Vamshidhar Kota, Marketing manager

Vamshidhar Kota

Marketing manager

Webcor group

Location
Angola
Education
Master's degree, Masters in Business Administration
Experience
22 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :22 years, 3 Months

Marketing manager at Webcor group
  • Angola
  • My current job since February 2009

 Responsible for Marketing/Branding activities of the In-house and International brands of the company.
 Devising the Marketing calendar and overseeing the implementation of the marketing budgets.
 Planning and executing the ATL and BTL marketing activities, designing and implementing the tailor-made Visual merchandising solutions / POS, execution of Consumer and Trade promotions.
 Responsible for conducting marketing research through in-house research team and the Research agencies.
 Media planning and execution - Audio visual (TV/ Radio), billboards and Print.
 Identifying new market segments for product development and handling the new product launches.

Regional Manager - Sales and Marketing at Watanmal Ghana ltd
  • Ghana
  • February 2005 to January 2009

 Handling an independent Profit Centre and responsible for the Profitability, with Sales and Marketing as primary functions.
 Handing Sales through Regular and Alternative trade channels, driving Primary and Secondary distribution.
 Designing and Implementing the ATL and BTL marketing activities and Brand promotions.
 Training and resource management.

Area executive - Key accounts at ITC ltd
  • India - Hyderabad
  • December 2003 to January 2005

 Relationship Management with the Accounts at all levels RO/DC/Outlets.
 Implementing Trade marketing objectives, brand input plans for business development.
 Managing Supply Chain from warehouse to the outlets.
 Sales management and Credit Monitoring.
 Liaising with the outlets for planning and implementing the activities such as merchandising and visibility.
 Training the team for Sales productivity & effective Merchandising.
 Generating and analyzing MIS reports for sales planning and stock control through SAP

Territory Sales Incharge at HUL(Hindustan unilever limitede)
  • India - Hyderabad
  • January 2002 to November 2003

 Handling the Sales and distribution function - Exploring the new markets, appointing and training the dealers.
 Achieving the optimum coverage of the market through maximizing the width and depth of coverage.
 Planning and implementing the sales promotion activities, brand inputs and product launches.

Education

Master's degree, Masters in Business Administration
  • at Gayatri vidhya parishad
  • January 2002

with a Marketing major

Specialties & Skills

Marketing Management
New Product Ideation
Market Opportunity Assessment
Brand Analysis
Media Planning

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Kannada
Intermediate
Portuguese
Intermediate
French
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Sales management and Leadership skills (Training)
Training Institute:
Indian Institute of Management
Date Attended:
April 2004