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Anjan Ram

Anjan Ram

Sales
Chennai

Summary

Strong leader and problem-solver dedicated to streamlining operations to decrease costs and promote organizational efficiency. Uses independent decision-making skills and sound judgment to positively impact company success. Collaborative leader with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings. Customer-oriented General Manager with 23 years of experience focused on increasing revenues and expanding margin. Adaptive and deadline-oriented consistently executes and completes multiple projects in high-stress environments. Meticulous leader and strategic planner with comprehensive managerial acumen, offering vision and motivational acumen.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
4
4
Languages

Work History

General Manager – Global Sales

GMAC Shipping
03.2023 - Current
  • Directed comprehensive sales efforts to exceed revenue targets consistently while maintaining customer satisfaction levels.
  • Assigned to develop project and freight forwarding market in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, India and Malaysia
  • Recruitment of Project Cargo personnel in above mentioned countries.
  • Budget agreed to achieve USD 200K +

Associate Director – Strategic Sales, South India

Wiz Freight
06.2021 - 02.2023
  • Leading the Strategic Sales team in South India.
  • Mentoring Sales and build up a sales team in all major location in South India.
  • Handling a team of 6 sales personnel.
  • Personally responsible for handling strategic client volume + GP development. China – India trade lane development, concentrating on specific growth vertical Entrusted with a task to achieve a top line of 23Cr.
  • Spearheaded the development and launch of a new project cargo vertical, leading to increased revenue share for the organization
  • Established strong relationships with key industry partners, creating mutually beneficial opportunities for growth and collaboration.

General Manager – Sales, South India

Kuehne + Nagel
12.2018 - 06.2020
  • Leading a team of 42 with 9 direct reports including 4 Sales managers & 5 KAMs and Responsible for change management.
  • Training & coaching the Sales team and handling strategic client’s volume + GP development.

Key achievements:

  • Directly handled accounts like FLEX, Sanmina, St. Gobain.
  • Overachieved the growth of Air freight and ocean freight volumes 20% and 5% respectively on YoY basis.

Head of Sales – Freight forwarding division

Inchcape Shipping Services
08.2017 - 10.2018
  • Led & motivated the sales team – Recruited new staff, responsible for process reengineering.
  • Established a robust pipeline of prospects through diligent prospecting efforts, leading to consistent increases in new business opportunities.
  • Debtor’s management, Tender management & registration process of Gas & Oil companies in Kuwait. Relationship management, competitor research and Shipping lines / NVOCC engagement.

Senior Sales Specialist – GPOG & Special eqpt.

Schenker Saudi Arabia LLC
09.2016 - 07.2017
  • Handled assigned GPOG accounts, responsible for Tender management Implementation plan.
  • Set up of a Special equipment dept. consisting for Flat racks, open tops, reefer, BB mode, Cartainers, etc., that generated a minimum GP of USD 1000 /per teu.
  • Identified top 10 strategic accounts in Global Projects in Saudi Arabia and on boarded them.

Key achievements

  • Won Petrofac account for Fadhili Gas Expansion project in KSA. Leveraged profit by winning special equipment shipments of Fadhili.
  • Streamlined better profitable trucking companies to be engaged for Fadhili project.

Head of Sales & KAM

Schenker Saudi Arabia LLC
05.2015 - 08.2016
  • Spearheaded assigned Global Account(s) and handled a team of 15 Sales personnel. Relationship management, mapped customer needs and negotiated global contracts. Identified new business potential and Supervised customer related projects.
  • Responsible for team performance, employee planning, steering and development.

Key achievements

  • Acquired accounts like SACO for China trade lane.
  • Developed three main strategic trade lane programs – China, Germany and USA. Implemented Sales personnel BONUS restricting program.
  • Developed a lean Sales structure organization chart in need.
  • Generated a GP for SAUDI for the year 2015 @ SAR 15 mio and SAR 9.0 mio during the 1st half of 2016

Business Development & Implementation Manager GPOG

Schenker Saudi Arabia LLC
01.2015 - 05.2015
  • Process Implementation for RIYADH METRO PROJECT
  • Established a strong pipeline of new accounts for Global Projects, Oil & Gas. Interacted with Sales team, Formulated Custom business plans & monitored progress.

