Pushkal Arora

CEO

Gurgaon, Haryana, India12 yrs 2 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Proven track record in scaling national operations.
  • Expertise in building businesses from scratch.
  • Strong leadership in executing critical projects.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in B2B and B2C operations with a strong focus on sales and distribution.

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Sales & Distribution ManagementChannel SalesDistribution StrategiesConsumer BehaviourTeam ManagementManaging Distribution ChannelsGo-to-market StrategyChannel PartnersMarketing StrategyInternational MarketingInternational TradeBrand ManagementCorporate FinancePortfolio ManagementInvestment Banking

About

• A startup hustler, FORE school graduate with 12 years of experience in owning P&L and managing almost all tenets of a Consumer/B2B business • Expertise in building businesses from scratch, scaling national operations, and leading large teams to execute critical projects • Proven skills in Process Design, Product Development, Marketing, Retail Operations, Channel Operations and Distribution

Experience

Cars24

6 roles

Vice President

Promoted

Apr 2025Present · 11 mos

  • CEO : CARS24 Network & CarTruth

AVP

Promoted

Apr 2023Mar 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Business Head : Franchise, B2B, VAS & Growth

Director (Business Head - B2B, Cars24 India)

Promoted

Apr 2022Mar 2023 · 11 mos

Associate Director (Business Head, NCR + Haryana)

Apr 2021Mar 2022 · 11 mos

Senior General Manager (Supply Head, NCR)

Promoted

Apr 2020Apr 2021 · 1 yr

General Manager (Retail Head, NCR)

Jan 2020Apr 2020 · 3 mos

Oyo

Senior Manager - International Operations, SE Asia

Jun 2019Jan 2020 · 7 mos · Gurgaon, India

Cars24

Sr. Manager - NCR

Sep 2018May 2019 · 8 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • Handled Supply side of the business with a GMV of INR 30 Cr+ from a network of 16 Retail branches across Delhi NCR.
  • Delhi NCR contributed to 35% of total business of CAR24, drove this with a team size of 150+ people.
  • Owned complete P&L and over achieved AOP milestone targets with the help of 4 Zonal Managers who owned operations for 4-5 branches each.

Airtel

2 roles

Manager - Acquisition (Homes)

May 2017Sep 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • Custodian of end to end onboarding experience for Homes Business (Fixed line), from lead generation to closure, fulfillment and Install
  • Recognition:
  • o Awarded by Sarang Kanade (Director – CE, Retail) for a 32% drop in Sales and Marketing related consumer complaints in FY 2018
  • o Applauded by Hemanth Guruswamy (CEO – Homes) for redesigning payment process which eliminated cash related issues
  • Driving lead conversions and activations, reducing cost of acquisition, identifying issues, designing processes centrally & executing circle by circle
  • Reduced 0-6 months churn by ~20% by running My Home Rewards Program to improve customer stickiness by increasing product per customer
  • Reduced calls from new customers to ~50% by designing and executing Baby Care Programs to proactively monitor first 30 days of a customer
  • Strategic Projects :
  • > eCAF - Aadhaar based paperless acquisition
  • > Lead Management - Sales leads directly to executive over his App
  • > SAFO (Start and Finish Online) journey for a prospect visiting www.airtel.in or Mob App

Assistant Manager - TSM (Homes)

Mar 2015Apr 2017 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Gurgaon, India

  • Recognition :
  • o Awarded by Ajai Puri (COO – India & South East Asia) for winning the coveted Airtel Achievers’ contest, for FY 2015-2016
  • o “Champion Territory Sales Manager” Award by CEO, NCR Circle for extracting highest revenue growth in a quarter (FY 2016-2017)
  • Led a team of 32 field sales executives (FSEs), 2 Distributors, 2 DSAs to drive Homes (Broadband) business in Gurgaon and Manesar
  • Responsible for acquiring 1100-1300 new customers MoM from the territory ; Handled monthly revenue of INR 5 Million from new customers
  • On ground execution of consumer offers, trade offers, field / retail sales executive engagement schemes and merchandising at key outlets
  • Implemented pull based Go to Market strategy for increasing retail channel contribution by 10%
  • Key achievements
  • Developed matrix led selling approach based on utilization. Increased average revenue per acquisition by ~18% and manpower productivity by ~40%. This model was recognized and replicated by other zones across circle
  • Increased market share from 44% to 51% through innovative ways of working by mapping unconventional lead partners
  • Tapped unexplored retail channel in Manesar to double the net distribution for broadband business in this territory
  • Led to a data growth of 30% across Gurgaon and Manesar, by launching Airtel V-Fiber with focus on strong BTL promotions

Newgen software technologies limited

Account Manager

May 2014Mar 2015 · 10 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • Recognition:
  • o Acclaimed by Newgen’s India Business Head for closing BPM license order from Dhanuka Agritech, worth 1.27 Cr
  • Part of Direct Sales Team (Domestic) at Newgen- India’s largest software product company, handled commercial patch and Defence for North
  • Handled clients like DIT-Air Force, Indian Coast Guard, DRDO, brought new opportunities to negotiation by engaging with right decision makers
  • Being an OEM, built relationships with system integrators and other partners to strategically utilize all channels to increase reach
  • Facilitated clients in building Tender/RFPs for efficient shortlisting and selection of the right vendors for servicing as per requirement

Ipsos

Intern

Apr 2013Jun 2013 · 2 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • Being a part of IPSOS ASI-Auto, the specialist team of world’s third largest market research company, understood the automobile sector and conducted a pre launch advertising research. The research was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of advertisements developed for a vehicle to be launched and thus choosing the most effective advertisement through application of real time tools.

Accenture

Associate Software Engineer

Jul 2011Jun 2012 · 11 mos · Bangalore, India

  • SME for Delivery management system at Accenture, monitored delivery of all the projects at Accenture’s India Development Centers. With a team of 6 members, was handling delivery management of all the Consumer goods & services projects under Products Operating group. I was also the key functional tester of DMS application.

Education

FORE School of Management, New Delhi

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) — Marketing & Finance

Jan 2012Jan 2014

Jaypee University of Information Technology

Engineer's Degree — Information Technology

Jan 2007Jan 2011

St. Theresa's Convent Sr. Sec. School

High School - CBSE

Jan 1992Jan 2007

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