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Nilesh Choubey

@nileshchoubey

Sr. Business Development Executive at Unacademy

Noida, Uttar Pradesh

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nilesh-choubey

UnacademyIEC College of Engineering & Technology

Nilesh is an experienced sales professional with a proven track record in fast-paced startup environments. He has expertise in business development, sales strategy, and team management, having worked with top companies like Unacademy and BYJU'S. He is skilled in driving revenue growth, improving sales conversion, and managing client relationships across various sectors.

Experience

Sr. Business Development Executive

Unacademy

May 2021 - Sep 2023Bangalore, Karnataka

Worked with cross-functional teams to improve application, which helped to increase the sales conversion by 5% MOM with 95% retention rate. Generated referral payments from existing lead funnels. Reviewed client concerns and recommended appropriate changes to supervisors. Increased the numbers of activation to 40% MOM. Modeled product changes to the sales team, increasing the sales team's confidence in the product and resulting in a 50% increase in revenue. Have worked on sales planning, business analysis for the category, making sales strategy, team handling, training team to improve sales and referral pitching which resulted a good conversion.

Business Development Associate

BYJU’S

Jan 2020 - Mar 2021Ranchi, Jharkhand

Worked as an individual contributor in a team to introduce and highlight the unique way in which BYJU’S-The Learning App helps students learn better. Contacted potential customers (parents and students) to set up meetings, counsel the students on learning pedagogies and the BYJU’s personalized learning journey. Worked on a hybrid model of sales, which gave me exposure to the best of inside sales and direct sales. Boosted revenue by bringing in and cementing relationships with new clients and optimizing servicing of existing customer accounts. Maintained extensive knowledge of company products and services to provide top-notch expertise to customers. Met with current clients to assess needs and develop improvement plans. Improved bottom-line profitability by growing customer base and capitalizing on upsell opportunities. Negotiated deals and closed sales with new and existing clients.

Supply Executive

OYO Hotels & Homes Pvt. Ltd.

Nov 2018 - Jan 2020Gurugram, Haryana

Have worked on multiple roles like PAN India OYO Home BD SPOC, F&B operations associate, sale & marketing, lead generation & lead closure, building & maintaining client relationship at same time while working with OYO Home as a supply executive. Generated PAN India leads for OYO Homes through Inbound and outbound channels, pamphlets distribution, employee referral schemes, existing client referrals, classified ads, SMS campaigns, social media campaigns etc. To understand client’s needs and propose solutions that suit them best Intermediate negotiation processes, consult clients on market conditions, prices, legal requirements and related matters, ensuring a fair and honest dealing. Diligently following up with each lead with PAN India area supply managers, area supply heads, and helping them centrally in deal closure. Have developed network and engagement with various channel partners / brokers/vendors to promote sales & services. Regularly engaged with OYO partners, understood their queries, reconvened churned property owners & helped them in getting on-board with OYO again. Handled PAN India F&B operations of OYO home to ensure and provide best service to customers as per company’s requirement. Had worked as a PAN India BD SPOC, to verify the deal details given to on-board new & existing partners and help in getting approval for the same from OYO’s Master Data Management team. Also have worked as a key account manager for 1 month in OYO Home, where I used to make conversations with AGMS, operation managers, operation heads, area supply managers and clients on a regular basis to ensure 100% channel partner’s satisfaction to build and maintain a strong client relationship. Handled multiple escalations from channel partners and won them back by using my strong convincing skills.

Sales & Marketing Executive

Vedas Cure Pvt. Ltd.

Apr 2018 - Nov 2018Noida

Generated leads for the business by pamphlets distribution, existing Client referrals, Classified ads, and Social media campaigns etc. and converting them into sales. Regularly setting up the meeting with the prospects to understand their requirements and pitching them to buy the product. Maintained joint-action pipeline and track progress of the total sales process. Data reported to management by gathering market intelligence. Team up effectively with Inside sales team to achieve individual team goal of built pipeline and generated revenue by attaining the desired effort matrix.

Education

IEC College of Engineering & Technology

B.Tech

Automobile Engineering

Jan 2016

Skills

Team Handling
Sales and Marketing
Business Development
Business-to-Customer expertise
Business-to-Business expertise
Sales funnel
Sales Management
Analytical thinking
Strategic thinking
User Research
Market Research
Lead Generation
Lead Validation
Client Acquisition
Client Retention
Operations Management
Churn Management
Vendor Management
Key Account Management
Google Spreadsheet (Importrange, Query, VLookup, Index Match)
Word
Excel
Google PPT
Google Docs