Sawan Kapoor

CEO

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India26 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

CEO of India's oldest lighting firm.
Founded a career management firm in 2012.
Expert in business strategy and career development.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2B Career Services and Retail Strategy expert.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business StrategySales ManagementCareer Development CoachingBusiness DevelopmentStrategic PlanningBusiness IntelligenceCategory ManagementPrivate Label ManagementProject ManagementAnalytics

Other Skills

Change managementFamily business governanceManaging Start-upsBrand DevelopmentBusiness Process DesignRisk ManagementHigh Potential DevelopmentPortfolio ManagementPricing StrategyConsumer Behavior AnalyticsTeam LeadershipBudgetsFMCGForecastingManagement

About

Hi, I'm Sawan... I head the project lighting vertical for our family enterprise, Kapoor Lamp Shade Company. In addition I also run Dire To Hire Solutions (earlier TruNorth Solutions) a job search, application & career management firm I founded in 2012. Welcome to my LinkedIn profile, I accept all connect requests and will be glad to have you in my network. Best wishes!

Experience

Kapoor lamps private limited

Executive Director & CEO - Project Lighting

Jan 2014 – Present · 12 yrs 3 mos · Greater Delhi Area

Manage the day to day direction and results of our family enterprise across our project lighting vertical, dealing with corporate business houses, the government, commercial & infrastructure industry, the hospitality sector, builders & developers, luxury residences, and architects, interior & lighting designers.

Change managementFamily business governanceManaging Start-upsBrand DevelopmentBusiness StrategySales Management+2

Dire to hire solutions

Founder & CEO

May 2012 – Present · 13 yrs 11 mos · Tamil Nadu, India

DIRE TO HIRE SOLUTIONS (earlier TruNorth Solutions) was born in 2012, based on my career long experiences as an employee & as a business owner. The company’s primary focus is to help salaried professionals secure their dream jobs & careers.
The flagship offering of this organisation is the APEX Career Intensive Program, which helps individuals achieve 4 outcomes, namely:
(1) How to Rapidly increase your current salary in 90 days or less
(2) How to target any company & secure an offer of employment
(3) How to climb the career ladder in one-third the standard time
(4) How to differentiate your candidacy in the job hunting game, making the competition irrelevant
The company works in both the online & offline channels delivering its services to individuals who feel (a) under-appreciated or under-recognised at work, (b) are struggling financially & want to increase their income level, (c) are unemployed or about to be unemployed, and (d) are under-employed, where their strengths are not being fully utilised.

Career Development CoachingHigh Potential DevelopmentChange ManagementBrand DevelopmentBusiness Development

Sutton & maxwell - a palm bay international investment venture

3 roles

CEO

Promoted

Mar 2009 – Dec 2013 · 4 yrs 9 mos

Planned, developed, executed and managed a direct to retail, private label import solution for chain store & independent, off-premise accounts in select US markets for beverage alcohol products.

Business DevelopmentStrategic PlanningSales Management

Vice President - Business Development

Promoted

May 2007 – Mar 2009 · 1 yr 10 mos

Responsibilities included managing forex hedging, category segmentation, conto deposito cash flow, and portfolio management to create efficiencies in the operations at the company.

Business DevelopmentPortfolio Management

Director - Enterprise Planning

Oct 2006 – May 2007 · 7 mos

Responsible for developing a pricing system, business intelligence architecture, and its implementation to correct sales & marketing budgets, reporting to the company president.

Business IntelligencePricing Strategy

Total wine & more

Sr. Manager - Category Analytics

Apr 2006 – Sep 2006 · 5 mos · Potomac, MD

Responsible for consumer behavior analytics and category management based at the Total Wine Headquarters in Maryland.

Consumer Behavior AnalyticsCategory Management

Daymon worldwide

4 roles

Category Business Manager

Jan 2005 – Apr 2006 · 1 yr 3 mos

Private label responsibility for the categories of beverages, snacks, alcohol & tobacco. In addition team lead for the Safeway "O" Brand Organics program. Also managed the Daymon Worldwide team of category analysts at Safeway Stores.

Private Label ManagementTeam Leadership

Associate Category Business Manager

Promoted

Jan 2004 – Jan 2005 · 1 yr

Private label responsibility for the categories of carbonated soft drinks, main meal grocery, the Meijer Organics program, and the Meijer Gold premium product platform.

Private Label Management

Project Manager (Product Demonstrations)

Aug 2003 – Jan 2004 · 5 mos

As the team lead for this new service offered by Daymon Interactions, my responsibilities included all aspects of bringing the business to life, working across operations, IT, sales, vendor on-boarding, HR, and strategic planning.

Project Management