Abhishek Shanker Upadhyay
@user.2545703
Inside Sales Specialist | B2B SaaS | Business Development | MBA Marketing
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Abhishek Shanker Upadhyay is a seasoned business development and sales professional with an MBA in Marketing from the Army Institute of Management and over a decade of experience across SaaS, cross-border M&A, market research, and consumer goods. He is currently an Inside Sales Specialist at EnKash, where he handles end-to-end sales from lead sourcing to account management and onboarding. Abhishek has previously driven international business development at Alcor Cross Border M&A and led sales teams at Nestaway Technologies and Decathlon Sports India, and is a former India U-20 Rugby Team member.
Experience
Inside Sales Specialist
EnKash
Sourcing new sales opportunities through outbound cold emails, LinkedIn, and inbound lead follow-up. Connecting with Founders/CXO level executives of corporates. Understanding client needs, pitching USPs of the product. End-to-end sales, account management, onboarding and training of the platform. Farming: identifying cross-sales and upsell opportunities. Maintaining and expanding the database of prospects. Performing effective online demos to prospects.
Business Development Specialist
Better Technology Labs LLP
Handling end to end sales by conversion of inbound leads. B2B sales and inside sales. Running outbound campaigns for SaaS product targeting E-commerce development companies. Consultative selling revolving around client's requirements. SaaS software demonstration to prospects. Lead generation through calling, customized mails, LinkedIn.
Business Development – International Business
Alcor Cross Border M&A Pvt. Ltd
Successfully helped the company signing MOU with a German company and STRATEGIC ALLIANCE agreement with an Indian company. Identified right foreign partners for Indian clients in various industries. Connecting with CXOs and Strategy heads in European manufacturing companies. Prospecting and penetrating the European market.
Senior Business Development Executive
Markets and Markets Research Pvt. Ltd
Handled end to end sales by conversion of inbound leads across Europe. Successfully ran consulting firms' campaign targeting global consulting firms to demonstrate and sell Knowledge store product. Demonstrated Knowledge store to PWC, LEF consulting, etc. Account handling and cross-selling and upselling.
Assistant Manager - Business Development
Nestaway Technologies Pvt. Ltd
Business Development through corporate tie-ups. Got corporates on board for employee accommodation. College tie-ups and strategic tie-ups with food vendors, gyms, Ola, Uber, etc. Business Development activities in and around Tech Parks.
Business Development Manager
Jack of All Threads
Acquired new clients/campaigners and trained them to increase sales. Provided support to Key Accounts. Retention management, vendor management, delivery management. Brought down product return rate from 40% to 35%.
Sales Manager
Decathlon Sports India
Successfully achieved commercial target for the layout. Maintained availability of stock to increase sales. Increased Men's layout turnover from 35% average to 40% in December. The Fitness department was ranked 2nd for December for recording the highest turnover.
Education
Army Institute of Management
MBA
Marketing
St. Xavier's College
B.com
K.V. Ballygunge
12th Class
K.V. Ballygunge
10th Class