Santhosh Ramachandran
@santhoshramachandran
Business Development Specialist
J.P.Nagar, Bangalore
With a robust background in sales and lead generation within the financial services and healthcare industries, the candidate has a proven track record of identifying qualified opportunities and building sales pipelines. The candidate's customer-focused mindset and exceptional relationship-building skills enable effective engagement with influential contacts in target accounts. Furthermore, a Macquarie Global MBA degree equips the candidate with a comprehensive understanding of global business practices, strategic management, and cross-cultural leadership, enhancing capabilities in business development.
Experience
Committee member & Digital Marketing Specialist
Change Your Past Foundation
Helping the organization popularize the excellent work to de-stigmatize mental illness and increase enrollments for various services.
BT Financial Services
First Mortgage Services
Udacity Inc
Westpac Banking Corporation
Direct Sales & Social Media Consultant
Re-Time Pty Ltd
Responsible for executing sales strategies to expand into alternate market segments. Providing support to existing customers (distributors). Execution of digital marketing strategies. Conduct market research for improving existing products and developing new products. Enabling Re-Time to penetrate emerging markets such as India & UAE.
Proprietor
MediSense
Planned and directed all functions of the company – enforced strong leadership skills to ensure efficient/effective utilization of corporate resources. Developed sales, marketing plans & programs for company sales personnel. Responsible for launching unique services & programs which resulted in increased revenues and higher brand recognition. Forged new strategic partnerships to boost sales & revenues. Currently clocking annual turnover of 3 million rupees.
Insurance Advisor
Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance Co. Ltd, Star Health and Allied Insurance Co. Ltd, Bharti Axa General Insurance Co. Ltd
Assessed the complete health, life and general insurance needs of the client and provided effective solutions to ensure comprehensive protection for the whole family. Distributed Mutual Fund Products of all Asset management Companies in India. Managed complete service requirements of more than 200 individual customers. Extensive experience in customer service; achieving highest levels of customer satisfaction. Built up a sustainable referral channel for new customers using the existing customer base. Secured membership to performance clubs in the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2013. Achieved 100% growth in Life insurance business in 2006-2007 & 2007 - 2008. Achieved 125% growth in Health Insurance business for the year 2012-13 by implementing Digital Marketing strategies.
Client Account Specialist
Member of the equities reconciliation team
Processing and compiling reports from multiple trading platforms. Analyzing the trades and identifying reconciliation breaks. Prescribing tasks to relevant teams to fix the reconciliation breaks. Updating the process and workflow on a continuous basis.
Customer Service Officer
Providing telephonic customer service in a high-volume contact center with the aim of resolving customer issues within the first call. Booking settlements for mortgage transactions. Providing support services to ensure fulfillment of organization's SLAs.
Collections officer
Group Operations, Property & Commercial Services (GOPCS)
Managing property in possession process which includes discussing the process with customers and assisting them with any queries, managing escalated complaints and disputes on written off sold and outsourced accounts. Receiving and making calls to customers and partners across various product portfolios, resolving their queries in a timely manner, and completing necessary actions, as needed.
Student projects reviewer
Reviewing students' projects for digital marketing Nanodegree program as per the rubric. Providing detailed and constructive feedback to help the student identify key areas for improvement.
Education
Macquarie University
Master of Business Administration
King’s College, London
Marketing Management
International Marketing
Udacity
Digital Marketing Nanodegree
Bachelor of Arts
Economics
Business Analytics Micro-Credential
Licenses & Certifications
Master of Business Administration
Macquarie University
Business Analytics Micro-Credential
Marketing Management (with International Marketing)
King’s College, London
Digital Marketing Nanodegree
Udacity
Strategic Design Practice
VIA University College, Aarhus, Denmark