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VIVEK KANADE

@vivekkanade

Sales Development Specialist at Sage

Pune, Maharashtra

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Sage – LockstepUniversity Of Central Lancashire, UK

Vivek Kanade is an experienced Sales & Business Development Manager skilled in B2B SaaS Sales, Business Development, and Customer Success. He possesses a proven track record in managing sales pipelines, leading client relations, and executing strategies across various markets. He is proficient in lead generation, deal negotiation, and team development.

Experience

Sales Development Specialist – APAC

Sage – Lockstep

Aug 2022 - Present

Major role in: Lead generation and new business development through cold calls, emails, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, etc. Generating strong, potential and qualified sales pipeline. Prospect high-value target accounts, qualify the customer needs and set up meetings with influencers/decision makers for product deck evaluation. Giving product demo presentation to them while explaining them the areas for their system improvements. Explaining the value of our SaaS solution to create a product need. Negotiate the pricing of the product and budget planning. Managing customer relationship through all phases of the sales cycle. Taking full responsibility of customer growth while managing the SDR team. Managing the Accounts and QBRs. Negotiate and secure renewals for assigned accounts. Taking initiative in conducting up-skill and mentoring sessions.

Business Development Manager – US

Tracxn Technologies Ltd

Bangalore

Lead Generation & Qualification; identifying potential customers in the US. Lead research & mandate identification, Use Cases identification. Reaching out to the customers in the US via cold emailing. Building a strong sales pipeline. Managing Customer Responses & Queries. Helping clients regarding the use of Tracxn platform, Demo presentation. Deal Negotiation and handling the prospects till deal closure. Maintain Client Relations. Team Observation, Training & Development, Team progress evaluation and reporting.

Sales Development Executive

Dream Vision 4U Trade Private Ltd

Pune

Lead generation, leading & Managing the Sales team. Setting Sales Target and planning accordingly. Marketing, Strategy Planning. Conducting product demo for customers, making them understand the product value. Customer Service & Queries. Monitoring Sales. Ensuring Professional Development of my team.

Assistant Manager

Diyaab Ocean

Preston, UK

Managing inventory control and stock ordering, Ensuring customer satisfaction, Maintaining high standards of customer service during high-volume, fast-paced operations.

Education

University Of Central Lancashire, UK

Master of Business Administration

Jan 2021

Savitribai Phule Pune University

Bachelor Of Engineering (Mechanical)

Mechanical Engineering

Jan 2018Grade: First Class

Mahatma Gandhi Junior College, Pravaranagar

HSC

Jan 2014Grade: 72.15

De Paul English Medium School, Rahuri Factory

SSC

Jan 2012Grade: 90.55

Skills

B2B SaaS Sales
Business Development
Customer Success
CRM
Market Analysis
Lead Generation
Sales Outreach
Cold Calling
Product Demonstration
Deal Negotiation
Strategic Planning
Team Management