Aravind JK

Vice President - Business Development & Execellence at Watevr.
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Sandry Alex

I write this recommendation with honour and pride. Having the opportunity to develop a strong professional relationship with Mr.JK has been one of my dearest achievements in networking. Aravind is a person who walks his talk and never fails to deliver. He brings a sense of care and calming confidence to situations that otherwise seem difficult and unclear. He has proven in multiple high stakes situations that he’s capable and more to take the lead and find solutions with unwavering faith and dedication. The ability to remain professional while maintaining a level of friendliness is one of his strengths. Aravind has answers to any question you throw at him. His network is strong enough to find specialists from any discipline that is the need of the hour. He respects time, energy and always sticks to his principles. A delight to work with and an asset as sharp as they come.

Alan Shaji

Aravind is such a delightful person to have around. He is a great manager and an outstanding mentor. He is innovative, organized as well as helpful and is always open to ideas and suggestions. He has made me improve in many professional areas and taught me about leadership skills. It was a pleasure to have his mentorship for all these years.

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Credentials

  • Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy: Case Studies
    LinkedIn
    Mar, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • Business Analysis Foundations: Business Process Modeling
    LinkedIn
    Mar, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • Creative Thinking Strategies for Leaders
    LinkedIn
    Mar, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • Design Thinking, Social Innovation, and Complex Systems
    LinkedIn
    Mar, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • Emotional Intelligence Basics
    LinkedIn
    Mar, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • Foundations of Performance Management
    LinkedIn
    Mar, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • Key Psychological Principles for Ethical Persuasion
    LinkedIn
    Mar, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • Powerless to Powerful: Taking Control
    LinkedIn
    Mar, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • Business Development Foundations: Researching Market and Customer Needs
    LinkedIn
    Feb, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • Business Development: Strategic Planning
    LinkedIn
    Feb, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • Cold Calling: Overcoming Sales Objections
    LinkedIn
    Feb, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • Consumer Behavior Trends: Meet the Postmodern Consumer
    LinkedIn
    Feb, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • Dan Ariely on Making Decisions
    LinkedIn
    Feb, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • Data Strategy
    LinkedIn
    Feb, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • Developing Your Emotional Intelligence
    LinkedIn
    Feb, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • Global Strategy
    LinkedIn
    Feb, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • How Leaders Can Connect Empathy and Results
    LinkedIn
    Feb, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • Integrated Marketing Communications Strategies
    LinkedIn
    Feb, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • Market Research: B2B
    LinkedIn
    Feb, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • Marketing Analytics: Setting and Measuring KPIs
    LinkedIn
    Feb, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • Marketing Foundations: Competitive Market Analysis
    LinkedIn
    Feb, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • Performance Management: Employee Engagement
    LinkedIn
    Feb, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • Sales Negotiation
    LinkedIn
    Feb, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • Sales Strategies and Approaches in a New World of Selling
    LinkedIn
    Feb, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • Strategic Partnerships
    LinkedIn
    Feb, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • The Most Important Content KPIs for Creators
    LinkedIn
    Feb, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • Leveraging Neuroscience in the Workplace
    LinkedIn
    Jan, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • The Science of Sales
    LinkedIn
    Dec, 2021
    - Oct, 2024
  • The Science of Sales
    LinkedIn
    Dec, 2021
    - Oct, 2024

Experience

    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Vice President - Business Development & Execellence
      • Jul 2022 - Present
    • Canada
    • Outsourcing/Offshoring
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Sales Associate
      • Dec 2022 - May 2023

      Client: ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS Inc. 1) Contact new and existing customers to promote products and services. 2) Complete needs based assessments in order to recommend appropriate products and services. 3) Consistently meets established program requirements. 4) Provides exceptional sales and customer service and maintains established acceptance ratings on quality monitoring tests. 5) Accurately inputs, retrieves, and accesses information regarding a customer from a computer system. 6) Resolves customer concerns immediately and effectively. Displays professionalism and courtesy at all times. 7) Quickly and correctly answers product questions. Has full knowledge of features and benefits of products and services. Seeks to stay informed of program changes. 8) Clearly understands the practices and procedures of the department and job responsibilities. 9) Offers feedback to program supervisor always based on errors or improving results. Show less

    • India
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • International Business Development Manager
      • Dec 2021 - Jun 2022

      1) Identify, recruit and onboard new channel partners within assigned territory and maintain relationships with existing partners. 2) Manage sales activities of partners to generate revenue. Coordinate with partners to create and execute business plans to meet sales goals. 3) Understand customer and business needs to cross-sell and up-sell the company’s products. 4) Meets assigned targets for profitable sales volume and strategic objectives in assigned partner accounts. 5) Analyze market trends and accordingly develop sales plans to increase brand awareness. 6) Evaluate partner sales performance and recommend improvements. 7) Address partner related issues, sales conflicts and pricing issues in a timely Manner. 8) Manage sales pipeline, forecast monthly sales and identify new business opportunities. 9) Develop positive working relationship with partners to build business and maintain a high partner satisfaction rate. 10) Stay current with latest developments in the marketplace and competitor activities. 11) Communicate up-to-date information about new products and enhancements to Partners. 12) Develop process improvements to optimize partner management activities. 13) Work with partners to develop sale proposals, quotations, and pricing. 14) Deliver customer presentations and attend sales meetings and partner conferences. 15) Assist in partner marketing activities such as trade shows, campaigns, and other promotional activities. Show less

