Ravindran Allakath Kandath, Sr. Vice President

Ravindran Allakath Kandath

Sr. Vice President

M/S Aparna Enterprises Ltd

Location
India - Hyderabad
Education
Bachelor's degree, Management Studies
Experience
32 years, 8 Months

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Total years of experience :32 years, 8 Months

Sr. Vice President at M/S Aparna Enterprises Ltd
  • United Arab Emirates
  • March 2017 to August 2018

Responsible to provide leadership and management for company’s marketing and sales
functions.
* Responsible to strategize marketing and sales, and to direct the activities of the sales
division to ensure achievement of respective sales targets and business plans.
* Develop and implement marketing and sales strategies, objectives and plans.
* Manage, monitor and analyze marketing and sales activities against set goals.
* Direct and coordinate company marketing and sales functions through development of
strategy, tactics, marketing plans, sales plans and profit targets.
* Deliver sales by developing relationships with external as well as internal customers by
identifying and reporting business opportunities in target markets.
* Responsible to achieve targets for revenue, profitability, sales growth and ROI.
* Develop and manage marketing and sales budgets, and oversee the development and
management of internal operating budgets.
* Enhance the reputation and relationship of the company with key corporate clients /
accounts.
* Drive the development and implementation of marketing strategy, market studies, determine
trends, consumer demands/preferences, potential sales volumes and effect of competitors’
operations on sales.
* Analyze marketing potential of new and existing geographical dealer locations, respective
sales statistics and expenditures to formulate decisions.
* Promote positive relations with partners, dealers, customers, outlets and distributors through
corporate communications PR and maintain the company maximum benefit out of that.
* Suggest new products for the business and provide strong sales point of view towards them.
* Consolidates the agreed strategy of each area, zone and sector; to allocate resources required
for the achievement of the same.
* Make accurate sales forecasts and manage pipelines based on regional market audits
conducted by the team.
* Convert pipelines opportunities into real orders by understanding the customer needs,
competitor’s edge and to customize sales approach accordingly.
* Maintain, manage, develop and motivate sales force and develop other personnel capabilities
to deliver the sales growth and market expansion to achieve targets.
* Show forward quarterly and annual progress in the sales results with a special focus on
margins and net revenues.
* Develop control mechanisms over sales plans, projected sales, sales process, delivery process
and collection process.
* Directly manage major and critical developing client accounts, and coordinate with the
management on all other accounts.
* Continuously arrange visits to all clients across the country, region and across the globe.
* Advice on developing prices and sales strategies based on competitor’s edge and customer
preferences.
* Sets out specific performance standards in key areas as retailers sales, whole sales, dealers
sales, and evaluate performance against these standards; coaches and assists the counter
parties in improving their performance.
* Set department budgets and ensure the cost of operations in the department is kept within
the sanctioned expenditure of the approved budget.
* Ensures that subordinates have the required knowledge, skills, competencies and experience
in order to reach the Department’s objectives.

Senior Vice President at Aparna Enterprises Ltd
  • India
  • March 2017 to May 2018
Consultants
  • May 2016 to March 2017
General Manager at Nitco Ltd
  • India
  • January 1997 to March 2016
Assistant Manager at Gujarat Siddhi Cement Ltd
  • May 1991 to December 1996
Executive at Malabar Building Products Ltd
  • February 1986 to January 1988

Education

Bachelor's degree, Management Studies
  • at Mumbai University
  • January 1995

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Master's degree, Management Studies
  • at Pondicherry University
  • January 1992

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Bachelor's degree, Commerce
  • at Calicut UniversityAnnamalai University
  • January 1990

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Specialties & Skills

Sales and Marketing
Turnaround Specialist
Team Player
Detailed Planning
Strong Business Acumen
ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT
ADVERTISING
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
BUSINESS STRATEGY
COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
DELIVERY
DRIVING
EXHIBITIONS
IMAGING

Languages

English
Expert

Hobbies

  • Reading, Travelling and Photography.