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Saurabh Sagar

@saurabhsagar

Senior Account Executive at Freshworks

Madipakkam Chennai- 600091

FreshworksRaza High School

Saurabh Sagar is a highly motivated Sales professional with close to a decade of experience in SaaS and B2C sales. He specializes in sales strategy, vertical-based lead generation, and effective liaising. His experience includes managing sales for Freshcaller and Freshchat across North America, consistently exceeding sales targets and collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive growth.

Experience

Senior Account Executive

Freshworks

Apr 2020 - Present

Identified and pursued valuable business opportunities to generate new company revenue and improve bottom line profit. Developed and executed strategic initiatives to implement key changes and improvements in business development and sales programs. Communicated directly with customers and partners to generate revenue. Contributed to team objectives in fast-paced environment. Quoted prices, credit terms and other bid specifications.

Account Executive

Freshworks

Jan 2018 - Apr 2020

Worked closely with the Product Manager to provide customer feedback and feature improvements that were directly incorporated into Freshcaller and Freshchat. Liaised with marketing to create and execute custom sales campaigns to existing customers for Freshcaller and Freshchat respectively.

Business Development Manager

Freshworks

Sep 2016 - Jun 2017

Managed the sales of Freshcaller and Freshchat for all tier 1, tier 2, tier 3 and tier3 states in North America- West and Central (18 states). Developed and implemented sales strategy to achieve sales quotas while providing a robust SCR (Sales conversion) and ARPA. Managed the full sales cycle while prospecting into CTOs, CIOs, CMOs, and various other C-level executives. Conducted regular pipeline and process reviews to ensure accurate forecasting, CRM hygiene, ROE reviews, etc. to identify and improve process gap.

Business Development Executive

GREedge

Apr 2013 - Apr 2016

Reached out to potential customers via telephone, email and in-person inquiries. Developed and implemented favorable pricing structures while balancing firm objectives against customer targets. Generated new business with marketing initiatives and strategic plans. Consulted with product development teams to enhance products based on customer interest data.

Education

SRM Univ Chennai

MBA

Sales & Marketing

Jan 2011 - Jan 2013

Unknown

BA

Geography

Jan 2008 - Jan 2011

Raza High School

High School

Skills

Customer Management
Negotiation
SaaS
Sales Forecasting
Metrics and Analysis
Inbound Sales
Outbound Sales
Sales Strategy
Lead Generation
CRM Management