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Vikash Sahu

Business Development Executive

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India13 yrs 2 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • 13+ years of e-commerce leadership experience
  • Scaled multiple product categories significantly
  • Expert in marketplace strategy and P&L management
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned e-commerce leader with expertise in marketplace growth and business development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Marketplace Strategy & Category ManagementRevenue Growth & P&l OwnershipBusiness DevelopmentTeam Leadership & People ManagementSales Management

Other Skills

Account ManagementAd salesAdvertising StrategyB2B SalesBusiness StrategyBusiness-to-Business (B2B)Category ManagementCategory PlanningChannel PartnersChannel Sales DevelopmentClient AcquisitionClient OnboardingClient Relationship ManagementCustomer AcquisitionCustomer Retention

About

E-commerce Leader | Marketplace Growth Strategist | Business Development Expert Growth-focused and execution-driven e-commerce professional with 13+ years of experience with a proven track record across Amazon, Flipkart, Myntra, Meesho, and other leading marketplaces., excelling in category management, business development, and revenue growth. I specialize in scaling categories, driving P&L growth, and leading high-impact marketplace operations, I have successfully Scaled 1.5X in top line a 15% increase in the bottom line, leveraging data-driven insights and strategic planning. With deep expertise in vendor management, P&L ownership, and marketplace optimization, I thrive on building and nurturing high-performing teams, fostering innovation, and delivering exceptional business outcomes. My leadership philosophy blends strategic foresight with hands-on execution, ensuring sustainable growth in highly competitive e-commerce landscapes. 🔹 Expertise: ✔️ Marketplace Strategy & Category Management ✔️ Revenue Growth & P&L Ownership ✔️ Vendor Management & Partner Ecosystems ✔️ Team Leadership & People Management ✔️ E-commerce Ops, GTM & Scale Execution

Experience

Duroflex

Senior Category Manager

Jun 2025Present · 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

10club

2 roles

GM-Marketplace

Promoted

Mar 2024Apr 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • 1. Category Management: Led Sports, Baby & Home categories, driving strategic growth and profitability.
  • 2. Strategic Leadership: Designed and executed marketplace strategies to enhance growth, optimize operations, and improve customer experience.
  • 3.Leading Marketplace Business & Operations: Amazon, Flipkart, Meesho, Snapdeal, Jiomart,Firstcry.
  • 4. Scaled the topline of Sports & Fitness Category brand by 1.75X in 4 months by owning the transition, Growth Metrics, marketplace operations, product scale up.
  • 5. Product Scale up and New Product Launches - Launched 40+ new products across 8 subcategories
  • indifferent marketplaces namely Amazon, Flipkart, Meesho , Snapdeal , Firstcry.
  • 6. Revenue and Profitability: Managed revenue generation, cost control, and overall profitability, ensuring alignment with financial goals.
  • 7. Owned the existing 400+ products & scaled up to 2x in the peak sale season and sustained it at 1.4x post the peak
Category ManagementMarketplace StrategyRevenue GrowthP&L ManagementProduct LaunchMarketplace Strategy & Category Management+1

Growth Lead

Jul 2022Feb 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Playshifu

Senior Sales and Business Development Lead

Feb 2021Jun 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos · India

  • Leading India Sales & BD for Online Channel, Modern Trade (Hamleys, ToyrRus, HOT & IRHPL) & Trade retail to overachieve the operational metrics.
  • Hire,Train and built a strong Sales Team
  • Account Management for online Channels – Amazon, Flipkart, FirstCry, JioMart with Ads management across channel for better ROI.
  • Monitor & Analyze Performance Metrics & suggest improvement for the Team Members.
  • Market Research for new Business Partnership and Brand Presence reach.
  • Ensure effective Branding and Events through negotiation with vendors.
  • Improved learning & training plan for new hires and existing team members, streamlined processes for
  • multiple team collaborations, Improved documentation culture for Business Tracking Month on Month.
  • Scaled Sales leadership team from 2 to 8 members with an extended team of 60 members & helping
  • them grow into strong team of enthusiastic and smart-working contributors.
  • Played an instrumental role for India Business Growth of 2.5X in FY 21-22.
Sales ManagementAccount ManagementTeam LeadershipMarket ResearchBusiness Development

