Ravi Bhandari

Co-Founder

Delhi, India11 yrs 6 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Built distribution networks from scratch across 11 states.
  • Achieved consistent double-digit growth in challenging markets.
  • Advised founders on scaling distribution systems effectively.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2B FMCG distribution expert with extensive experience in scaling operations and strategic sales.

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Skills

Core Skills

SalesDistributionBusiness StrategyDigital DistributionGo-to-market StrategyCategory Management

Other Skills

Strategic Sales PlansStart-up LeadershipTeam ManagementTrade MarketingChannel Partner DevelopmentP&L ManagementSales ManagementMarketing StrategyNew Product RolloutRegional PlanningStrategyEconomicsFinanceInternational BusinessInternational Trade

About

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

Experience

11 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 11 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 7 mos
Current Experience

Rb venture

Founder

Nov 2024Present · 1 yr 7 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

  • RB Venture is where I channel 12 years of ground-level FMCG distribution experience into a small, selective advisory practice — alongside my primary work as a full-time trader in Indian equities, F&O.
  • I work directly with a select group of founders — as a hands-on distribution consultant and, for the right businesses, as an equity advisor with skin in the game.
  • My focus is the problem most early-stage brands hit between ₹5–50 Cr: the model that created initial growth — founder-led sales, opportunistic distribution, limited geography — stops working. I help founders design the system that takes them beyond it.
  • What I bring is not theory. It's operational depth built across 12+ years and multiple distribution environments — from wholesale-led FMCG networks to zero-to-one multi-state builds.
  • Because in the end, distribution wins.
SalesDistributionStrategic Sales PlansStart-up Leadership

Airbrick

Angel Investor

Nov 2024Present · 1 yr 7 mos

Park+

Business Head

Dec 2023Oct 2024 · 10 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

  • Park+ is building the infrastructure layer for car ownership in India — and I was brought in to lead and scale the B2B vertical.
  • I held full P&L responsibility for the Servicing vertical, which connects car owners to a network of service centres across the country. In 11 months, we scaled from a nascent operation to 150+ service centres across 7 cities, delivering 34,000 rides per month and an ARR of ₹80 Million.
  • What made this role operationally complex wasn't just the scale — it was the distribution challenge underneath it. Building a reliable B2B service network across multiple cities means solving the same problems that define physical distribution: network density, partner quality, serviceability, and execution consistency at the last mile.
  • I built and led a high-energy team across city operations, business development, and channel expansion — keeping the focus on one thing: making car servicing reliable, accessible, and worth coming back to.
Team ManagementBusiness StrategyDigital Distribution

Elasticrun

2 roles

National Sales Head- FMCG

Promoted

Apr 2022Dec 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Moved into the NSH role to build what didn't exist yet — a full FMCG Sales & Distribution engine for white-label brands from absolute zero.
  • Categories covered: Detergent, Dishwashing, Snacks, Biscuits, Confectionery, Noodles, and General Merchandise.
  • Geographies built from scratch: Bihar, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi/NCR, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha — 11 states across all four regions of India.
  • What I built:
  • Appointed 100+ distributors from zero — no inherited network, no existing channel
  • Built and led a multi-layer field team: City Managers, Area Managers, Zonal and Regional Managers
  • Scaled the business to an ARR of ₹100+ Crore
  • Held full P&L responsibility across the distribution network
  • This was the hardest kind of distribution work — no brand equity, no existing relationships, no ready infrastructure. Just a product, a geography, and the task of building a market.
Team ManagementTrade MarketingDistributionChannel Partner DevelopmentSalesP&L Management+2