    • Marketing Manager
      • Apr 2021 - Dec 2021

      1) Establish positioning, identify target audiences, and develop marketing plans with specific objectives across different channels and segments. 2) Lead the execution of marketing programs from start to finish, leveraging internal support and driving collaboration 3) Analyze customer insights, consumer trends, market analysis, and marketing best practices to build successful strategies 4) Create, maintain, and conduct analytics reporting across multiple platforms and extract key insights for future campaign development and go-to-market strategies, complete with formal proposals and recommendations on tactics 5) Partner with email, performance marketing and web teams to design, test and evolve lead nurturing tactics. 6) Produce valuable and engaging content for our website and blog that attracts and converts our target groups 7) Build strategic relationships and partner with key industry players, agencies and vendors 8) Prepare and monitor the marketing budget on a quarterly and annual basis and allocate funds wisely Show less

    • India
    • E-Learning Providers
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Business Development Manager
      • Oct 2020 - Apr 2021

      1) Expanded our reach in Kerala by setting up new strategies and responsible for its management2) Set up the sales team for the Retail department with B2C Direct Sales Approach.3) Responsible for on-boarding and training for all new recruits.4) Managing a team of direct sales associates and responsible for revenue for Agra region.5) Developed insights on marketing campaigns to assess performance against goals.6) Established, initiated and optimised business development strategies based on company targets, productspecifications, market data and budget factors.7) Completed human resource operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees.8) Collaborated with senior sales, engineering, and other business development executives to create best practices marketing initiatives and media positioning for vertical markets.9) Ensured sales pipeline remained full of potential leads and prospects.10) Directed product development efforts using industry-specific tools to increase sales and overall companyproductivity11) Developed relationships with potential job candidates to promote effective communication throughout hiring processes.12) Strategised and implemented successful approaches to revitalize underperforming product lines and create profit generating enterprises.13) Collaborated with peers in other company departments including marketing and sales.14) Created reports and presentations detailing business development activities.15) Completed and submitted monthly and yearly P&L reports to enhance executive decision making.16) Researched and identified opportunities for account growth, account penetration and market expansion Show less

    • Sr. Business Development Associate
      • Jul 2020 - Oct 2020

      Worked as a Team Leader:1) Ensure smooth and holistic working conditions in the team, providing guidance to associates about various issues, wherever necessary.2) Helping my team in on the spot closing of sales on the other hand helping the clients with the financial procedures.3) Helping in retention of clients for 15 days from the day of arrival of product.4) Helping in taking counselling/demo session, focuses upon telling importance of product, creating need and urgency for on spot conversion of deal.5) To do one to one meetings with each and every employe in the team to achieve weekly and monthly targets.6) Assist the senior manager during numerous marketing campaigns, zeroing in on prospects from the lead dump generated during those campaigns.7) Brainstorming and improving calling pitch of new recruits; providing them with insights for the same.8) Coordinate with the manager and the senior manager during lead allocation as well as lead generation.9) Help take out and convert follow ups for every associate.10) Monitor and ensure that the order punching/revenue punching process is complete before the deadline by the end of the revenue cycle.11) One of the youngest and fastest to be promoted within 3 months of joining the company. Show less

    • Business Development Associate
      • Jul 2019 - Jul 2020

      1) Have to do calling for 3 days a week i.e Wednesday, Thursday & Friday.2) Establishing 5-7 bookings on daily bases for conduction’s on Saturday and Sunday.3) Going on conduction on Saturday, Sunday as well as on Monday to meet 8-9 prospect clients in a week.4) On the spot closing of sales and helping the clients with the financial procedures.5) Helping in retention of clients for 15 days from the day of arrival of product.6) Take counselling session, focuses upon telling importance of product, creating need and urgency for on spot conversion of deal.7) To do meetings and achieve weekly and monthly targets.8) To forward Performa Invoices, Quotations with other related information to Buyers & follow up for PendingPayments.9) To ensure that Communication with Buyers related to their Technical Queries / Documentation requirements/Sample & shipment dispatches, etc is sent by the BD.10) Being a solo point of contact between customer and the company.11) To prepare Monthly Reports & handover the same to AM ,GM , BM for presenting in IMM.12) To provide OS* with the details related to Order values, Enquiry values, order amendments, Buyer Index availability, TDOD (for Sale Order).13) Identifying potential opportunities for new business within other parts of the company.14) Working closely with the rest of the Inside Sales team.15) Lead management & maintaining sales record on CRM. Show less

    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Intern
      • Mar 2019 - Apr 2019
    • Founder and Creative Director
      • Sep 2016 - Nov 2018

Education

  • Trent University
    Master of Business Administration - MBA, Dual Post Graduate Certificate in Marketing, Human Resource & Entrepreneurship
    2023 - 2025
  • University of Madras
    Master's degree, Applied Psychology
    2020 - 2022
  • PRIST University - India
    BTech - Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering
    2015 - 2019

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