Key achievements

  • Developed a strong opportunity pipeline of 17 prospects that brought in total profit of SAR 80,000 by end of 2015

Route Development Manager IMEA & South Pacific

Schenker China Ltd
04.2010 - 12.2014
  • Business Development to India, Middle East, Africa and South Pacific Lane. Built new accounts and monitored their conversion ratio.
  • Sales lead management & followed up with lead initiators and receivers.

Key achievements

  • Closed major deals with Leitner Shriram, Vestas, Larsen & Toubro and Ashok Leyland which contributed a revenue of 2 Mio US$ during the year 2010- 2012.
  • Recipient of the award TOP PERFORMER among Route Development in the year 2010.
  • Achieved revenue of USD 9000 on a single Flat rack container which is a record till date in Beijing Branch

Project Cargo Consultant, Central China

Shanghai Capital Logistic Transport co. Ltd
06.2008 - 04.2010
  • Trained the sales team on Project cargo shipments.
  • Recruited sales agents, introduced agents in India/ Middle east so that Capital logistics has a foothold in IMEA market.

Key achievements

  • Created new revenue streams by cultivating successful partnerships with agents- in India / Middle East worth more than $ 1 Mio in revenue during the recession hit period.
  • Devised a Sales Incentive scheme to motivate the sales, which is still in use with this company.

Regional Manager – Business Development

Kingwood Logistics Ltd
06.2007 - 06.2008
  • Identified & partnered agents for Kingwood and built volumes for various trade lanes.
  • Developed a market specifically for Out of Gauge Business, built a brand and generated high revenue for the company by developing rapport with the shipping lines concerned.

Key achievements

  • Achieved the OOG business of FIAT + Reliance that contributed for more than US$ 1.5 Mio in revenue.

Asst. Commercial Manager- Indian clientele

Collyer Logistics South China Ltd
07.2004 - 06.2007

Key achievements

  • Generated high revenue of US$120K from accounts to Europe, India, and Middle East.
  • Personally, handled a movement of Buses from Shanghai to Chile on PCTC / RORO vessels that generated revenue of US$ 85000 per month.

Education

Master Programme in International Business (MPIB) -

PSG Institute of Management

Bachelor of Commerce (B.com) - undefined

Loyola college

Skills

Business Development

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Disclaimer

I hereby declare the details furnished in the resume are true and correct to the best of my knowledge.

Timeline

General Manager – Global Sales

GMAC Shipping
03.2023 - Current

Associate Director – Strategic Sales, South India

Wiz Freight
06.2021 - 02.2023

General Manager – Sales, South India

Kuehne + Nagel
12.2018 - 06.2020

Head of Sales – Freight forwarding division

Inchcape Shipping Services
08.2017 - 10.2018

Senior Sales Specialist – GPOG & Special eqpt.

Schenker Saudi Arabia LLC
09.2016 - 07.2017

Head of Sales & KAM

Schenker Saudi Arabia LLC
05.2015 - 08.2016

Business Development & Implementation Manager GPOG

Schenker Saudi Arabia LLC
01.2015 - 05.2015

Route Development Manager IMEA & South Pacific

Schenker China Ltd
04.2010 - 12.2014

Project Cargo Consultant, Central China

Shanghai Capital Logistic Transport co. Ltd
06.2008 - 04.2010

Regional Manager – Business Development

Kingwood Logistics Ltd
06.2007 - 06.2008

Asst. Commercial Manager- Indian clientele

Collyer Logistics South China Ltd
07.2004 - 06.2007

Master Programme in International Business (MPIB) -

PSG Institute of Management

Bachelor of Commerce (B.com) - undefined

Loyola college
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