Shankar Gaur

Brand Manager

Gurugram, Haryana, India10 yrs 8 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Delivered cost savings of over 13 million at Nestlé.
  • National finalist in case competitions from HUL and Asian Paints.
  • Part of Vodafone Discover Leadership Program.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Brand Management and FMCG Marketing expert with a strong focus on efficiency and strategic growth.

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Skills

Core Skills

Brand ManagementDigital MarketingProcess Improvement

Other Skills

Brand EquityBrand PerformanceProject ManagementBrand StrategyDigital StorytellingSocial MediaBrandingStrategic Content DevelopmentMarketing StrategySocial Media MarketingMarket PlanningSix SigmaMarketingSalesSocial Marketing

About

Brand Manager-Lizol India. Brand Manager- Mortein. National Key Account Manager at Reckitt. Regional Key Account Manager North India at RB. Area Sales Manager, RB. Area Sales Manager, Vodafone Punjab. Sales and marketing major from XLRI, Jamshedpur. PPO from Vodafone, PPI from HUL. Part of Vodafone Discover Leadership Program. Responsibilities: • Experienced in Handling Channel Sales • Drove 2 channel partners to grow Vodafone Prepaid Business • Worked as a product Manager and was responsible for driving key Products for Vodafone • Experienced in National Level Account Management • Trained in conducting market research Notable Achievements: • National Finalist for case competition from HUL and Asian Paints • Campus winner for case competition from Neslte and RB • Conducted disguised market research for HUL in a city wide marketing fair • Delivered cost savings of more than 13 million, being a project lead at Nestle India • Six sigma white belt certified and SMED Champion • Chemical Engineer from H.B.T.I Kanpur, with rank among the top 10 in batch

Experience

10 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 6 mos
Average Tenure
7 yrs 9 mos
Current Experience

Reckitt

5 roles

Brand Manager - Lizol

Promoted

Jan 2025Present · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Responsible for driving Topline and Bottomline growth for Lizol in India.

Brand Manager - Mortein

Feb 2023Dec 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos

Brand ManagementBrand EquityBrand PerformanceDigital MarketingProject ManagementBrand Strategy+7

Corporate Key Account Manager

Promoted

Jul 2020Jan 2023 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Responsible for handling national retail accounts for Reckitt

Regional Key Account Manager

Jun 2019Jul 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Manager for all the Modern Trade Key Accounts for North Region of RB Health Business Unit.

Area Sales Manager

May 2018May 2019 · 1 yr

  • Area Sales Manager, Health, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Vodafone

3 roles

Area Sales Manager

Apr 2017Apr 2018 · 1 yr

  • Responsible for driving revenues from Bathinda Cluster, the highest grossing cluster of Vodafone Punjab. Responsible for revenues of 150+ crore annually. Managing a distribution system of more than 20 channel partners and 50 associate distributors. Driving team of 12 directly reporting sales personnel with more than 100 sales executives. Responsible for driving new acquisitions, selling recharges, market servicing through a 4000+ MBO channel.

Management Trainee

Jun 2016Mar 2017 · 9 mos

  • Prepaid Account Manager
  • Best Distribution Management Trainee 2017
  • Successfully delivered targets for INR 70mn/month territory
  • Responsible for driving team of 17 exec & 3 territory officers
  • Increased retail footprint by 12% in 3 months
  • Transformed a distributor for EBITDA negative to positive in 3 Months
  • Increased territory sales by 33%
  • Product Manager
  • Developed model to predict consumer behavior
  • Doubled conversions for upselling activities in 3 months
  • Critically analyzed consumer lifecycle for a digital product journey
  • Improved process efficiency by 62.5%
  • National Account Manager
  • Transformed 4G capability building process from Manual to 100% digital
  • Responsible for handling Mumbai NHQ account
  • Cracked 7 accounts created business worth INR 1 mn/year

Summer Intern

May 2015Jun 2015 · 1 mo · Mohali Punjab

  • Sales Intern at Vodafone Punjab Circle.
  • Project deliverable:-
  • Increase the internet sales through the front line sales representatives. Lead a team of front liners and retailers to identify the best possible solution for increasing internet sales.
  • Awarded a Pre-Placement Offer by Vodafone.
  • Contributions:-
  • 1. Developed sales plan to prioritize selling of mobile internet by sales representatives(Retailers & DSEs)
  • 2. Analyzed and improved the distribution system and the incentive structure for sales representatives
  • 3. Understood and analyzed Punjab market, qualitative research of more than 21 markets in Punjab
  • Achievements:-
  • 1. Salesman Incentive structure suggestions made during internship were implemented in Punjab circle
  • 2. Designed a new algorithm for online pitching of tariff plans to consumers; under implementation
  • 3. Completed market research and analyzed buying behavior for more than 200 people in Punjab circle

Aha taxis

Winter Intern

Dec 2014Dec 2014 · 0 mo · Delhi Area, India

  • Objective:-
  • Understand and analyze the market size and characteristics of interstate taxi business around Delhi.
  • Created a launch strategy for a new taxi all India Taxi service.
  • Suggested operational models to ensure cost effective management of Taxi business

Indian oil corporation limited

Summer Intern

May 2013Jun 2013 · 1 mo · Panipat Area, India

  • Summer intern in Naptha Cracker Unit.
  • Analysed the economic feasibility of Naptha steam reforming process.
  • Part of the reactor and heat exchanger design team.

Nestlé

Industrial performance officer

Jul 2012Jun 2014 · 1 yr 11 mos · Ponda, Goa

  • Industrial Performance Officer, Responsible for making capacity calculations basis which all the investment and recruitment decisions were made.
  • Responsible for ensuring high plant productivity and efficiency. Responsible for driving efficiency improvement projects in the plant.
  • Responsible for ensuring online process integration to allow production in the plant.
  • Project lead for multiple efficiency improvement projects. Implemented two projects with a combined saving of more than 13 million.
  • Project one:-
  • Implemented 1:3 relieving pattern in third party operators leading to reduced manpower cost, food cost, electricity cost.
  • Project two:-
  • Improved the quality of Kit Kat chocolate produced in the plant, leading to reduction in waste & rework generation along with lower electricity consumption.
  • Trained in Six Sigma methodology and SMED techniques.
  • Lead for two changeover time reduction projects. Reduced changeover time on two production lines by 50% and 25% respectively.

Education

XLRI Jamshedpur

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Jan 2014Jan 2016

Harcourt Butler Technological Institute

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) — Chemical Engineering

Jan 2008Jan 2012

LFPS

Class 12th — Science

Jan 1995Jan 2008

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