Balakrishna Kasaragod, Senior Sales Manager

Balakrishna Kasaragod

Senior Sales Manager

Multi Mech Heavy Equipment LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
Education
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
Experience
29 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :29 years, 0 Months

Senior Sales Manager at Multi Mech Heavy Equipment LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since July 2014

To manage sales of Forklifts, Man lifts, and other Material Handling Equipment.
Employee recruitment, training, appraisals, budgeting, forecasting, planning, stock ordering, participating in tenders and exhibitions, manage and support sales personnel and reporting on competitor activity.
Supervised a team of Sales Engineers, Sales Managers and Business Development Manager to achieve sales targets in equipment as well as rental sales.

Senior Sales Engineer at Mohamed Abddulrahman Al Bahar LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • September 2004 to July 2014

Sales of forklifts, warehousing equipment, attachments, Reach Container Stackers and Heavy Forklifts of CATERPILLAR, ATLET, LANDOLL CORP., CASCADE, KAUP, SMV Konecranes.
Order for new stock
Participate in Exhibitions
Competitor information processing and compiling
Market survey
Generating new business
Participating in Tenders
Handling of large accounts
Co ordinating after sales support

Deputy Manager International Business at Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd.
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2002 to September 2004

Sales of Godrej Forklifts and warehousing equiment.
Operation and Maintenance training
After sales service support
Organizing and participating in exhibition
Prospecting for new customers
Export of forklifts
Organizing demonstrations and road shows
Ordering for stock equipment and spare parts
Identifying and short listing dealers
Training of sales teams of dealers in UAE and Oman

Sales Executive at Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd.
  • India - Chennai
  • May 1998 to March 2002

Sales of Godrej and CROWN forklifts and warehousing equipment.
Dealer sales team support and training
Participating in trainings and exhibitions
Export of Godrej forklifts

Sales Engineer at C. P. Engineering (India) Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, India
  • India - Chennai
  • May 1995 to April 1998

Sales and marketing of ECH Will - Germany, WILL PEMCO - USA and WRAPMATIC - Italy Paper cutting and Packing Machinery
Dealer training
Product presentations to dealers and customers
Coverage of all paper mills in India for sales of Paper finishing machinery.
Organized and participated in exhibitions
Had extensive product sales training at manufacturing facilities in Germany, Italy and USA.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at College of Engineering Trivandrum, India
  • December 1990

Project Work done - CAD for cam coded machines at VSSC, Trivandrum Elective subject : Operations Research and Management Information System

High school or equivalent, Physics, Chemistry and Maths
  • at Government Arts College, Trivamdrum, India
  • March 1986

Pre Degree passed with distinction

Specialties & Skills

Presentation Skills
New Market
Customer Support
SalesLogix
Sales and Market Development

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Malayalam
Expert
Tamil
Intermediate
French
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Versatile Sales Person (Training)
Training Institute:
Caterpillar EAME Skills Development - Malaga, Spain
Date Attended:
December 2005
Duration:
24 hours
Sales Training on Port Handling and Heavy Mobile Lifting Equipment (Training)
Training Institute:
Konecranes
Date Attended:
January 2013
Duration:
72 hours
Salesman Basic Product School - Caterpillar Demonstration and Learning Center - Malaga, Spain (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2005
Valid Until:
January 9999
Counselor Sales Person - Caterpillar EAME Skills Development - Malaga, Spain (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2005
Valid Until:
January 9999
Diploma in HIAB Software - HIAB AB, Sales & Training Center, Sweden (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2005
Valid Until:
January 9999
Versatile Sales Person (Training)
Training Institute:
Caterpillar EAME Skills Development - Malaga, Spain
Date Attended:
December 2013
Duration:
24 hours
Training Certificate on Mobile Lifting Equipment (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2010
Valid Until:
January 9999

Hobbies

  • Yoga Practitioner
    Member of Friends of Yoga, Sharjah Branch, UAE since 2007.
  • Gardening and Aquariums
    Owns well-maintained balcony gardens and aquariums in Sharjah, UAE.