Ravi Bhandari — Co-Founder
I've spent 12 years inside India's most demanding distribution environments — not in boardrooms, but on the ground. Walking markets. Appointing distributors from scratch. Managing frontline teams across 11 states. Building systems in geographies most brands won't touch. My career started at Varun Beverages — India's largest PepsiCo licensee — as an Area Sales Manager handling Pepsi, Mountain Dew, 7UP, and Mirinda. I took on struggling territories and turned them into growth markets — delivering consistent double-digit month-on-month growth, rebuilding distributor confidence, and ensuring customers were served on time, every time. During this stint, I also helped launch Sting and Nimbu Masala Soda and scale them into national successes. From there, I moved into senior leadership. At Creambell, I led the Delhi-Haryana ice cream business as Head of Sales— a ₹200+ Crore operation — rebuilding a discounted-driven market into a retail-first model and delivering 30% monthly growth with stronger distributor ROI. The most complex chapter came at ElasticRun, where I built distribution from absolute zero for white-label FMCG brands spanning North, West, South, and East India. I appointed 100+ distributors from scratch and scaled the business to an ARR of ₹100+ Crore. At Park+, I took the same distribution thinking into a digital-first business — scaling the B2B Servicing vertical from a nascent operation to 150+ service centres across 7 cities, 34,000 monthly rides, and an ARR of ₹80M. After 12 years inside corporate, something kept feeling incomplete. So in 2024, I took the call to follow my passion full-time. Today, I trade full-time in Indian equities, futures, and options. This is the work I wake up for. Markets demand the same discipline distribution does: honesty about systems, ruthless risk management, and a clear-eyed view of what's actually working versus what just looks good. Alongside trading, I work with a select group of new-age founders through RB Venture as a hands-on Sales & Distribution advisor. Most early-stage brands stall between ₹5–50 Cr — the model that got them there doesn't scale. Founder-led sales runs out of road. Opportunistic distribution becomes a tax. I help them design the system that takes them beyond it. The one truth those 12 years hammered into me: Products don't fail due to lack of quality. They fail due to lack of reach. Because in the end, distribution wins. If you're a founder navigating the ₹5–50 Cr scale challenge — and you know distribution is the missing piece — let's talk. 📩 rb@rbventure.in
Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2B FMCG distribution expert with extensive experience in scaling operations and strategic sales.
Location: Delhi, India
Experience: 11 yrs 6 mos
Skills
- Sales
- Distribution
- Business Strategy
- Digital Distribution
- Go-to-market Strategy
- Category Management
Career Highlights
- Built distribution networks from scratch across 11 states.
- Achieved consistent double-digit growth in challenging markets.
- Advised founders on scaling distribution systems effectively.
Work Experience
RB Venture
Founder (1 yr 7 mos)
AirBrick
Angel Investor (1 yr 7 mos)
Park+
Business Head (10 mos)
ElasticRun
National Sales Head- FMCG (1 yr 8 mos)
National Category Manager (11 mos)
Ninjacart
Associate Director- Sales & Distribution (5 mos)
Devyani Food Industries (P) Ltd
Zonal Sales Manager- Delhi NCR & Haryana (1 yr 11 mos)
VARUN BEVERAGES LIMITED
Area Sales Manager- Delhi (4 yrs 2 mos)
Management Trainee (9 mos)
Summer Intern (2 mos)
Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA at Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) at Amity International Business School
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) at Shaheed Bhagat Singh College