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Amit Gupta MBA graduate in Strategic Marketing, Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad
 
Amit Gupta's Profile
Amit Gupta
MBA graduate in Strategic Marketing, Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad
Indian School of Business
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Gurgaon, India
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Professional summary

Marketing professional with MBA from Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad. Possess good knowledge of Consumer Goods Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Branding, Rural Marketing, Digital & Youth Marketing, Consumer Behaviour, Pricing, Retailing, Market Research and Marketing Engineering amongst other marketing and business concepts. Gained live experience in the above mentioned through academic & professional associations with companies such as Cleartrip.com, LG India, Cadbury India, Hindustan Unilever Ltd, Google India, Spencer's Retail amongst others.

Prior to MBA, have 3.5 years in IT industry with excellent performance record. Worked on CRM business processes that are critical to Sale & Marketing function. Managed customers and business partners. Currently looking for a permanent career shift to consumer goods/services Sales & Marketing.

References on LinkedIn: http://in.linkedin.com/in/amitguptaisb

Amit Gupta's Experience
Current :

MBA graduate in Strategic Marketing, Indian School of Business

FMCG/Foods/Beverage
India, Gurgaon

Working from 2009

Brief summary :

Recently graduated from ISB in April 2010. Passionate about pursuing a career in consumer goods/services Sales & Marketing. Looking for a permanent career shift and hence open to entry level/junior positions. Have good knowledge of the industry through various courses, live projects and professional engagements. Willing to learn, and confident of being able to contribute to the organization quickly.

Previous :

Senior Consultant, SAP Labs India

IT Products
India

Worked from 2005 to 2009

Brief summary :

Adjudged a “SAP Global Top Talent and High Potential” employee, a distinction awarded to only top 5% of the global workforce based on overall performance, leadership and management potential.   

  • Managed key customer accounts and business partners of SAP. 
  • Consultant for business processes such as Lead Generation, Opportunity Management, Sales Order Management, Invoicing etc. that are critical to the Sales and Marketing function.
  • Led a 6 member team at the Global Control Centre in Germany for China, India, and Ireland geographies.

Previous :

Assistant Systems Engineer - Trainee, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

IT Services
India, Mumbai

Worked from 2005 to 2006

Brief summary :

  • Consultant for an internal ERP system and worked on data migration during the TCS – Tata Infotech Ltd. merger.

Amit Gupta's Education

Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad

MBA/PGDM
India
From 2009 to 2010
Brief summary :

Specialization: Strategic Marketing

Projects Undertaken

Youth Marketing - Conceptualized activation platform for LG India to engage with youth segment

Rural Marketing - Developed go-to-market strategy to retail water purifiers in rural India

Digital Marketing - Measured effectiveness of online campaigns for Cleartrip.com; developed marketing strategy for hotel booking business

Branding - Studied brand building & ATL/BTL communication strategy of Kingfisher Airlines

Advertising - Developed 360 degree ad campaign for a brand of oral contraceptive pills (TV/Print/Radio - Urban & Rural markets)

Marketing Strategy - Conceptualized Loyalty Program for Bharat Petroleum targeting low income high volume segment

Pricing - Analyzed pricing strategies of Tata Indicom & Bharti Airtel

 
 
 
 
Amit's communities
13795 members, 310 jobs, 765 articles, 308 questions, 961 debates, 382 idea contests.
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Amit's contributions
I would support Jayant here. At any point of time a business operates within the technological, social, competitive ideological confines of the society of that time. As the market environment changes so must the company. Videocon's new logo (an...
Branding helps to overcome the initial "screening criteria". You cant draw a list of 100 vendors and evaluate each and every one. You pick 3-5 best known and then evaluate. So branding is a time saving mechanism and is used to communicate at a glance...
Recessionary times impose a constraint on how much a consumer is willing to part with for a given item. It is the price and not the recession that influences (to a greater degree) the NEED for the product. Hence companies would be wise to fulfill the...
I think it depends on whether the sales person sees the account as a 1-time sale or something that can be milked from time to time. It also depends on what role referrals or WOM plays in influencing purchase decisions. Obviously customer satisfaction...
Sure if your product is bad and customer service pathetic your customer feels cheated, gets angry in no time and starts fuming - thereby turning him into thermal energy. :-) But thats the easy part. Whats tough is turning the customer to "potential"...
 
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