Vikram Varma, ASSITANT MARKETING MANAGER

Vikram Varma

ASSITANT MARKETING MANAGER

KHIMJI RAMDAS LLC

Location
Oman - Muscat
Education
Master's degree, Marketing Management
Experience
17 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 8 Months

ASSITANT MARKETING MANAGER at KHIMJI RAMDAS LLC
  • Oman - Muscat
  • My current job since August 2009

BRIEF OVERVIEW

• Eight years of diverse experience in analyzing market trends, developing marketing plans (ATL and BTL activities), analyzing competition, and carrying out market research, organizing promotional campaigns and events, detailed annual budgeting, and allocating advertising investment spanning variants, geographies and activities.

• Briefing and management of external agencies, implementing advertising/media plans - from creative development, production, media-mix, delivery norms, scheduling - to evaluation, regular reviewing of expenditure and available budgets to reprioritize as appropriate and examining monthly performance against key performance indicators.

• Development and management of suppliers in terms of ordering, development & usage of marketing collaterals (printing, proofing etc...).

• Form and manage press media relationships.

• Brand positioning, market segmentation.

• Good grasp on consumer understanding and ability to convert consumer insights into business initiatives.

• Ability for financial and data analysis.

Marketing Officer - EAST at Spencer’s Retail Ltd ( RPG GROUP )
  • India - Kolkata
  • August 2007 to August 2009

 To Develop a Suitable Marketing Strategy.
 Monitor the Field Marketing Budget.
 Develop & Implement a Suitable Marketing/Merchandising Strategy.
 Manage Vendors for Signage/Designing (Vendor Management).
 Organizing Promotion, BTL Activities, Planning & Execution, Communication of Offers, Activation & Alliances.
 Selection of Best Possible Hoarding Sites, Designing, Advertising & Planning, CRM, Media Publicity.
 Power User for SAP operation (Retail Management).

Territory Incharge (EAST) at Gnomon Astrotech Pvt Ltd
  • India - Kolkata
  • September 2006 to July 2007

Meeting targets set by the company along with Marketing the product into Schools, Institutions and Retail, Vendor Management, CRM, Making Presentation

Education

Master's degree, Marketing Management
  • at Heritage Institute of Technology
  • April 2006

Masters in Business Administration West Bengal University * Major- Marketing Management Minor - Financial Management • Organizing Committee member of “PRARAMBH 2006” an inter B-schools and Management Game Challenge, on behalf of Heritage Institute of Technology.

Bachelor's degree, Accountancy Honors
  • at Umes Chandra College
  • April 2003

Accountancy Honors Degree

High school or equivalent, Commerce
  • at Shree Jain Vidyalaya
  • April 2000

• Represented School in Inter School Cricket Tournaments during the year 1999-2000.

Diploma, Commerce
  • at Shree Jain Vidyalaya
  • April 1998

• Represented School in Inter School Dance competition and awarded 1st prize during 1997 and 2nd prize during 1999.

Specialties & Skills

Marketing Strategy
Marketing Management
Merchandising
Windows 95, 2000, XP
Advertising and Channel management
Visual Merchandising
Vendor Management
Activation & Alliances
MS Word
MS Powerpoint
Brand Management
MS Excel
Marketing
Sales & Business Development
ATL & BTL Planning & Implementation

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Bengali
Expert
Arabic
Beginner
Gujarati
Beginner

Hobbies

  • Watching & Playing Cricket, Dance, Travelling
    I was Captain of my School Team during My Class X - XII. I was awarded as best Dancer (1st Prize) during Class XII by the then chief minister of the estate Mr. Late Jyoti basu. I was also awarded 2nd Price during annual school dance competition.