National Category Manager

May 2021Apr 2022 · 11 mos

  • Joined ElasticRun to solve a specific problem: how do you build go-to-market infrastructure for commodity categories in a tech-enabled, B2B supply chain model — at scale?
  • I led Category & GTM teams across a business turning over $400 million USD annually. The challenge wasn't just distribution — it was redesigning how buyers and suppliers connected in a highly fragmented, multi-layer commodity ecosystem. By leveraging ElasticRun's technology and supply chain infrastructure, we worked to eliminate redundant distribution layers and drive direct, efficient market reach.
Category ManagementGo-to-Market StrategyNew Product RolloutRegional PlanningTrade MarketingStrategy

Ninjacart

Associate Director- Sales & Distribution

Dec 2020May 2021 · 5 mos · Delhi, India

  • Responsible for setting up & driving Mini-Market project with an objective to supply more than 200 Tonnes of fresh produce directly from Farmers to Vendors, with a team size of 200 people

Devyani food industries (p) ltd

Zonal Sales Manager- Delhi NCR & Haryana

Jan 2019Dec 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos · Delhi, India

  • Took charge of the Creambell Ice Cream business across Delhi NCR and Haryana — a ₹200 Crore+ annual operation covering General Trade, Modern Trade, and Institutional channels across 25,000 outlets.
  • The market I inherited was wholesale-driven. Distributors were pushing stock, not building reach. Retailers weren't being served directly, and growth had plateaued.
  • I rebuilt the model from the ground up — shifting from a wholesale-push system to a retail-first distribution architecture.
  • The results:
  • 30% month-on-month growth, consistently delivered
  • Distributor ROI improved — partners became invested in growth, not just stock movement
  • Customers served on time, every time — retail serviceability became a competitive edge, not an afterthought
  • Led a multi-functional team of Area Managers, Key Account Managers, Business Development Managers, Sales Executives, Pre-Sales Representatives, and Merchandisers — fully aligned to one objective: not just selling, but building a market.
  • This stint taught me that the same product, in the same geography, can grow or stagnate entirely based on how the distribution system is designed.

Varun beverages limited

3 roles

Area Sales Manager- Delhi

Promoted

Oct 2014Dec 2018 · 4 yrs 2 mos

  • Moved into the ASM role managing the Delhi territory — a ₹40 Crore+ annual revenue operation spanning 6,000 retail points across Direct and Indirect Distribution, with 6 distributors and a cross-functional team of sales, service, and logistics.
  • I inherited a territory that was underperforming. The distribution network was inconsistent, distributors weren't growing, and the growth numbers were below potential.
  • What followed was a turnaround:
  • Converted a struggling territory into a sustained growth market — delivering consistent double-digit month-on-month growth
  • Rebuilt distributor relationships — moved partners from transactional to invested, with better ROI and reliable service
  • Drove customer serviceability — retailers were served on time, every time, which built the kind of loyalty that compounds
  • Alongside the territory work, I was part of the team that launched Sting Energy Drink and Nimbu Masala Soda across the market — and helped drive both to national success.
  • Rated among the highest-growing Area Managers in the region. Delivered sales growth consistently above Annual Operating Plan (AOP).
  • Brands handled: Pepsi, Mountain Dew, 7UP, Mirinda, Sting, Nimbu Masala Soda, Slice, Tropicana, Nimboz.

Management Trainee

Dec 2013Sep 2014 · 9 mos

  • Started where all good distribution careers start — on the ground.
  • As a Management Trainee at Varun Beverages, India's largest PepsiCo licensee, I learned the language of FMCG distribution from the field up: how distributors think, how retailers make stocking decisions, how shelf space is won and lost, and what actually drives a salesman's performance. This wasn't classroom theory — it was markets, routes, and relationships.

Summer Intern

May 2012Jul 2012 · 2 mos · Morocco

  • Report Title- Financial Due Diligence
  • Completed three months Summer Internship understanding Mergers & acquisitions in FMCG sector with a special focus on Financial due diligence.

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

Master of Business Administration - MBA — Sales & Marketing

Jan 2017Jan 2018

Amity International Business School

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) — International Business and Finance

Jan 2011Jan 2013

Shaheed Bhagat Singh College

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.)

Jan 2008Jan 2011

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