Naveen Sathyanarayanan, Category Manager

Naveen Sathyanarayanan

Category Manager

Redington Gulf

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Marketing
Experience
16 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 1 Months

Category Manager at Redington Gulf
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since September 2016

Category management, working capital management, P&L
responsibility, vendor management
• Brand - Western Digital, Logitech, Samsung, Imation, Targus, Belkin
• Segment - Organized Retail, Channel Reseller, Export
• Region - UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman
• Categories - Storage, Accessories - PC /Gaming/Mobile, Wearables
• Trainings, market share, product mix and business hygiene.
Key Achievements
• Managing portfolio exceeding revenue of USD 25 Million annually.
• Prepared and presented detailed overview on gaming industry.
• Above 90% KRA achievement YoY.

Sales and Product Manager at Eros Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2014 to August 2016

Category management, gross margins, vendor management
• Brand - Linksys, Alcatel, Foscam, Velbon, GP
• Segment - Organized Retail, Channel Reseller, ISP
• Region - UAE
• Categories - Networking, Tablets, Accessories Mobile, IP Cam
Key Achievements
• Successfully won bid for Linksys Home routers to Etisalat.
• Launched and established Alcatel tablets in UAE retail.

Product Manager at Techno Blue samsung
  • Qatar - Doha
  • June 2011 to June 2014

Category management, gross margins, vendor management
• Brand - Samsung, Linksys
• Segment - Organized Retail, ISP
• Region - Qatar
• Categories - Networking, PC Notebook, Accessories PC
Key Achievements
• Successfully won bid for Linksys Home routers to Ooredo.
• Managing portfolio exceeding revenue of QAR 70 Million FY’13

Manager at Shoba Enterprises
  • India - Kerala
  • November 2009 to May 2011

Category management, P&L responsibility
• Brand - LG, Godrej
• Segment - Channel Reseller
• Region - Kerala
• Categories - AV, HA, AC
• Dealer management of nearly 500 plus

Senior Executive at Jones Lang Lasalle
  • India - Bengaluru
  • April 2008 to October 2009

Project marketing and account management
• Mall and high street leasing
• Catchment analysis

Education

Master's degree, Marketing
  • at Christ College
  • March 2008
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology
  • at Cochin University for Science and Technology
  • May 2005

Specialties & Skills

Marketing
Business Analysis
Team Building Leadership
Marketing
Business Development

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Malayalam
Expert

Training and Certifications

Data analytics (Training)
Training Institute:
Ariba
Date Attended:
January 2020
Cloud Technology (Training)
Training Institute:
IIT Kharagpur
Date Attended:
May 2020
IOT (Training)
Training Institute:
IIT Kharagpur
Date Attended:
April 2020