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Abhishek Shanker Upadhyay

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Inside Sales Specialist | B2B SaaS | Business Development | MBA Marketing

Pune, Maharashtra, India

EnKashArmy Institute of Management

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

Full-timeApr 2021 - Present

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

Full-timeSep 2019 - Apr 2020

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

Full-timeNov 2017 - Aug 2019

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

Full-timeApr 2017 - Nov 2017

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

Full-timeSep 2016 - Apr 2017

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

Full-timeMar 2015 - May 2016

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

Full-timeSep 2014 - Mar 2015

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

Jan 2014Grade: 60%

St. Xavier's College

B.com

Jan 2010Grade: 55%

K.V. Ballygunge

12th Class

Jan 2006Grade: 75%

K.V. Ballygunge

10th Class

Jan 2004Grade: 78%

Skills

Inside Sales
B2B Sales
Business Development
Lead Generation
Account Management
Cold Calling
CRM
LinkedIn Sales Navigator
Email Marketing
Outbound Campaigns
SaaS Sales
Consultative Selling
Negotiation
International Business
Market Research
Cross-selling
Upselling
Pipeline Management
Team Management