Gaurav Sharma

CEO

India14 yrs 9 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Over 10 years of experience in high-growth startups.
  • Expert in customer-centric sales and growth strategies.
  • Proven track record in strategic partnerships and alliances.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Sales and Growth Specialist in E-commerce and Retail sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business DevelopmentSales

Other Skills

Business StrategyGo-to-Market StrategyIT Service ManagementData WarehousingPeople ManagementBusiness TransformationTeam BuildingMarket ResearchEntrepreneurshipHiringCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Data AnalysisProject PlanningMarketingMarketing Strategy

About

With over 10 years of experience scaling India’s leading startups—including TinyOwl (later merged with Zomato), DailyNinja (merged with BigBasket), and FreshToHome—I bring a strong foundation in customer-centric sales and growth strategies. 💬 DM for curated options and quick closings

Experience

14 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 6 mos
Average Tenure
4 mos
Current Experience

Career break

Relocation

Jan 2026Present · 4 mos · Gurugram, Haryana

Stolt

Lead – Brand Partnerships & Collaborations

Mar 2024Dec 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

  • Stolt is a premium accessories brand catering to businesses with a curated range of backpacks, pens, notebook organizers, and more.
  • As a Partnership Manager, I drive growth by collaborating with resellers like Offineeds, Parsons Gifts, and platforms like Blinkit and Zepto, expanding Stolt’s market reach.
  • Focused on strategic alliances, I accelerate brand presence and unlock new opportunities.

Freshtohome foods private ltd

2 roles

Lead - Alliances and Partnerships

Nov 2021Feb 2024 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Negotiating & closing annual TOT's with national brands. Introduce new products to different markets.
  • Maintained professional network of potential clients and business opportunities.
  • Attended trade / startup shows / events for in-person engagement and network building.
  • Established new accounts and serviced existing accounts maintaining professional relationships.
  • Sales target for the year & review the same on a weekly, monthly & quarterly basis. ‑ Business planning & monitoring & analyzing product‑wise sill rate with different chains.
  • Developed sales plans, goals, strategies and objectives to achieve team goals and revenue objectives.
  • Onboarding brands like Nestle, RawPressery, Mother Dairy, Tirumala Milk, Prabhat Dairy, Amul, Yakult, ITC, Hershey's to maintain the portfolio and sales.
  • Onboarded, to monetize the FTH Daily app with multiple banks like HDFC, ICICI, Kotak Mahindra etc, run specific offers / promo codes for customers.
  • Partnerships with fintech companies like PhonePe,GPay,Paytm,Freecharge etc to get the best offers for FTH customers.
  • Launching Private Label brands and expanding the business, Launch ( Milk, Curd, Paneer, Bakery ) for FreshToHome Daily
  • Tracked monthly sales of private label to generate reports for business development planning.
  • Delivered sales presentations focused on offerings and unique advantages over competitors.
  • Formalizing JGD Plans, Monthly Pricing plan, visibility‑execution & inventory management.
Business DevelopmentBusiness StrategySales

National Category Head ( Dairy / Bakery / Private Label )

Jun 2021Jun 2023 · 2 yrs

Bigbasket.com

National Category Manager ( Dairy )

Mar 2020Feb 2021 · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka

  • Maintaining P&L of category, Data management to retain and grow category share within the company.
  • Ensuring strategy alignment with business needs, Micromanaging sub-category to ensure sales growth.
  • Managing Margin for Pan India, Improvising the same at a city level.
  • Competitor Benchmarking & price gap identification to take necessary actions.
  • Coordinating with city teams and Ensuring city level product availability across category business needs.
  • On-site marketing strategy to Improve discoverability – Activities to retain and acquire customers through BB pages.
  • Seasonal Planning for target categories to increase discoverability on the platform.
  • Collaboration with private label team to drive in-house products.
  • Effectively close visibility, and promotional investments for the various brands.
  • Making Annual Business Plan & marketing strategies for top vendors like Nestle, Raw Pressery, Mother Dairy, Tirumala Milk, Prabhat Dairy, Amul, Yakult, ITC, Hershey's to achieve net margins and sales.
  • Data management & analysis to understand customer buying behavior across the sub-categories and products including Affinity analysis, category data to target consumers.
  • Designing Strategies & conducting customer engagement activities to improve On-site customer experience, penetra0on and target sales increase.
  • TOT management ensuring margin increment.
  • Manage monthly consumer promotions for maximum conversion and promo recovery in double digits % to sales.
  • Manage payment recovery cycle within the credit period for 40+ brands and maintain no overdue above 50 days.
  • Liaison between teams to maximize assortment efficiency & Inventory management.
  • NPI Sales planning.

