Senior sales professional with a **-year track record of surpassing
multimillion-dollar targets within highly competitive markets. Exceptional
communicator with a consultative sales style, account management for bulge
bracket and top tier international financial institutions, exceptional
problem-solving abilities, and a keen client needs assessment aptitude.
Aggressively identify opportunities, develop products, and provide tactical
business solutions.
ExPERtise:
Bloomberg Product Proficient, Derivatives & Emerging Market Specialist,
Strategic Sales, Business & Product Development, Executive Presentation &
Negotiations, Forecasting & Planning, Prospecting & Lead Generation, Key
Account Acquisition & Retention, Cross-Functional Leadership, Staff
Development & Management, Customer Relationship Management, Business
analysis and Process Migration, Vendor Management, Project management,
Contingency Planning and Engagement Execution, Spin Selling Expert.
Work Experience: (Total: 11 years)
Bloomberg LLP - Derivatives and International Markets
Senior Relationship Manager
Nov 2006 - Present
. Manage 5 of the top 15 bulge - bracket Bloomberg International Bank
accounts.
Coverage & product proficiency in the Equity, Derivatives, Foreign
exchange and the Emerging Markets
. Increased customer base by 40%/$8M in revenue through cross-selling,
product development, displacing competitors and enhancing C-level
relationships across the desks.
. Negotiated and closed business and service renewal contracts worth
over $5M in value
. Partnered with the product development team to build the new
derivatives market service at Bloomberg. Instrumental in displacing
competitors, creating visibility on trading desks and increasing
overall market share by 20%.
. Identify and prioritized business requirements. Helped design and
implement new market reactive product enhancements. Was instrumental
in developing 5 key analytical functions during the credit crisis.
. Increased foreign exchange transactions on the newly developed
Bloomberg trading system by 30% in one year by working with all major
foreign exchange and emerging market desks.
. Manage client relationships, organizes interactive sessions and
networking events. Developed and maintained solid business
relationships with customers to gain incremental business.
. Gained a distinction as the Most Valued Sales Person at Bloomberg for
accomplishing 75% to budget from a zero base, displacing competitor
products and increasing Bloomberg face value in 12 months.
JP Morgan Chase Bank, NA - Consumer Banking
Business Development
Dec-2005 - Nov 2006
. Instrumental in acquiring, retaining and expanding new and existing
customer relationships by profiling to discover needs, making the best
recommendations, completing sales, proactively contacting and meeting
customers, asking for referrals and conducting appointments.
. Maximizing the depth and profitability of the customer's relationship
by partnering with the sales specialists in Retail Lending, Small
Business, Investments, Workplace Financial Services and other product
areas to ensure a world-class customer experience.
. Expert sales skills with a comparable ability to close sales leads in
an environment where aggressive sales goals must be met
. Liaison with larger and/or more important current and potential
customers to discuss their financial requirements; sell appropriate
core financial services products, including insurance and investment
products, to meet their needs while developing and expanding account
relationships; refer them to other specialized product areas as
required.
Citigroup Global Services - International Treasury Markets
Senior Executive - Relationship Management and Business Development
March 2001 - Oct 2004
. Been instrumental in handling the Flex cube migration for Citigroup
international treasury processes, with high degree of process
integration with effective back up generation.
. Analyzing the company requirements and thereby formulating various
business strategies with an attempt to synchronize the value-added
services with the clients requirements
. Evaluate migration process towards effective problem mitigation &
being the sole liaison between the client & the operations teams
. Implemented effective control measures in minimizing the Credit Risk
for Citibank by continuous monitoring of the suspense, deferred a/cs.
Restructuring of the Overdraft limits as ascertained by the Citibank,
which resulted in minimizing the exceptions by 75%.
. Involved in setting-up and managing various innovative techniques like
process risk analysis and review credit limit monitoring report, cat
tracker etc. Was also responsible for periodic quality checks, MIS
generation and analysis, process improvement based on the analysis
carried out
. In-depth analysis of proposals & RFP's to determine opportunities
towards effective vendor management & budget allocation.
. Client profiling, background research on clients activities,
identifying the services to be pitched based on the background of the
client, setting up meetings with the client and thereby discussing the
scope of the assignment
. Instrumental in migrating towards a smooth transition of Citigroup's
various treasury products, which accounted to approx 70% of the total
revenue.
. Helped the organization in getting a strong foothold with various
clients across major countries like U.S.A, U.K, South Africa, Sri
Lanka, Czech Republic, Israel & Central Europe.
Hughes Telecom India Limited - Customer Relations and Corporate Accounts
Associate Team Lead
Oct 1999 to March 2001
. Interactions with the corporate clients to provide complete service
quality to customer needs such as installation status, billing
disputes etc
. Involved in the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) with an attempt
to generate new clientele and sustaining the existing ones with an
attempt of providing value added services
. Co-ordination with the various departments so as to get an exact
overview of the current market situation and simultaneously improvise
and develop new business strategies.
. Handling a team of 15 and delegating assignments in terms of raising
corporate work orders for installation, which involves Directory No.
Allotment, feature activation, account creation, implementation of
various billing parameters depending upon the area of installation.
Daily monitoring of response received, solutions provided and giving
individual and group feedback to executives for process improvement.
. Editor of in-house magazine
Education:
. MBA in Finance and Marketing
Jamanalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, University Of Mumbai,
India
. Bachelors in Finance
University Of Mumbai, India
Work Authorization:
I have a legal authorization to work in the United States. No sponsorship
required.
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