accurate business reports.
• Pro-actively hunt for target organizations for strategic alliances and establish communications with those businesses that can benefit from our Company's services

Director - Special Projects at Simba Telecom
  • Uganda
  • June 2009 to March 2010

• Spearheading responsibility for managing the gamut of operations pertaining to accomplishing a complete turnaround of the business unit in terms of growth and profitability.
• Overseeing all back office operations (contracting, billing, etc.) for ensuring high quality customer service as well as a steady cash flows of the business unit.
• Directing a team of 2 personnel.
• Conducting: - Presales activities and demonstrations to all partners and prospects (including technical consultancy)
• Managing all marketing the corporate image initiatives like press releases, launches for providing support to the brand perception as well as driving sales.

Associate Major Accounts and New Business at Comptel Communications OY- India
  • India
  • November 2008 to June 2009

• Handled big accounts i.e. IBM, Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular.
• Account mapping and revenue generation from solutions through new sales from the named accounts.
• Liaison with key stakeholders amid focused, customer-oriented approach, excellent relationship management skills.
• Identifying client business needs and business challenges, forecast, requirements, and work on proposals for customized business simulations.
• Liaising with technical teams for servicing the accounts.
• Ensure the smooth payment of invoices on time by the customers.
• Making proposals and presentations to the customers on offerings of Comptel.

Highlights
• Generated: - Software business from Indian Telcos over USD 1 Million in the first year.

Regional Manager (Business Development) at Value First Messaging Pvt. Ltd
  • India
  • February 2006 to June 2008

• Mapping account as well as generating revenues from solutions through new sales from the enterprise accounts aiming towards revenue generation and business development.
• Executing Corporate Sales Models for advanced software in value added services over mobile phones.
• Handling the direct reporting of a Sales Team of 4 members.
• Increase revenue by setting up multi-location Sales Network, by managing multi-location Operations & building marketing team to ensure sustainable and profitable long-term growth. Aggressively push the capabilities, credentials and project methodologies of the company.
• Updating management on status of all prospects.


Highlights
• Initiated establishment of alliances with channel partners in the major cities of Northern Zone.
• Identified and introduced a completely unworked territory, surpassing all sales goals despite the challenges associated with sale of products with no reference sites.
• Successful in attaining the highest volume of new accounts for the company encompassing: - TVS Motors Limited, Tulip IT, Modicare, Hero Honda, Tata Consultancy Services, Big Digital.
- Nestle, Dabur, Usha International Ltd., EMAAR MGF, Domino's Pizza, Osram, Dell, and Samsung.
- LG, Unilever Bangladesh Ltd., Standard Chartered Bangladesh, British American Tobacco Bangladesh
- Arab Bangladesh Bank Ltd.

Process Developer at GE Capital International Services - India (Gurgaon)
  • India
  • July 2003 to February 2006

• Designing and implementing competitive strategies on collections and achieving pre-set targets.
• Mentoring new hires in the team.
• Resolving client queries/ issues & cases pertaining to the services, ensuring higher customer satisfaction metrics.
• Work with the Training, Quality and technology Teams to constantly drive improvements.

Highlights
• Formed part of Pilot High Risk Team.
• Attained an increase in productivity of the portfolio through reduction in time spent on each account by 30% thereby resulting in more calls per hour as well as 100% workload completion.
• Distinction of being awarded with the Bronze Certificate for performance and GE values.
• Delegated responsibility for the Subject Matter Specialist Program and effectively handled a team of 8 new hires by bringing them up the learning curve within a span of six weeks.
• Initiated Skip Trends for the Portfolio and reporting directly to the Process owner on weekly basis.
• Successfully: - Accomplished the completion of Lean Project on Skip Trends.
- Coached and trained the team on performance metrics and reports for enhancing individual productivity to enable the respective members rank amongst the top 60% performers.
• Steered activities of the External COE batch in Industrial Collection.
• Played an active role in the Green Belt Project.

Education

Bachelor's degree, B.COM
  • at Kurukshetra University
  • July 1999

Specialties & Skills

Solution Selling
Key Account Management
Client Relationship Building
Major Accounts
Team Management
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
ACCOUNT MAPPING / MANAGEMENT
NEW SALES
SOLUTIONS SELLING

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Training and Certifications

Strategic Team Selling (Training)
Training Institute:
Dale Carneige
Date Attended:
June 2012