Bhupendra Raikar, Head - Offline Marketing

Bhupendra Raikar

Head - Offline Marketing

Emxcel Travel Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Location
India - Mumbai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Retail Management
Experience
19 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :19 years, 7 Months

Head - Offline Marketing at Emxcel Travel Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
  • India - Ahmedabad
  • My current job since January 2020

Emxcel travel solutions is a start up organisation, Currently working as head of offline marketing for the corporate group. We are in a process of launching mobile apps for travel / households. Profile includes researching on b2b and b2c segmenting. Devising marketing plans for pre and post launch. Handling a team of 10 junior and senior marketing executives.

Senior Manager Marketing at Cafe Coffee Day
  • India - Mumbai
  • December 2014 to December 2019

Key Result Areas:
• Responsible for marketing communications for 350 plus cafes across the western region.
• Instrumental in In-Cafe Promotion and Awareness Creation, New café launches, In-Cafe themes & display, Store Merchandise Layout, Designing and implementing programs to create better and uniform customer experience across cafes
• Marketing Alliances with other verticals to increase foot falls in the cafes.
• Handling a team of 6 within the region.
• Opportunities and ideating new Promotions for increase in foot falls
• Working with vendors closely to activate BTL elements to get in maximum mileage / footfalls.
• Heading the home delivery project for Café Coffee day.
• Launching new products in conjunction with the F&B team for seasons as well as promotions.

Head Marketing Communciations at Promart Retail
  • India - Mumbai
  • March 2014 to December 2014

Key Result Areas:
• Responsible for Marketing Communications for Promart retail stores & Rover Deodorant Pan India
• Developing Marketing Strategies to build consumer preferences and drive volumes.
• Evaluating marketing budgets and ensuring adherence to planned expenses.
• Providing direction to execute promotions / launches as part of brand building & market development effort.
• Manage innovations and renovation based on consumer insights which includes identifying opportunities, product conceptualizing, prepare and implement launch and post evaluation
• Active involvement in product changes, addition of new products or introduction of new range of products in the region.
• Creating & Ideating opportunities for increasing footfall in the stores.
• Design and implement corporate marketing strategies and develop activities that maximize the consumer experience and drive traffic at the shops and online.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual marketing and communications performance reports for the management.
• Communicate with the retail operations team in order to implement in-store promotions
• Plan, budget and monitor the marketing budgets.
• Plan, develop and implement effective retail marketing programs in order to promote brand awareness.
• Brief on objectives and ensure implementation
• To develop and manage vendors for cutting edge visibility units, merchandising equipment, collaterals, pos etc.

Director Operations at Kamakshi Travels
  • India - Mumbai
  • June 2012 to March 2014

Initiated my own travel business. Was into rental service of passenger vehicles to semi corporate / individuals on daily / weekly / monthly basis. Was responsible for business developments / travel orders / arranging drivers cars for the business. Co-ordinating with other travel operators for business growth.

Director Operations at Kamakshi Travels
  • India - Mumbai
  • June 2012 to March 2014

Initiated my own travel business. Was into rental service of passenger vehicles to semi corporate / individuals on daily / weekly / monthly basis. Was responsible for business developments / travel orders / arranging drivers cars for the business. Co-ordinating with other travel operators for business growth.

Senior Marketing Manager - South at Cafe coffee day
  • India - Bengaluru
  • February 2010 to May 2012

Key Result Areas:
• Responsible for marketing communications for 300 plus cafes across the southern region.
• Instrumental in In-Cafe Promotion and Awareness Creation, New café launches, In-Cafe themes & display, Store Merchandise Layout, Designing and implementing programs to create better and uniform customer experience across cafes
• Marketing Alliances with other verticals to increase foot falls in the cafes.
• Handling a team of 8 within the region.
• Opportunities and ideating new Promotions for increase in foot falls
• Working with vendors closely to activate BTL elements to get in maximum mileage / footfalls.
• Heading the home delivery project for Café Coffee day.
• Launching new products in conjunction with the F&B team for seasons as well as promotions.

Marketing Manager at Home Centre - Landmark Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2007 to December 2009

Key Result Areas:
• Co-ordination with Advertising and Media Agencies for the Creatives, invoices and other initiatives.
• Handling marketing account of 15 million AED for the entire year.
• Devising tactical campaigns to increase footfalls in the stores.
• Co-ordinating with other agencies for campaigns ( i.e sms & email campaign).
• Cross promotional activities with other verticals for branding of Home Centre to get maximum mileage. (Sony Hi - life Dubai, Mother Baby child show etc ).

Manager - Advertising sales at Exchange4media pvt ltd
  • India - Mumbai
  • March 2004 to March 2007

Key Result Areas:
• Co-ordination with Advertising agencies, media houses for generating advertising revenues for the magazines and websites.
• Branding of e4m/ pitch / impact with various events happening in the fraternity for getting maximum mileage.
• Organising and pitching in for sponsors / guest list / venue for our own events ie. Pitch brainstrom / exchange 4 medial conclave, impact person of the year etc.
• Handling the entire marketing and sales initiatives for the western region.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Retail Management
  • at Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute Of Management Development And Research
  • September 2013
Bachelor's degree, Business Administration
  • at Welingkar Institute of Managemen
  • January 2011

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Bachelor's degree, Computer Technology
  • at Board of Technical Examination ( Terna Polytechnic
  • June 1996

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Specialties & Skills

Cross Promotions
Marketing
Brand Management
Promotions
Product Launches
MARKETING
ADVERTISING
DELIVERY
LAYOUT DESIGN
MARKET PLANNING
MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS
PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS
WEB SITE PRODUCTION

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Intermediate
Marathi
Native Speaker

Hobbies

  • Flair for music, sports and acting