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Bharath Ramesh

Bharath Ramesh

Sales Account Management
Bengaluru,Karnataka

Summary

Career Objective:

Seeking a position to utilize my skills and abilities in the industry that offers professional growth while being resourceful, innovative, and flexible. And to possess valuable skill of being able to design a workable solution to the problem in light of realities they face.

Skills Summary:

Over 14+ years of proven track record in Transactional and strategic selling to Enterprise Accounts in a high-tech industry. Successful track record with excellent interpersonal and communications skill combined with ability to manage multiple complex sales engagements.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
16
16
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Languages

Work History

Senior Sales Lead

Freshworks, South India & Sri Lanka
Bangalore, Karnataka
03.2020 - Current
  • Managing Mid Market and Enterprise Accounts across South India & Sri Lanka
  • Responsible to drive Business in the region and manage a Sales POD of Future sales makers & Account Managers, Coach & Mentor them.
  • Onboard New SI, Reseller and ISV Partners in the region and work with them on Strategic Deals to drive success.
  • Developed and delivered engaging sales presentations to convey product benefits.
  • Managed all sales plan activities, promotions, and product launches resulting in expanded revenues and branding.
  • Implemented marketing strategies and techniques, increasing revenue and customer satisfaction.
  • Broadened territories and negotiated successful contracts by seeking out new clients and utilizing leadership skills.

Strategic Account Manager

Automation Anywhere, India
Bangalore, Karnataka
08.2018 - 03.2020
  • Manage Relationship with Alliance organizations, position Automation Anywhere offerings and responsible for driving Pipeline with Key Wins.
  • Single point of contact for the managed Alliance (one of the Big 4 IT Advisory Firms in India) responsible for managing the Capacity and Capability of the Alliance partner (Number of people trained in AA offerings covering Sales/Pre-Sales/Delivery).
  • Responsible to drive business from the managed partner against a defined quota while proactively engaging with cross functional groups of the Partner to ensure that Automation Anywhere is the platform of choice for their projects/opportunities.
  • Business Outcome Driven selling approach by consulting with Partner teams about how AA solutions can impact their customers business.
  • Identify White Space with the Partner Team for Proactive Selling while I shall influence and communicate at all levels of an organization.
  • Maintain Single source of truth for Sales across Automation Anywhere Management by updating the Deals on a weekly basis thus aiming for accurate sales prognosis.
  • Additional responsibilities include leading discussions with partner/customer business decision makers regarding ROI and business outcomes, and effectively helping the partner field team close large deals.
  • Identified new targets, developed new business opportunities and presented product lines to customers.

Account Executive

Salesforce, South India
Bangalore, Karnataka
06.2016 - 07.2018
  • Learn Salesforce award winning products, platform and value proposition.
  • Work in partnership with our team of Business Development, Pre-sales, Solution Architect, Product Sales Specialists and marketers for all Sales leads and opportunities.
  • Increased profitability and pipeline development by leveraging diverse marketing channels and sales strategies.
  • Drive high volume of sales by managing the complete sales process.
  • Strengthen client relationships through regular engagement and face-to-face meetings.
  • Up-selling and leveraging business from new and established customer relationships.
  • Managing industry events and user groups to generate market interest.
  • Attend industry recognized sales training programs.
  • Further development of sales techniques through our Sales Academy, Boot camp and Sales Productivity teams,

Application Sales Manager

Oracle, South India
Bangalore, Karnataka
06.2015 - 06.2016
  • Establish professional and deep relationships with key personnel in assigned customer accounts.
  • Leads account planning process that develops account strategy, financial targets and critical milestones.
  • Lead and manage the end to end sales process through engagement of appropriate resources such as Pre-Sales Consultants, Oracle Consulting, Executives, and Partners.
  • Defining appropriate HCM Value Propositions and driving the implementation of sales and marketing campaigns.
  • Understand the competitive landscape and customer needs so I can effectively position Oracle HCM on-premises and Cloud offerings.
  • Pipeline development through a combination of phone calls, email campaigns and market sector knowledge/intelligence.
  • Create and maintain a sales pipeline to hit and surpass goals within designated market sectors.
  • Engage with prospect organizations to position Oracle solutions through strategic value- based selling, business case definition, ROI analysis, references and analyst data.
  • Generate short-term results whilst maintaining long-term perspective to maximize overall revenue generation.

Account Manager, Inside Sales

Dell India, South (Bangalore)
Bangalore, Karnataka
03.2008 - 06.2015
  • Establish, manage and service business accounts within a competitive region and consistently achieve quarterly sales targets, reaching annual revenue of $5M (approx.).
  • Working on initial qualification, opportunity identification and take the discussion forward with cross-selling, up-selling.
  • Demonstrate strong client needs assessment skills through illustration of product performance and cost-effective benefits designed to meet consumer preferences and budget limitations.
  • Maintain and expand strong business relationships with key decision makers, including business owners, IT engineers, production/manufacturing, logistics, sales operations and maintenance managers.
  • Handle all aspects of sales negotiations, agreement terms and order fulfillment and ensure immediate resolution to problems concerning product quality and delivery delays.
  • Work closely with Campaign Specialist, Sales communication and Solution architects in achieving the sales target and product positioning in the designated region.
  • Daily activities involve managing territory pipeline and sales activity, collaborating with account teams to identify prospects, conduct sales meetings, and working with delivery organization to ensure client satisfaction.
  • Responsible for building successful business by communicating and networking with the clients and also negotiate terms and close sales.
  • Responsible for the development of business opportunities and expansion of the product at Corporate Account level.
  • Manage RFP, RFI, CRM (Salesforce.com) SFDC updates, gather thorough infrastructure details and provide sales presentation to the prospects.
  • Prepare and organize seminars for positioning and placing product sales during customer visits and trade fares.
  • Proactive engagement with Partners and Global System Integrators for faster Sales closures and more emphasis on Dell New Customer Acquisitions.

