Dhiraj Lohare

Product Manager

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India11 yrs 11 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Extensive experience in SaaS and procurement solutions.
  • Proven track record in consultative selling and client engagement.
  • Strong leadership in managing presales teams and technical proposals.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Procurement Solutions Specialist with strong consultative selling capabilities.

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Skills

Core Skills

SaasProcurementPre-salesSalesDigital MarketingDatabase Administration

Other Skills

AI for Business AnalysisAnalytical SkillsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Client Query ResolutionCommunicationCompetition MappingCompetitor AnalysisConsultative SellingContent MarketingDigital AnalysisDigital AnalyticsGenerative AI ToolsIncident ManagementLead GenerationMarket Research

Experience

11 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 11 mos
Average Tenure
7 yrs 5 mos
Current Experience

Gep worldwide

3 roles

Associate Product Manager

Nov 2022Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

Consultant - Solution Design | SaaS

Promoted

Dec 2020Nov 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Solution Design Consultant responsible for direct closure of accounts and opportunities in EMEA and APAC region:
  • Responsible for the technical wins at all opportunities in the EMEA and APAC region.
  • Experience working with Fortune 500 and Global 2000 enterprises, private organizations and listed companies to meet their global procurement automation needs and objectives
  • Reviewing and Drafting of value-based proposal and responses for the RFPs/RFIs/RFQs, Scope of work, Value Propositions, Agreements, etc.
  • Demonstration/Presentation and consultative selling of all of SaaS (Software as a Service) based GEP products to Fortune Global enterprises using GEP SMART & GEP NEXXE.
  • Working with cross-functional teams on Engineering and Product teams to deliver saleable results during complex Use Cases/proof of concept engagements.
  • Managing a team of 5+ presales resources in Headquarters who engage closely with our customers/prospects (in APAC region) around Procurement (S2P) & Supply Chain (SCM) digital transformation
  • Responsible for driving full day solution workshops/POCs at multiple stages of account lifecycle
  • Work closely with senior management (Director, VP and CxO) stakeholders of Fortune 500 clients and internally as well for client engagements.
  • Engage with prospects on an on-going basis throughout the sales cycle from requirement gathering, relationship building and account transitioning till the closure
  • Pricing of GEP SMART implementation, charting out transition plans and methodologies for their implementation and support.
  • Offering suggestions and recommendations to the Product Management Group for new features and road map leading to better product enhancements.
  • Strategic research on Competitor analysis of GEP software platform
  • Expertise:
  • Extensive experience in Source-to-Pay and Procure-to-Pay SaaS solutions
  • Experience in SCM (Supply Chain Management) products offered by GEP
  • Experience in global environment and different cultures
Solution DesignSaaSProcurementSupply Chain ManagementConsultative SellingTeam Management+2

Senior Associate - Solution Design | SaaS

Nov 2018Nov 2020 · 2 yrs

C2l biz solutions pvt ltd

Jr. Presales Consultant

Feb 2018Nov 2018 · 9 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Responsible for running end to end pre-sales process for RFPs / Customer requests including the win strategy and bid plan across customer mapping, pricing, response, solution presentation up to deal closure
  • Solution configuring and demonstrating high quality products/workshops to domestic and international clients’ senior management stakeholders/partners and having consultative selling approach
  • Working closely with sales and product team to understand client requirements, proof of concept (POC) and plan a strategy in parallel for technical and functional responses
  • Estimation and Planning – Involved in product estimation and costing, release plans, staffing plan, efforts, assumptions and risk based on documented scope and a set of dependencies
  • Understanding of technical sales processes along with high level of solution selling and product solution knowledge
  • Mapping of competition and developing appropriate winning sales strategies, often in conjunction with sales team and partners to capture new markets
Pre-sales Process ManagementSolution ConfigurationConsultative SellingCompetition MappingPre-sales

Mahindra and mahindra limited [automotive, farm equipment and agri business]

Area Sales Manager - Trainee

Jun 2017Feb 2018 · 8 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Responsible for Generating Leads, Cold Calling, Competitor Analysis, MIS reports and Digital Analysis of North-West and West zone using Qlikview tool
  • Accountable for Sales Targets, Sales Forecasting and Sales Analysis of North-West Zone
  • Maintaining relationships with Corporate Teams, Loan Officers, Branch Managers, Old and Existing Customers to drive referrals through incentives and special events
  • Designing promotional schemes and Executing marketing strategies with cross functional teams to
  • achieve sales volume
  • Accountable for end to end activities of product launch at the dealership and implementing strategies to tap old, existing and potential customers to generate leads
  • Directly involved in planning and execution of BTL activities for new product launches and generating leads through online and offline sales channels
  • Implementing Customer and Sales Satisfaction processes at the dealerships
  • Interaction with NBFC's for financial schemes/events to attract customers
  • Received ‘Mahindra Rise Appreciation Card’ for outstanding performance in handling product launch activities
Lead GenerationSales ForecastingDigital AnalysisMarketing StrategySales

Thesmallbigidea

Digital Project Management Intern

Apr 2016Jun 2016 · 2 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Formulated and implemented a. Social media campaigns b. Innovative content & marketing strategies, c. Digital analytics plan for social media pages (Facebook ,Twitter and Instagram) of 3 brands Zee Entertainment Enterprises, Firstpost - Network 18, Authenticook along with top management team, resulting in increase of new fan base (~1000) and new user engagement (~8000) in 2 months
  • Social Media Campaign: Upcoming movie promotions, Pre buzz and live event campaigns for sports events (IPL 9, Euro 2016, French Open 2016, Copa America & Rio Olympics) and Online promotions/launch campaigns for food startup
  • Innovative Content: Sleek, minimalist and quality videos, editorials and images for all campaigns
  • Digital analytics plan for Social Media pages: Preparing/Forecasting Digital Plan for Zee Entertainment Enterprises (&pictures and ZETC Bollywood channels) and Annual growth plan for Zee Entertainment Enterprises (&pictures)
  • Competitor analysis and Social Media Listening for all clients
Social Media CampaignsDigital AnalyticsContent MarketingDigital Marketing

Larsen & toubro infotech ltd

System And Database Administrator

Aug 2011Sep 2014 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Handled Level 1- Backend Citigroup real time trading processes/accounts and
  • Level 2 - User/Client functional queries using Autosys tool and SQL
  • Accountable for planning, strategizing and implementing project architecture trading
  • module along with analysts to ease the complexity of the project
  • Involved in understanding of business processes, risks and suggesting continuous improvement in the functionality of the project, resulting in getting two new projects
  • Responsible for incident management to minimize the impact on business operations, thus ensuring best service quality
  • Lead the team for project release/migrations for project management. Responsible for resolving end-to-end operational queries of clients from US, EU and APAC regions
  • Awarded as the Best Team of L&T InfoTech 2013 and received multiple “U Rock” appreciation cards for excellent performance and leadership skills
Incident ManagementProject ArchitectureClient Query ResolutionDatabase Administration

Education

K J Somaiya Institute of Management

PGDM — Marketing Communication

Jan 2015Jan 2017

South Indian Education Society (SIES) College

BSC — Information Technology

Jan 2008Jan 2011

ICL College

HSC — Science

Jan 2006Jan 2008

St Augustine’s High School

SSC

Jan 2005Jan 2006

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