Gaurav Lahiri
@gauravlahiri
Manager - Strategic Sales & Account Management at CIEPAL Software Pvt Ltd.
Hyderabad
Gaurav Lahiri is a seasoned sales and account management professional with extensive experience across technology and insurance sectors. He has a proven track record of leading strategic sales initiatives, achieving significant revenue growth, and managing complex deals with Fortune 500 clients. His expertise spans end-to-end deal pursuit, cross-functional team coordination, and product integration management.
Experience
Manager - Strategic Sales & Account Management
CIEPAL Software Pvt Ltd.
Lead the Account Management function for all strategic accounts comprising of Fortune 500 and medium-sized customers to identify new opportunities. Achieved on an average 3-5% growth in revenue (Comviva). Part of the sales team expansion plan to new geographies and regions with average deal size of $20k pa. Participated in large bids from initial stages till conversion (NTT data). Lead the product release changes, integrations, timelines & operations for Marketing through versatile channel partnership, campaigns, events & webinars.
Director & Head of Sales
Successmetric Pvt Ltd
Responsible for end-to-end deals pursuit including deal management, negotiation, contract, conversion, and brand building. Build customer relationships as part of the deal pursuit process. Accommodated cross-functional approach through coordination with multiple teams in inter and intra geographies to ensure smooth operations. Streamlined processes and manage new go to market strategy leading upto 10x growth in revenue from UAE.
Manager – Corporate sales
Tech Mahindra Ltd - UPX Academy
Responsible for discovering cross training opportunities for Big data and data science courses in corporates. (leading the B2B sales function for UPX). Sketched a roadmap for developing ROI by 10x. Led and won deals among IT clients (l&T Infotech, SFO Technology).
Business Associate – Account Management & SAP SD
Tech Mahindra Ltd
Responsible for generating revenue through meeting both the existing and prospective needs of the customer. Resolving issues and providing solutions on time to meet SLA’s. Configuration, unit test in development and quality systems before moving the changes to Production system and preparation of functional specifications. Proactively picked to discover and progress new business opportunity and was made the shift in-charge.
Consultant – SAP SD
Accenture
SAP SD implementation and support for BMW client. Worked on VMS module, monitoring daily transactions and resolved end user queries.
Manager – Sales (HNI and Agency)
Aviva Life Insurance
Advising HNI clients on various Life Insurance products. Analyzing business potential and devising business plans for driving sales, supplementing turnover, and achieving desired targets. Identifying and convincing potential Influencers to join as agents.
Associate Manager – Investor Relations
GMR Group
Responsible for all investor relation activities like attending seminars, conducting presentation, preparation of AOP, handling investor queries.
Deputy Manager (Management Trainee)
Kotak Mahindra Bank
Initiating and developing relationships with potential customers and advising them on Fixed Deposits, Mutual funds, Demat Account, Life & General Insurance products.
Education
Vellore Institute of Technology
MBA – Sales
Annamalai University
Bachelor of Commerce
Licenses & Certifications
SAP Certified Application Associate - Sales and Distribution, ERP 6.0 EhP6
Siemens Information System