Application Developer

IBM India Private Limited
Bangalore, Karnataka
08.2007 - 03.2008

Representing IBM Internal Global Account (IGA) part of, (GBS) worked as an Application Developer in Mainframes deployed into a Netherland project (Customer Engineering data server – CEDS).

Project Manager: Prashant K Singh

Job Profile & Responsibilities: .

  • Maintain CEDS datasets and control the flows according to the client requirements.
  • Maintain PL/1 codes written in the programs (datasets) and also modify them according to the customer needs.
  • Analyze Customer Technical Requirements: Be able to analyze customer requirements relative to IBM solution offerings/services.
  • Analyze Customer Technical Requirements: Be able to analyze customer requirements relative to IBM solution offerings/services.
  • Develop Solutions Utilizing Platforms/Subsystems: Develop solutions to meet client business needs utilizing IBM and non- IBM products platforms and subsystems (operating systems, database systems, transactions systems, etc.).
  • Manage System Change: Tailor and use change management tools, processes, and services to plan, facilitate manage and control changes to the system environment.
  • Perform Problem Management: Tailor and use the problem management tools, processes, and services to predict, prevent and manage problems that may impact the effectiveness of the total systems environment.

Education

X -

S.J.D.K High School, Mangalore
06.1991 - 04.2002

XII - Science

Sri Ramakrishna Pre-University College, Karnataka State Board
06.2002 - 04.2004

Bachelor of Science - Electronics & Computer Science

St. Aloysius College, Mangalore University
06.2004 - 05.2007

Skills

    Training and mentoring

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Accomplishments

    Freshworks: Key Customer Wins like Zenoti, Amazon, Payoda, Indium, EC-Council and many others.

    Salesforce:
    New Clientele Wins like Appviewx, Krishnapatnam Port Company Limited, Expo Freight Limited, UToo Cabs, Brickwork India Limited, Park Group of hotels
    Manage Relationship with existing Clientele like Y-Axis Overseas Careers, Moody’s Analytics, Visas & Permits to drive revenue growth and increase Salesforce Share of Wallet

    Oracle:
    Accurate quarterly forecasting and revenue delivery, Achieved 140% of target in the year
    FY'16 Key Customer Wins Include Toyota Kirloskar Motors Limited, Mobily Infotech, Sonata Software, ITC Limited

    Dell:
    Achievements: Achieved >170% of target in the year FY15 [Consecutive 4 Quarters]

    Rewards & Recognition: Received Platinum Award TWICE for the exemplary performance in the last 4 Quarters Grew territory to over $1.5 Million in 4 quarters both in revenue, margin, LOB conversion, DNU addition etc.
    First Biggest ICS win in the whole small and medium business for Q4 FY11.
    Achieved 100% target in closed deals, influenced deals in all 4 years.
    Valued performer for DELL International services FYI - 08 and FYI - 09

    Best Total Solutions Sales Maker for 4 Consecutive Quarters.

    Key Wins & Accomplishments in Dell India: The accounts I handle demand lot of attention due to the complexity of their Business.
    While Hunting for New Accounts in the Territory (Named Accounts) I have to manage Existing Clientele and increase Dell's Share of Wallet in the Accounts.

    Key Customer wins include:
    Sonata Software Limited where we have closed on Enterprise deals thereby ending the monopoly of Cisco here in networking and wireless WAN and hence significantly contributing to their revenue.
    Myntra Designs has been a pure DNU (client business) for Dell India
    In the year 2014, we were able upsell 1000+ desktops and displace HP & Lenovo who were incumbent since 2010.
    Break into Enterprise Business (Servers & Storage) at Myntra for USD 44K after 2 years.

    Existing Clientele Managed: Yokogawa, Hinduja Global Solutions, Informatica, SLK Software, Indian Institute of Science


    IBM:
    Solid contributor in IBM India Private limited with a PBC (Personal Business Commitments) rating of 2 for the year 2007-08.

Additional Information

Date of Birth - 19th March 1987

Marital Status - Married

Father - Late.S.A Ramesh

Mother - Usha.R

Nationality - Indian

I declare that information given above is true to the best of my knowledge and I understand that any false information, omission, or misrepresentation of facts result in barring me to take in interview.

Place: Bangalore

Date: 04-06-2021

Timeline

Senior Sales Lead

Freshworks, South India & Sri Lanka
03.2020 - Current

Strategic Account Manager

Automation Anywhere, India
08.2018 - 03.2020

Account Executive

Salesforce, South India
06.2016 - 07.2018

Application Sales Manager

Oracle, South India
06.2015 - 06.2016

Account Manager, Inside Sales

Dell India, South (Bangalore)
03.2008 - 06.2015

Application Developer

IBM India Private Limited
08.2007 - 03.2008

Bachelor of Science - Electronics & Computer Science

St. Aloysius College, Mangalore University
06.2004 - 05.2007

XII - Science

Sri Ramakrishna Pre-University College, Karnataka State Board
06.2002 - 04.2004

X -

S.J.D.K High School, Mangalore
06.1991 - 04.2002
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