Cynthia James

Business Development Executive

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India7 yrs 5 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Proven track record in product launches and market expansion.
  • Strong leadership experience managing diverse sales teams.
  • Expertise in driving revenue growth through strategic initiatives.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Consumer Goods Marketing Specialist with strong business development skills.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product StrategySales ManagementBusiness DevelopmentMarket ExpansionMarket Research

Other Skills

Product LaunchDigital MarketingSales StrategyDistribution StrategyData AnalysisLeadershipPublic SpeakingEngineeringManagementVolunteering for CharityCreative WritingTechnical WritingEvent Management

Experience

7 yrs 5 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 6 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs 2 mos
Current Experience

Google

3 roles

Senior Account Manager

May 2025Present · 11 mos

Account Manager

Promoted

Jul 2024Present · 1 yr 9 mos

Business Development Consultant

Jan 2023Jun 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos

Pidilite industries limited

4 roles

Regional Market Development Manager (South India) - Fevicol

Aug 2022Mar 2023 · 7 mos

Branch Manager (Karnataka)

Sep 2020Aug 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Responsible for an annual topline of Rs. 20Cr.
  • Leading a team of 10 Sales Executives, 21 channel partners & 3423 retail partners
  • Spearheaded the launch of 4 New products through BTL & digital initiatives to achieve a delta of +7% New product contribution to total revenue
  • Training retailers and users on product use cases via digital modules to drive recruitment of users
  • Strategized and piloted local activations that delivered 28% value growth at competition outlets
  • Increased the distribution footprint by onboarding 747 new retail partners who contributed to 5% of annual revenue

Special Projects

Jun 2019Oct 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • STINT 1: Territory Sales In-Charge, Kolkata
  • Drove distribution expansion and competition counteractions via loyalty programs & premiumization drives
  • Delivered 30% volume growth in premium products, and increased effective coverage of New Products by 56%
  • STINT 2: Business Development Executive, Kolkata
  • Conducted consumer research to identify factors that influence purchase decisions & drive conversions
  • Designed and piloted a framework to trigger trials through testimonials of hyper-local influencers
  • Developed visual aids based on research to enable the field team to effectively educate users on product USP
  • Delivered a tertiary growth of 65%
  • STINT 3: Rural Expansion Project, Rajasthan
  • Handled the launch of 3 new products in 2 rural towns
  • Successfully relaunched Fevicol Championship Club (loyalty program)
  • Expanded distribution footprint to 5 new rural towns
  • Delivered a 68% increase in monthly revenue

Summer Internship

Apr 2018May 2018 · 1 mo · Mumbai Area, India

  • Conducted primary research to understand usage pattern and gaps in awareness and distribution of Aquaseal
  • Calculated the Market Potential of Aquaseal versus other Sealers, and performed Competitor Benchmarking
  • Formulated a strategy to influence Consumption Pattern of Sealers to replace NC Sealers in the market with Aquaseal
  • Successfully piloted the strategy to achieve 40KL (three times the current sales volume) annual sales within a year

Larsen & toubro limited

Marketing - Special Projects

Mar 2017Nov 2017 · 8 mos · Chennai · On-site

  • Conducted analysis of equipment and spare parts sold over FY 2012-2017 to identify the correlation between the two sets of data
  • Used regression analysis to forecast future requirement of spare parts by value of customers and accordingly formulated a stocking plan
  • Streamlined Equipment Commissioning Process by formulating a commissioning process
  • manual/process checklist

Artesyn embedded technologies

Internship

Dec 2015Jan 2016 · 1 mo · Manila, Philippines

  • Artesyn Embedded technologies is a global leader in the design and manufacturing of highly realiable power conversion and embedded computing solutions for a wide range of industries including communications, computing, healthcare, military, aerospace and industrial automation.
  • The internship was split into two cycles; from December 2014 - January 2015 and from December 2015 - January 2016.
  • Project on SGI 476W AC-DC Multi Output Power Supply
  • o Underwent a course for engineering trainee on the basics, software and testing processes for switch mode power supply
  • o Assisted in the development of a Multi Output Power Supply Unit through lab testing

Education

Symbiosis Centre For Management and Human Resource Development

Master of Business Administration - MBA — Marketing

Jan 2017Jan 2019

Vellore Institute of Technology

Bachelor’s Degree — Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Jan 2012Jan 2016

International School Manila

High School

Jan 2008Jan 2012

Symbiosis Centre For Management and Human Resource Development

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