Arnav Bajaj

Business Development Executive

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada14 yrs 3 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 15 years of leadership in IT and Operations
  • Expert in pricing strategy and revenue realization
  • Proven track record in launching new markets
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Hospitality expert with strong business development and revenue management skills.

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Skills

Core Skills

Sales PlanningBusiness DevelopmentClient Account ManagementRevenue ManagementProject ManagementCustomer ServiceTeam Management

Other Skills

Outreach.ioC-LevelPartner Relationship ManagementBusiness ReviewsMarket PlanningBusiness-to-Business (B2B)Software as a Service (SaaS)Google Cloud Platform (GCP)Consultative SellingInside SalesBusiness SavvySecurityBusiness PlanningGo-to-Market StrategyCommunication

About

• 15 years of dynamic leadership in IT, Operations, Sales & Business Development, Account Management, Revenue, Expansion, Customer Excellence • Torchbearer of company vision and team culture • Account Management/Portfolio Management delivering on P&L • Recognized thought leader in pricing strategy, customer conversion, and revenue realization • Strong advocate of interdepartmental coordination • Annual Operating Plan targets, achievements, and Rolling Forecasts • Increasing sales conversion and reducing the time of the sales cycle • Continuous Customer Experience improvement enthusiast • Known to launch new markets

Experience

14 yrs 3 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 7 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs 6 mos
Current Experience

Softchoice

2 roles

Territory Sales Supervisor

Jan 2025Present · 1 yr 5 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Senior Territory Account Executive

Nov 2022Dec 2024 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Outreach.ioC-LevelPartner Relationship ManagementBusiness ReviewsMarket PlanningBusiness-to-Business (B2B)+14

Maxsold

Account Executive

May 2022Jul 2022 · 2 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Outreach.ioMarket PlanningBusiness-to-Business (B2B)Software as a Service (SaaS)Sales PlanningInside Sales+6

Sapsol technologies inc. : systems and process solutions for your enterprise

Business Solutions Leader (Head Business Development)

Oct 2020May 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos · Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

  • Lead Generation
  • Conduct in-person cold calls for lead generation
  • Meet team's allocated target of database skimming and prospecting on a daily basis.
  • Set up daily and weekly appointment for meeting prospective clients
  • Network using various methods including but not limited to digital marketing and networking.
  • Schedule and conduct online or face to face meetings weekly
  • Build and strategize the target account list
  • New Account Acquisition
  • Build good contacts in the IT industry preferably in the Bay Area.
  • Use a hunter mindset with a sense of opportunity.
  • Build rapport with the prospective clients
  • Be able to network and participate in various events.
  • Setup initial appointments and complete the full-cycle sales process.
  • Develop and manage sales funnel.
  • Developing Leads through relationship and client solicitation:
  • Helping new and existing clients get the talent they need
  • Being able to organize pre-sales presentations and seminars
  • Digging to get a deep understanding of client's work environment.
  • Talking Shop with high level IT professionals
  • Making presentations on new offerings
  • Client Account Management
  • Manage territory both geographically and through sales funnel
  • Communicate with Recruiting team pertinent information about clients and prospects
  • Work collaboratively with recruiting team to fill job orders
  • Keeping clients aware of our many service offerings
  • Making sales presentations - face to face, on the telephone, and on the web.
  • Steer your client to successful deal closure.
  • Develop and manage a business plan for your assigned accounts to be successful
  • Proven success in selling IT solutions and IT Services or IT Staff Augmentation.
  • Excellent presentation skills at the executive level with small or large audiences.
  • Experience with value-based selling or solution selling
  • Targets
  • Achieve allocated daily, weekly, and monthly performance targets.
  • Achieve placements and revenue targets
C-LevelPartner Relationship ManagementBusiness ReviewsMarket PlanningBusiness-to-Business (B2B)Google Cloud Platform (GCP)+10

Oyo

4 roles

Business Development Head

Oct 2019Aug 2020 · 10 mos

  • Responsible for supply addition in the Ontario province
  • Worked closely with the remote and business development team for Lead Generation
  • Reducing sales cycle timelines and improving deal conversion by managing the lead funnel
  • Conducting team Training's on the product and service offerings
  • Hiring and onboarding new sales managers, to enable them to sell
  • One on One Feedback sessions with the team
  • Supervising and executing the onboarding of clients and their performance management
  • Periodic review and improvement of existing sales strategy, with special focus on competition
C-LevelPartner Relationship ManagementBusiness ReviewsMarket PlanningBusiness-to-Business (B2B)Software as a Service (SaaS)+9

Revenue Head / Project Head

Jun 2018Oct 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Responsible for P&L of 800+ hotels across 17 cities by achieving Occupancy, Revenue and Average Daily Rate Targets
  • Optimized all revenue levers like Floor, restrictions, re-shoots, hero images, 3C scores, property tags, landmark tagging, walk-in and OTA review score and conversion
  • Managed peaks with dynamic price amendments assuring better ADR (Average Daily Rate)
  • Second in the Revenue Heads championship with highest issues resolved
  • Reduced the Minimum Guarantee losses to the lowest across the country
  • Controlled leakage by managing walk-in managers reviewing cancellation, No-show, and conversion at a property level
  • Improved OTA (Online Travel Agencies) content and ratings to take the hub from 17th position to the 1st position for 3 consecutive months
  • Appreciated for reducing No-show, which accounted for higher occupancy
  • Led all Revenue projects with the team and ensured deliverables
  • Recruitments for BD, Operations, Project Manager, Analyst, and Sales
C-LevelPartner Relationship ManagementBusiness ReviewsMarket PlanningRestaurant OperationsBusiness-to-Business (B2B)+10

