Nihar Gokhale, Sales Manager

Nihar Gokhale

Sales Manager

Strebl Energy Pte Ltd

Location
India - Mumbai
Education
Master's degree, Contemporary Marketing Management
Experience
3 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :3 years, 3 Months

Sales Manager at Strebl Energy Pte Ltd
  • Singapore
  • January 2017 to December 2017

▪ Responsible for Sales and Business Development for two products for the ASEAN & UAE Market.
o Power Smart Coat- A Thermal insulation & anti-corrosion coating product
o Hi-Green Carbon- Recovered Carbon Black (Raw material for Tire industry & other rubber products)
▪ Responsible for the sales cycle process from prospecting, pre-qualifying leads, pre-approaching, presentation, demos, closing of sales and follow ups.
▪ Uploaded all customer data including pipeline forecasting and deal summary in the CRM database, ZOHO.
▪ Conducted visits to customer sites for product presentations/demo and participated in expos to promote company’s products and services
▪ Generated sales forecast for monthly/quarterly/annual sales with for senior management
▪ Identified opportunities to cross/ up sell Strebl Energy’s products and services to existing/ new clients
▪ Wrote content for company’s online assets (blogs, social networking sites) and updated the company website
▪ Managed the complete end to end logistics/shipping requirement for our orders
▪ Managed key accounts across UAE, SE Asia & Australia.
▪ Provided content and localize Marketing material for our products for the Asia market. Customize sales kits, presentation, proposals, etc. as required as per customers’ needs
▪ Part of a global virtual team, across geographies, culture, functions including external organizations and partners.
▪ Generated monthly sales report, sales pipeline and reported to the VP, Global Sales.

Pre-sales Engineer at Vega Controls Pvt. Ltd
  • India - Pune
  • March 2015 to November 2015

▪ Served Estimation and Proposals Team(Pre-sales) in the company having estimated substantial projects in the Bar Rolling Mill (BRM) Industry
▪ Understood client’s electrical & industrial automation requirements for new projects/expansions on reading their electrical drawings
▪ Selected the appropriate Drives and Automation for the projects based on engineering calculation.
▪ Designed MCC & PCC panels on AutoCAD. Selected appropriate sensors, busbars & circuit breakers(switchgears) for the control panels.
▪ Used company’s inhouse ERP for managing inventory, costing & offer preparation.
▪ Prepared the Project costing for BRM (Electrical & Automation).
▪ Processed the PO, generated invoices based on respective payment terms as scheduled.
▪ Co-ordinated Project Planning and Scheduling (Project Management) with respective departments.
▪ Handled spares department for the clients.
▪ Updated company’s ERP with all the quotations & offers generated for the respective clients.
▪ Was responsible for quality control(testing) of the panels during the training period.
▪ Generated weekly sales report and reported to the Chairman.
▪ Reduced the overall time for preparation of costing & techno-commercial offer by 30%

Sales Associate at Rana & Sons Pvt Ltd
  • India - Mumbai
  • September 2013 to February 2015

• Identified current and future customer service requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual customers. Provided product, service, or equipment technical and engineering information by answering questions and requests.
• Established new accounts and services accounts by identifying potential customers; planning and organizing sales call schedule.
• Prepared cost estimates by studying customer documents; consulting with engineering consultants and other professional and technical personnel.
• Determined improvements by analysing cost-benefit ratios of equipment, supplies, or service applications in customer environment; engineering or proposing changes in equipment, processes, or use of materials or services.
• Gained customer acceptance by explaining or demonstrating cost reductions and operations improvements.
• Submitted orders by conferring with technical support staff; costing engineering changes.
• Developed customer's staff by providing technical information and training.
• Prepared sales reports by collecting, analysing and summarizing sales information and application trends.
• Maintained professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; established personal networks; participated in professional societies.
• Contributed to sales engineering effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range issues that must be addressed; provided information and commentary pertinent to deliberations; recommended options and courses of action; implemented directives.
• Contributed to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

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Products Handled
 PLC: Siemens (S7-300, S7-400) GE Fanuc (MicroPLC), Allen Bradley SLC-500, MODICON .
 PLC Software used: Simatic Manager, Proficy Machine Edition, RS Logix, Unity Pro XL.
 SCADA: Siemens Simatic WinCC, Intouch Wonderware.
 VFD Drives : ABB ACS850, ACS550, ACS800, Siemens Sinamics V20, Yaskawa Series -A, J, V.
 Thyristor Drives : ABB DCS800.
 DCS : Yokogawa CS300
 HMI: Panel Builder 32(Allen Bradley -PV 300 micro HMI)

Education

Master's degree, Contemporary Marketing Management
  • at SP Jain School of Global Management
  • May 2017

Pursued a global master's degree in three of the most stimulating corporate environments in the world – Dubai, Singapore and Sydney

Bachelor's degree, Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering
  • at Thakur College ofEngineering & TechnologyMumbai University
  • May 2013
High school or equivalent, XII
  • at NCL Jr. college
  • March 2008

SYJC

High school or equivalent, X
  • at TVM High school
  • March 2006

High School

Specialties & Skills

B2B Marketing
Business Development
Industrial Automation
Commissioning
Technical Presales
AUTOCAD
AUTOMATION
CRYPTOGRAPHY
MARKETING
PROPOSAL WRITING

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Marathi
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

Basic course on Drives (Training)
Training Institute:
SIEMENS Training Center, India
Date Attended:
May 2014
Duration:
40 hours
Mechatronic Systems Assistant - Level 1 (Training)
Training Institute:
SIEMENS Training Center, India
Date Attended:
July 2014
Duration:
360 hours
Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Automation (Training)
Training Institute:
Prolific Training Institue
Date Attended:
September 2014
Duration:
528 hours
Basic course on Automation (Training)
Training Institute:
SIEMENS Training Center, India
Date Attended:
April 2014
Duration:
40 hours
Best Maintenance Practices in LV Switchgears (Training)
Training Institute:
L & T Switchgear Training Center, India
Date Attended:
February 2015
Duration:
40 hours
Basic course on SCADA (Training)
Training Institute:
SIEMENS Training Center, India
Date Attended:
May 2014
Duration:
40 hours

Hobbies

  • Car rides
  • PC Gaming
    Have participated in many gaming events in different college technical-festivals during engineering days.
  • Music - EDM