Vinayak Surendran, Senior Executive - Product Planning & Pricing

Vinayak Surendran

Senior Executive - Product Planning & Pricing

Honda Motor Company (MENA office)

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
Experience
11 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :11 years, 1 Months

Senior Executive - Product Planning & Pricing at Honda Motor Company (MENA office)
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since September 2019

• Manage the Lifecycle of All HONDA and ACURA brand models in the GCC and MENA region.

• Build Price Breakdwon for all Models to ensure competitiveness(at bothOEM and Distributor levels) a

• Drive Sales Planning Cycle and ensure coordination with 3S departments to ensure seamless launch of new models.

• Conduct New model clinics to gauge customer reception to upcoming models.

• Liaise with HQ product team to keep abreast of changing local market conditions, regulations and competitor activities.

• Ensure Long term strategy for HONDA model Lineup in this region in terms of Feature Value, variant availability based on market requirement.

Senior Executive- Dealer development at Honda Motor Company- Middle East and Africa office
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • December 2016 to August 2019

- Dealer Management (Middle East region)- Business development, process improvement, staff training
- Strategic and Tactical marketing designed to enhance customer retention
- Act as a functional consultant to Honda dealers in GCC and NE
- OEM standards implementation, SOP Audit, Field development
- Competitor analysis
- Customer experience (CX) enhancement- VoC Analysis, CSI improvement
- Balanced scorecard for effective Business performance monitoring
- Business Analytics/ Decision science
- Staff training & evaluation

Assistant Manager at Arabian Automobiles
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2016 to October 2016

- Identification of New Business opportunities; initiation and development (Pricing and promotion)
Conception, planning and implementation of strategic initiatives
- Balanced scorecard for effective business performance monitoring
- Business Planning & Analytics
- KPI tracking
- Service Contract Development & Pricing
- Enhancing bottom line profitability
- Targeted marketing activities to boost retention

Senior Business Development Executive at Arabian Automobiles
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2015 to March 2016

- New business programs execution
- Marketing & Communication via ATL/ BTL media
- Public Relations and CSR activities
- Conceptualization and execution of Service Campaigns

Business Development Executive at Arabian Automobiles Co. LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2013 to March 2015

I am responsible for Aftersales marketing, new business development, pricing, support to vehicle sales, planning & reporting

Key Deliverables:

Marketing & Service Sales (Aftersales)
Service Menu & Contract Pricing (RENAULT Vehicles)
New Business identification, initiation and development (Tyres, Batteries, Car care products)
Business Planning and Analysis and reporting.
Execution of Projects, Events, Campaigns etc.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at National Institute of Technology, Calicut
  • April 2011

Specialties & Skills

Strategic Planning
Microsoft Excel
Business Planning
Marketing
Business Analytics
Dealer Development
Automotive Marketing
Business Development
Ms Excel
Vehicle Service
Strategic planning and Analysis
Vehicle Pricing
Product Planning

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Training and Certifications

Advanced Excel Training (Training)
Training Institute:
ExecuTrain
Date Attended:
May 2014
Duration:
16 hours
Project Management Theory, PRIMAVERA P6 (Training)
Training Institute:
Larsen & Toubro Institute of Project Management
Date Attended:
March 2012
Frontline Work Excellence (Training)
Training Institute:
Hallsons Training & Management Solutions
Date Attended:
September 2012

Hobbies

  • Stamp Collection, Adventure, Cycling, Fitness Training