BIRENDRA GHOSH, Business Unit Manager

BIRENDRA GHOSH

Business Unit Manager

Webcor Group

Location
India - Delhi
Education
Master's degree, Sales & Marketing
Experience
20 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 2 Months

Business Unit Manager at Webcor Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since January 2013

● Managing a total Turnover of USD 85 million with 22% average GP
● Overall responsibility of Dairy ($32m) and Home care ($42m) category
● Developing Pricing, Route to Market & Promotion strategies for portfolio
● Brand building and New Product Development initiative for Bela Vida brand
● Managing high impact International brands - Danone, Laughing Cow, SoKlin
● Heading country operations for Mozambique ($8m) and DRCongo ($3m)
● Managing a team of 14, spread across Dubai, Mozambique, DRCongo & Antwerp

Commercial Manager at Webcor Group
  • Singapore
  • August 2009 to January 2013

● Heading sourcing, commercial and market development functions
Out of box thinker
● Leading New product Development and product life cycle management
● Formulating route to market strategies, ATL & BTL promotions
● Managing a team of 10 supply chain executives in Singapore office

Category Manager at Watanmal Group
  • India - Chennai
  • January 2007 to June 2009

● Managing Tomato Based products and canned Veg category ($3.7m)
● Responsible for procurement, product management, sales & promotion
● Brand building, Market intelligence and Route to Market strategies

Sales & Marketing Manager at Watanmal Group
  • India - Chennai
  • January 2005 to January 2007

● Providing Sales & Marketing support in 14 West African Countries
● Managing Channel Activation, Distributor Management & Market Research
● Preparing brand & country wise marketing budget and Implementation

Sales Manager at Shell Lubricants
  • India - Jaipur
  • February 2004 to January 2005

● Managing lubricant sales with total turnover of INR 30 million
Techno-Commercial knowledge
● Managing 5 key distributors in West Rajasthan
University academic Gold medalist
● Responsible for volume & market share growth and brand building

Education

Master's degree, Sales & Marketing
  • January 2007

EDUCATION

Bachelor's degree, Food Technology
  • at WBUAFS
  • June 1999

Specialties & Skills

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
MANAGEMENT
MARKETING
PROCUREMENT
PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

Languages

English
Expert
French
Beginner
German
Beginner
Hindi
Expert
Portuguese
Intermediate