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Vandana Pandey

Sr. Global Enterprise Manager
Dubai
Vandana Pandey

Summary

Global Senior Enterprise Sales Professional with experience in Multiple Geographies. Focused dynamic Sales Professional with 12+ years of experience driving sales growth with expertise nurturing client relationship, negotiating sales contracts and product penetration across internet service providers, mobile network operators, and large enterprises in competitive telecom sector. Performance-oriented Sales Leader offering exceptional record of achievement over-years career. Tenacious manager with strategic and analytical approach to solving problems, bringing in customers and accomplishing profit targets. Talented in identifying and capitalizing on emerging market trends and revenue opportunities.

Overview

9
years of professional experience

Work History

Emirates Integrated Telecommunications, du
Dubai

Enterprise Account Manager
10.2016 - 02.2022

Job overview

Won multiple Accolades for contributing high value deals to team and Best Sales Champion awards in Enterprise team.

  • Part of the Dubai enterprise team and handling large enterprise customers for the organization.
  • Responsible for the acquisition of profitable revenue while managing an assigned base of accounts to deliver against sales targets.
  • Develop and manage a sales strategy to grow the client base from multiple business domains including Retail, Manufacturing, Construction & Real Estate market segment from pre to post-sales.
  • Understanding clients business, market needs and the competitive environment.
  • Collaborated with customers to learn business operations and capitalize on upselling and cross-selling opportunities.
  • Generate business leads to achieve short and long term sales, revenue and profit growth.
  • Lead through the qualification process, solution development, proposal development and contract negotiations.
  • Work in collaboration with other teams within the organization like Marketing, Support, Billing, Collections and others – for business success
  • Building Customer Loyalty through coordination with Cross Functional team’s
  • Specializing in solution selling of data, voice, IP and cloud services, which includes SD-WAN, Office365, Azure, Microsoft Telephony & Collaboration.
  • Manage a portfolio of Strategic Tier 1 and Tier 2 accounts within the Enterprise division, which generates an annual revenue of roughly 22 Million AED.
  • Achieved Best in class rating for 2 consecutive years17/18 -18/19 FY performance review.

Etisalat – Sharaf DG Channel Partner
Dubai

Key Account Manager
01.2016 - 06.2016

Job overview

  • Proactively assesses, clarifies and validates customer needs on an ongoing basis
  • Informed customers of promotions to increase sales productivity and volume.
  • Proactively leads a joint company-strategic account planning process that develops mutual performance objectives, financial targets, and critical milestones for a one and three-year period
  • Establishes productive, professional relationships with key personnel in assigned customer accounts
  • Manage execution of Etisalat agreements / contracts and perform visual audits of accounts, correct compliance issues, identify new sales opportunities
  • Maintains high customer satisfaction ratings that meet company
  • Leads solution development efforts that best address customer needs, while coordinating the involvement of all necessary company personnel
  • Consistently achieved top ranking in revenue and profit growth.
  • Fostered lasting relationships with customers through effective communication and quick response, resulting in long-term loyalty and expanded client base.
  • Built diverse and consistent sales portfolio.
  • Increased sales with execution of full sales cycle processing from initial lead processing through conversion and closing.

Tata Communications ltd
Mumbai

National Account Manager
05.2013 - 08.2015

Job overview

  • Revenue enhancement and maximum valet share of business, Strategic planning and partnerships,
  • Competitive market analysis, planning product growth opportunities within big- ticket corporate accounts, relationship building and market trend analysis
  • Directly responsible for Revenue enhancement and growth Implementation & execute plans to target prospect clients & competition accounts by offering wired line/less and Value Added solutions
  • Mentoring and managing a team of Sales executives to target Top Corporate Accounts and tap new venture coming up in service vertical
  • Build on "preferred" relationship status to increase stickiness in these accounts
  • Responsible for brand awareness thorough promotional activities like road-shows, presentations, designing product information pamphlets to showcase Telecommunication service details and live product promotions to enhance sales and valet share from large corporate
  • Daily monitoring usage pulse traffic, implement churn strategy directly impacting revenue growth
  • Providing critical competitive information and also service, pricing feedback from the market
  • Assisting in the forward business and the planning the strategies
  • Updating and synchronizing CRM/MIS on a daily basis
  • Services: International Bridging Solutions, SIP Trunk, Video Bridge, Audio conferencing, Toll Free,
  • Voice over IP, SMS Gateway, Wireless solutions, and Wire line solutions
  • Efficiently resolved sales, service and account issues to maximize customer satisfaction.

Telstra India Pvt Ltd
Mumbai

Business Development Manager
07.2006 - 03.2007

Job overview

  • Complete ownership of business development for Propagate Telstra’s Network Access Services in India.
  • Product & Service scope included: Direct & Shared Internet Access, MPLS Virtual Private Networks, VOIP Services & IPLC and NPLC Services.
  • Established relationships with key decision-makers within customer's organization to promote growth and retention.
  • End-to-end Management of Enterprise Customers involving in-depth analysis of their IT Spend, Mapping Cross-functional Behavior, Buying Trends, Customer’s Network Expansion, Sales of the above stated Products and Services, Implementation & Provisioning, Billing and Collection to be part of the Profile.
  • Meet & exceed revenue targets by way of creating tailor made solutions to high-end clients,
  • Industry Vertical Solutions and Application-specific solutions, Customer-centric Solutions
  • Structured Concept sales in various segments and providing Customized Solutions
  • Responsible for Target Closure as per the revenue model of the Company.
  • Resolving after Sales Issues and ensure complete customer satisfaction.
  • Job also demands co-ordination with internal departments like Technical, Commercial, CustomerCare, Program Management, and Service Management & Liasioning.
  • Negotiated and closed long-term agreements with new clients in assigned territory.

Education

Ealing Hammersimth And West London College
London

Post Graduation in Hospitality Management
07.2010

S.N.D.T University of Mumbai
Mumbai

Hospitality Management And Applied Nutrition from Hospitality
06.2002

Skills

  • Strategic Planning & Execution
  • Account Management
  • Process Improvement
  • Training & Development
  • Enterprise Alliances
  • Client Base Retention
  • New Business Development
  • Market Research & Analysis
  • Contract Negotiations
  • Client Needs Assessment & Relationships

Additional Information

Additional experience as Business Development Executive at Iqara Telecom, Sales Associate at Reliance Infocomm and Front Office Receptionist at Leela Kempinski Hotel.

Timeline

Enterprise Account Manager

Emirates Integrated Telecommunications, du
10.2016 - 02.2022

Key Account Manager

Etisalat – Sharaf DG Channel Partner
01.2016 - 06.2016

National Account Manager

Tata Communications ltd
05.2013 - 08.2015

Business Development Manager

Telstra India Pvt Ltd
07.2006 - 03.2007

Ealing Hammersimth And West London College

Post Graduation in Hospitality Management

S.N.D.T University of Mumbai

Hospitality Management And Applied Nutrition from Hospitality
Vandana PandeySr. Global Enterprise Manager