Dailyninja

2 roles

Head Of Strategic Alliances

Jul 2019Feb 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Regularly collaborating with Director, Vice President, and C-level executives as well as key stakeholders to formulate new initiatives and strategies.
  • OnBoard brands like ( Soulfull, The Green Snack Co., ChaiPoint, MOM, Happilo International, Milklane, Chitale Bandhu, Pristine Organics Pvt Ltd, Rose Bazaar, Nourish Organic, Sleepy Owl, Del Monte, Health Sutra, Safe Harvest, Tong Garden, DR.VAIDYA'S, Smoodhies, Godrej Jersey, Laughing Cows, Unibic, Fonterra, Tata Smart Foodz etc).
  • Planning, Implementation and Review Planning.
  • Co-ordination with internal teams and agencies for required implementation.
  • Understanding the brand positioning in context to marketplaces.
  • Strategy + Revenue conversations with category managers across the marketplaces.
  • Exceeded monthly and yearly sales targets by nearly 20% growth rate month on month.
  • Successfully built a revenue of INR 1.5 Cr. and projected revenue of 10 Cr. in 1.5 Years.
  • Got best performance award of quarter 2 time

Sales and Alliance Lead

Aug 2018Jul 2019 · 11 mos

Directi

Manager Strategic Alliances - Zeta

Feb 2018Jul 2018 · 5 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Tracked changing product lines to effectively meet dynamic market demands.
  • Onboard marketplace like (Bigbasket, Swiggy, FreshMenu, DailyNinja, OLA, Foodpanda, ZoomCar, UR Doorstep, etc).
  • Assistance in the monetization and SDK integration.
  • TOT management ensuring margin increment.
  • Got an exclusive offer from the marketplace for Zeta and Sodexo customers.

Ultracash

2 roles

Senior Client Servicing Manager

Jan 2017Jan 2018 · 1 yr

  • Resolve customers and merchant side app-related issues handle customers' queries too in case they are facing any trouble while making a payment from UltraCash.
  • Handles a bigger amount of portfolio more than 1000 merchants Online and Offline both.
  • Onboard marketplaces like (Sangeetha Mobiles, DailyNinja, Ur doorstep, Fresh Menu, Girias, Electronics, Baskin Robbins, etc).
  • Handled a team of more than 30 promoters to drive sales and customer satisfaction.
  • In 2015 we were the best payment / Fintech app in Bangalore.
  • Daily promotions and app visibility checks in stores, given suggestions for BTL team for branding/visibility.

Client Servicing Manager

Nov 2015Dec 2016 · 1 yr 1 mo

Tinyowl

Senior Business Development Executive

Jun 2014Oct 2015 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bangaon Area, India

  • Part of the initial sales and launch team.
  • Onboarded restaurant likes Meghana Biryani, Biryani Zone, Mast Kalandar food chain, Rajdhani,
  • Mainland China, Paradise Biryani, etc.
  • Handles east zone of Bangalore with a team of 2.
  • Manage a portfolio of 300 + restaurants including single outlets and national chains.

7-eleven

Key Account Manager

Oct 2012Apr 2014 · 1 yr 6 mos · Singapore

  • 7-Eleven is considered to be the world's largest convenience store. Handles 3 Topline stores in
  • Marina Bay Sands, Raffles Place, and Toa Payoh.
  • Handles entire stores operations including cash counter, daily checks like security inspection, Turn
  • on electronics and other appliances, Turn on POS equipment, Launch POS software, Enter daily cash
  • float, Check that all displays are in order, Physically count products if necessary, Restock shelves if necessary, Ensure that promotional and directional signage are set up properly, Ensure that product tags are in order.
  • Staffing and strategy - Review shifts and duties, Review sales targets.

Bureau veritas

System Developer

Feb 2011Aug 2012 · 1 yr 6 mos · Noida Area, India

Virtual employee pvt. ltd.

Software Developer

May 2010Jan 2011 · 8 mos · Noida Area, India

Education

Kurukshetra University

Master of Computer Science (MSc.) — Computer Science

Jan 2007Jan 2010

Kurukshetra University

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) — Computer Science

Jan 2004Jan 2007

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