Dhiraj Lohare

Product Manager

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India11 yrs 10 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

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

Gep worldwide

3 roles

Associate Product Manager

Nov 2022Present · 3 yrs 4 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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