George Kurian Kannanthanam
Co-Founder & CEO at Growcoms Pvt Ltd- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Growcoms Pvt Ltd
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India
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Food and Beverage Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Co-Founder & CEO
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Aug 2021 - Present
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Exotic Fruits Pvt Ltd.
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India
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Food and Beverage Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Assistant Vice President
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Aug 2019 - Aug 2021
Head Sales and Outbound Supplychain Head Sales and Outbound Supplychain
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Novozymes South Asia Pvt. Ltd.
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India
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Regional Business Manager - Food & Nutrition
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Apr 2018 - Jul 2019
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Tata Coffee
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India
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Food and Beverage Services
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200 - 300 Employee
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Manager :Spices
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Feb 2016 - Mar 2018
. Gold Level Assessor - Tata's Business Excellence Model.• Responsible for the profit & loss of the Spices ( Pepper) business.• Responsible for Value maximization of spices grown within Tata’s own plantations.• Representing one of the largest grower of pepper in the world , holding the primary responsibility of representing Indian pepper in the international market.• Represents Tata coffee in various forums like Spice Sustainability initiative,All India spices exporters forum,International Pepper community etc.• Responsible for setting up the supply chain for pepper sales both in the domestic and international markets.
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Manager Exports :Spices
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Apr 2012 - Feb 2016
- Performance driven and insightful professional with 8 years of experience in International Business Development activities entailing Marketing Operations, Strategic Planning, Branding, Product Management, Key Account Management and Procurement.- Was invited by the European Spice Association to conduct a Market Report Session at its AGM’14 held in Murcia,Spain.- Represented ITC at the Spice Sustainability Initiative conference in Amsterdam,Netherlands.-Holds the distinction of representing as well as promoting the organisation in major exhibitions like Food Ingredients Europe, Sustainability Conference Amsterdam, World Spice congress,SIAL Paris ,IFEAT Shanghai,IFEAT Morroco, Ingredients Russia, Food exhibition Mauritius, and Gulfood Dubai, etc.- Gained experience of working with international clients and extensively travelled across Europe, Middle East, Asia-Pacific, and African countries. - Possess excellent interpersonal, analytical and negotiation skills with proven track record of utilizing a process-oriented approach towards the accomplishment of cost, profit, service & organizational goals.- Proactively involved in introducing and promoting new products in varied international markets across career.- Strong organizer, motivator, team player and a decisive leader with successful track record in directing from original concept through implementation to handle diverse market dynamics.
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Business Development Manager-Spice extracts,Essential oils,Floral extracts.
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Jun 2007 - Mar 2012
Key Deliverables across Tenure: Business Planning; Facilitating in formulating short therm and long term strategic plans/budgets to meet organisational objectives. Supervising complete operations to achieve business goals, operating profits & cost efficiencies. International Business Development / Marketing Operations: Identifying prospective clients, mapping their requirements and designing plans for new business development and initiating market development efforts by formulating country specific entry plans in phased manner. Managing timely shipment of all the products/orders received from the clients. Analysing latest marketing trends and tracking competitors’ activities and providing valuable inputs for fine tuning sales & marketing strategies; initiating market development efforts. Branding / Product Management: As a Brand Manager responsible for building brand focus in conjunction with operational requirements and ensuring brand visibility and capturing optimum market shares. Conducting, organizing as well as attending various exhibitions & seminars organised to promote products as a part of brand building and market development effort. Coordinating with product management to understand the product direction and requirements.
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ICICI Bank
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India
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Banking
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700 & Above Employee
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Customer Service Manager
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Aug 2006 - Apr 2007
Facilitated as Shift In-charge and mapped different types of service requests among the different colleagues as and when required. Scrutinised as well as settled the welcome kits (account opening kits) both physically and in the system. Looked after day-to-day transaction using Finacle and resolved customer queries using customer relationship management software (FCRM). Holds the distinction of winning awards for contributions in Gi-Fd contests. Accredited for strengthening business relations with the customers and rendered services for providing feasible solutions on investment in Mutual Funds, Tax Saving Bonds, Fixed Deposits, and And Life Insurances. etc.
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Education
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Christ College Institute of Management, Bangalore 2004 - 2006 Bangalore University 58
M.B.A, Marketing -
Christ College Institute of Management- Bangalore
M.B.A, Marketing -
Chengannur Engineering College
B.Tech ( Engineering), Electronics and Communication Engineering -
E Chengannur Engineering college,Kerala
B.tech/B, Electronics and communication -
Naval Public School
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Naval Public school