Amazon

2 roles

Business Development-Category

Promoted

Jul 2019Feb 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Category Planning for Home, Sports, Home Furnishing, Automotive, and Kitchen.
  • Managed OHL Category Sports, Home, Kitchen, Luggage & Automotive Prospecting and recruiting manufacturers and exporters in these categories and helping them to grown
  • Managed replication of high traffic selection across 5 regions through 3 sales channels to enable fast track delivery
  • Product Assortment: Optimize product assortment to meet customer needs and drive sales.
  • Inventory Management: Optimize inventory levels to ensure product availability while minimizing costs.
  • Single threaded owner for top line growth and key customer inputs (Assortment, Pricing, and Availability)
  • Support weekly, monthly and quarterly monitoring and reporting of performance
  • Providing key category inputs in the form of pricing , cataloging , customer experience to scale business with a YOY growth of 120 percent
  • Coordinate with cross-functional teams, and communicate with internal and external parties, while meeting tight deadlines.
Category PlanningInventory ManagementSales StrategyBusiness Development

Sales Associate

Jul 2016Jun 2019 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Account Management - Seller Growth
  • Seller Acquisition and helping the seller venture into Top selling categories Managing product pricing for better sales conversion
  • Increase product selection in the Amazon marketplace by bringing in High Value Sellers and managing them
  • Engage with internal and external stakeholders to ensure seller success
  • Driving up Product Visibility by setting up Amazon Sponsored Ads & Lightning Deals on Seller Storefronts
  • Launched and Managed Big Accounts Like Mufti, HomeShop 18 , Regional Distributors etc. who have done 10 Cr+ of yearly business.
  • Started a pilot to grow Sponsored Ad adoption of Amazon India seller - adoption from 28% to 83%
  • Regional POC-South India for Sales Event Seller Performance tracking and sending updates to the team to take appropriate action like Deal Configuration ,Category level gap, Sponsor Ads Budget Optimization.
  • Sourced Max. no of deals for the Diwali Sale (2018) for Private Label Seller & contributed to highest Sales(25 Cr +) for the Private Label Seller Nationally(DS).
Account ManagementSales StrategyProduct VisibilitySales Management

Indiamart intermesh limited

Assistant Sales Manager

Aug 2014Jun 2016 · 1 yr 10 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Client acquisition,B2B Sales, SaaS,Account management, customer obsession handling,team lead
  • Monitoring and analysis of key data of the region allocated including sales figure, sales
  • personnel, productive ratios, client work status and receivables etc
  • Identifying the opportunity & problem areas, preparing the action plan for achieving the key
  • sales figure and presenting the Branch Sales Report
  • Responsible for generating Sales & Achieving Targets.
  • Penetrate all targeted accounts and originate sales opportunities for the companies
  • products & services
  • Manage. mentor and develop a team of six sales representative
  • Lead weekly client meetings to foster open communication and ensure ongoing success
Client AcquisitionB2B SalesTeam ManagementSales Management

Eureca services

Sales Manager

Mar 2013Jul 2014 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Responsible for generating Sales & Achieving Targets.
  • Creating marketing plans based on the surveys and researches conducted.
  • Ensuring the speedy resolution of client queries & grievances to maximize
  • satisfaction levels.
  • Assessing requirements & conducting negotiations for delivering services
  • to Key Clients
Sales ManagementClient Relationship Management

Flipkart services pvt ltd

Quality Assurance and Development

Jul 2012Mar 2013 · 8 mos · Bangalore

  • Systematically organize and manage digital content (images, videos, copy)
  • Worked As Catalogue Specialist For The APPARELS launch
  • Update existing product content on the platform

Education

Nagarjuna College Of Engineering and Technology

Bachelor of engineerig — Information Technology

Jan 2008Jan 2012

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