سونيل Venugopal

Key Performance Areas

Procurement & Operations

• Managing the operations of the entire office from sourcing to distribution of the entire product range and management of the entire staff of the company.
• Planned and set targets and motivated the team of sales representatives, counter sales personnel and admin staff to work towards achieving it.
• Plan new ventures into different product lines.
• Handling all aspects from supply, logistics, sales, payments, accounts etc.
• Reporting directly to the Director of the company.


Significant Achievements

• Instrumental in procuring distribution rights of various products.
• Achieved set targets at the sales counters and brought in new business
• Instrumental in getting distribution of Estelle brand of imitation jewellery from India for the entire UAE and GCC
• Instrumental in getting the distribution rights of Diviniti brand of gift articles from India for the entire UAE and GCC
• Instrumental in setting up an IT Division in the company and getting the reseller rights of Tally accounting software.
• Instrumental in setting up various shop-in-shop outlets in the UAE

• Managing the entire operations from business development, sourcing of candidates, placement of suitable candidates, administration and day to day activities at the office, and the accounts of the entire business.
• Liaising with the head office in the UK on a regular basis for recruitment of candidates from UAE to the UK
• Set-up and managed the entire operations of the local recruitment division of the company
• As Business Development Manager was instrumental in bringing in big corporate clients to the company
• Currently in the process of starting Immigration to Canada.
• Handling 4 divisions - Recruitment to UK, Local recruitment in the UAE & GCC and Soccer camps in the UK for UAE students and Immigration to Canada

Significant Achievements
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• Achieved set targets in recruitment of candidates to the UK
• Instrumental in starting the local recruitment division in the company
• Instrumental in starting, planning and implementing a new project of soccer and English camps in the UK for the students of UAE.
• Met with leading schools in the UAE for the soccer project and was instrumental in convincing a number of schools to take part in the camps.

• Managing the operations of offices in Dubai, Delhi and UK
• Liaison with Clients in UK.
• Liaison with the immigration departments in the UK.
• Reporting to the Director of the company.
• To plan and set targets and motivate the team to work towards achieving it.
• Conceptualizing and planning the whole process of all the offices.
• Managing the whole business as a profit centre

MARKETING & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

• Planning & launching new brands at National Level involving designing, production & marketing.
• Formulating and implementing promotional strategies/marketing plans for enhancing market Visibility.
• Heading a team of sales executives & ensuring optimum performance for accomplishment of organisational goals.
• Planning dealer meets and solving their issues.
• Driving business growth through identification & development of untapped markets.
• Planning and implementing new business models like exports to overseas markets.
• Interacting with various overseas buying houses and getting export orders.

OPERATIONS

• Spearheading a team of over 250 personnel & steered the complete operations for manufacturing of readymade garments for Park Avenue & Color Plus Shirts.
• Overseeing complete production operations & ensuring accomplishment of preset targets.
• Overseeing sampling programs for international buyers and ensuring proper production planning of their products.
• Formulating/implementing new production procedures for manufacturing of new brands.
• Identifying cost effective vendors for procurement of various materials & ensuring optimum utilisation of the same.
• Managing the distribution of the finished products to various dealers across India as per market requirements.
• Developing & implementing systems on Fox Pro for enhancing operational efficiencies.

HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

• Interviewing and recruiting workers, staff members & sales executives.
• Finalising salary structure, allowances, incentives etc of all the employees,
• Overseeing and managing all Labour issues & maintaining cordial work environment.
• Formulating and implementing new labour management systems.
• Overseeing that the organization is adhering to all labour laws and statutory obligations.