Manav Sohal

CEO

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India7 yrs 10 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

6+ years in Marketing & Sales leadership roles
Expert in P&L management for major brands
Proven track record in brand innovation and consumer insights

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Marketing Leader in Consumer Healthcare with expertise in Brand Management and Innovation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Brand ManagementProduct InnovationP&l ManagementSales Management

Other Skills

Brand EquityVisual CommunicationBrand ArchitectureP&L AnalysisConsumer Insight GenerationProject ManagementCommunicationBrand MarketingCommercialsMedical MarketingRegulatory ComplianceMargin AnalysisBrand ActivationBrand BuildingBrand Design

About

An observer of life & people, good at connecting the dots and the “why’s” behind the “what” we do. A trivia reader, an avid storyteller with a knack for design and everything innovative. I’m a Consumer behavior & Innovation enthusiast who likes crafting stories, with a focus on P&L management. With 6+ Years of experience across Marketing & Sales across GSK, P&G & Reckitt with 5+ Years as a brand manager of 150Cr+ P&Ls. Have worked on creating an identity and brand Universe for legacy 80+ year old brands, & managed category leading brands across the Supplements, Skincare , Throat & Pain Relief Spaces. Thus, with an exposure to Insight Mining, Innovation, Comms Design, Media Planning, P&L Management and most importantly collaboration. Today, I manage Reckitt’s OTC brands from the Throat Expert, Strepsils to the Pain Expert Disprin, and am building the World’s No.1 Antacid Gaviscon, in India.

Experience

7 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

11 mos

Current Experience

Johnson & johnson

Category Marketing Head | Vision Care India

Jun 2025 – Present · 11 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region · Hybrid

Heading Marketing for Johnson & Johnson's Consumer Vision business,

Reckitt

3 roles

Brand Manager - Strepsils

Apr 2022 – Jun 2025 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Leading the Throat Care category with Category First Innovations & Educational Comms.

Brand EquityProduct InnovationVisual CommunicationP&L ManagementBrand ArchitectureP&L Analysis+5

Brand Manager - Gaviscon (World's No.1 Antacid)

Apr 2022 – Jun 2025 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Building the World’s No.1 Antacid in India across Consumer and Medical Channels.

Brand EquityProduct InnovationCommercialsP&L AnalysisConsumer Insight GenerationMedical Marketing+3

Brand Manager - Disprin, D'Cold Total

Apr 2022 – Jun 2025 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

P&L Management for legacy Relief Brands.

Regulatory ComplianceMargin AnalysisP&L AnalysisP&L Management

Procter & gamble

Brand Manager

May 2020 – Apr 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Consumer Identity creation for the 80 Year old prescription brand, Polybion.
Brand architecture & uniform packaging for a clear brand identity.
New product launch & NPD pipeline buildup to augment the portfolio.
Spearheaded brand’s consumer marketing journey beginning with a new TVC.

Brand EquityBrand ArchitectureBrand ActivationP&L AnalysisConsumer Insight GenerationBrand Building+5

Gsk

2 roles

Area Business Manager

Jun 2019 – May 2020 · 11 mos

Led a team of 8 across Mumbai Metro, Goa and South Maharashtra for the Stiefel Skincare Portfolio.
Led the team for prescription generation and Sales for the Region.

SalesTerritory Account ManagementSales Management

Management Trainee

Jun 2018 – May 2019 · 11 mos

Relaunched 2 legacy dermatology brands & managed their national launch campaign activations.
Managed a national retail incentive scheme, to focus on placement of NPDs at key stores.