MM CEO (Area Head)

Jan 2016May 2018 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Heading Micro Market (Old Gurgaon and Medanta) end to end in terms of Supply, Demand, Operations and managing P&L of the entire region
  • Achieving offline sales targets of Revenue and Occupancy month on month for the region through tie-ups with corporates, travel agents, hospitals, and promoter network.
  • Creating delight for the customers by ensuring good product and service standards and by resolving customer concerns through effective escalation system
  • Devising and implementing various promotional and branding activities to capture untapped demand in the region
  • Achieving revenue target from new and existing clients month on month
  • Coordinating in the rollout of various ATL and BTL activities for capturing the wide range of users and the target segment too (Like Demand Day, Affiliate networks)
  • Creating processes for defining and analyzing performance metrics to rebuild the budget hotel industry
  • Hiring and Coaching the team for optimised performance
  • Responding to RFI, RFP, and RFQ for all client inquiries, ensuring sales
C-LevelPartner Relationship ManagementBusiness ReviewsMarket PlanningRestaurant OperationsBusiness-to-Business (B2B)+9

Assistant Manager Business Development

Sep 2015Jan 2016 · 4 mos

  • Acquisition of new supply across Gurgaon and Manesar
  • P&L management of existing supply
  • Relationship management with existing clients to ensure property owners do not move to the competitors
  • Strategic distribution of demand amongst the existing properties to generate maximum revenue
  • Devising, planning, and execution of promotional activities across the city to increase the customer base
  • Monitoring occupancy level, dynamic pricing, sales and marketing of a cluster to increase business revenue and the take rate
  • Re-negotiations of existing customers to increase the take rate and profitability
  • Owned timely reconciliation for all the 300+ properties
  • Hiring as per annual operating plan and onboarding newcomers
C-LevelPartner Relationship ManagementBusiness ReviewsMarket PlanningRestaurant OperationsBusiness-to-Business (B2B)+9

Preferred hotel group

2 roles

Asst Front Office Manager

Promoted

Nov 2014Sep 2015 · 10 mos

  • Supervised departments like Bell desk, Reception, Travel Desk Suryaa Service and trained them on SOPs, managing a team strength of 45
  • Duty Rostering / Shift allocation and annual leave tracker maintenance
  • Increased revenue by controlling Daily rates and Upselling
  • Delivering Guest feedback and targets
  • Interdepartmental coordination with Housekeeping, Food and Beverage, Security, Engineering
  • Attending sales and banquet queries and closing deals in the absence of other departmental points of contacts
  • Conduct show rounds
  • Own VIP guest movement
  • Ensure staff grooming and training standards
  • Attend morning meetings and function as Head OF the Department in his absence
C-LevelPartner Relationship ManagementBusiness ReviewsMarket PlanningRestaurant OperationsBusiness-to-Business (B2B)+10

Duty Manager

May 2013Oct 2014 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Managed front desk operations like room allocation, store requisitioning, luggage handling
  • Duty rostering, staff allocation and Annual Leave tracker approvals
  • Owning guest profiling and ensuring every request is looked after
  • Meeting and greeting every VIP guest
  • Complaint handling
  • Training the team of front desk and bell desk
  • Coordinating with all hotel departments to ensure guest delight
  • Taking future reservations and increasing Average Room Rate
  • Managing sold out dates and close of 100% occupancy on high occupancy dates
C-LevelMarket PlanningRestaurant OperationsSales PlanningBusiness PlanningCommunication+2

Jaypee hotels

2 roles

Lobby Manager

Promoted

Jul 2011Apr 2013 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Part of the pre-opening team worked on creating SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) and training staff on product and procedural knowledge
  • Supervise and coach front desk, reservations, bell desk
  • Organizing the department and making it ergonomically Feasible
  • Guest handling and coordinating with Spa, Travel desk, F&B department for increasing ancillary revenue
  • Handled stay of formula 1 drivers, crew and management for 2 years
C-LevelRestaurant OperationsSales PlanningBusiness PlanningCommunicationCustomer Service+1

Management Trainee

Jul 2009Jun 2011 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • On the job training, exposure of all major and minor departments across all five hotels
  • Highlighted OFIs (Opportunities For Improvement) and worked closely on improvement, for all departments
  • Worked closely with Training department and highlighted changing trends of the industry
C-LevelMarket PlanningRestaurant OperationsSales PlanningBusiness PlanningCommunication+2

Itc

IT

Jan 2007Jan 2007 · 0 mo

Restaurant OperationsBusiness PlanningCommunication

Education

SMU

Master's degree — Operations Management and Supervision

Jan 2010Jan 2012

Indira Gandhi National Open University

Master's degree — International Business

Jan 2010Jan 2011

IHM Jaipur

BSc in Hotels and Hospitality Administration

Jan 2006Jan 2009

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