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# Santosh Kumar on Tal

## Headline

Senior Manager Future Mobility

## About

A Self\-driven Sales Programmer with analytical and problem\-solving skills\. Highly Organized and proactive with solid understanding of scheduling actions, adjusting roles, and prioritizing issues\. Dedicated to efficiency and reliability in personal and collaborative projects\.

## Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

## AI stack

ChatGPT

OpenAI Playground

## Work experience

Senior Manager at TVS Motor Company, Apr 2023 \- Present · 3 yrs 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Future Mobility

Sales Planning and Strategy\-EV at TVS Motor Company, Apr 2023 \- Present · 3 yrs 7 mos, Spearheading strategic business initiatives to strengthen and sustain the market leadership position of TVS iQube across India\.

Deputy Manager at Kia India, Mar 2022 \- Apr 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India

Sales Planning Manager at KIA Motors, Mar 2022 \- Apr 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos, Spearheaded cross\-functional GTM planning and execution forums for the successful launch of the EV6 across prioritized markets in India\.

Deputy Manager Demand Planning &Field Operations at Ford Motor Company, Feb 2017 \- Nov 2021 · 4 yrs 10 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, Current Profile: ▪ Leading development of annual national sales plan for current & future, programming meeting with OCM every month to obtain consensus on the Sales & production plan\. ▪ Assess internal company & competition’s product and pricing actions to develop better forecasts; network with industry counter parts to understand competitor activities\. ▪ Formulating Industry Forecast for future months and future year, submit data for markets view for the Industry Consensus Meeting \(ICM\) with APA Sales\. Execute volume and mix planning for all new product launches \(J\#1\+90\) days of launch ▪ Collaborating with competition sales planning teams for data collection like volume forecast, fuel mix\. ▪ Enable development of future year forecasts through discussion with product planning team and develop the program for submission and discussion with the APA management every month

Demand Planning Manager at Ford India, Aug 2015 \- Oct 2021 · 6 yrs 3 mos, Spearheaded the development and execution of annual national sales plans for current and future product portfolios\.

Sales Planning & Distribution at Ford Motor Company, Aug 2015 \- Feb 2017 · 1 yr 7 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, ▪ Instrumental in monitoring and drive short\-term goal versus Business plan\. Product Launch, Demo & Display Car planning PAN India\. ▪ Contributed to sales planning by scheduling of cars using contracting data and working closely with MP & L team in plant\. ▪ Ensured smooth production flow by providing timely inputs for color, mix & order loading supporting the MP&L team\. ▪ Led key initiatives to ensure that ordering plans are robust for new product launches such that delivery/implementation is effective\. ▪ Enabled development of VM programs by recommending retail support required in the Variable Marketing and ensuring allocation of cars across all brands Dealer\-wise /Region\-wise for pan India\. ▪ Generated key reports highlighting production compliance to plans, automated PMA dashboards, monthly reports, fortnight energy review, management review on short term R&O\. ▪ Participated in SSRD \(Sales Stock Run Down\) execution & governance meeting with Regional Managers\.

Regional Sales Manager at Ford Motor Company, Jul 2011 \- Jul 2015 · 4 yrs 1 mo, Mumbai Area, India, Regional Sales Manager

Regional Sales Manager at Ford India, Jul 2011 \- Jul 2015 · 4 yrs 1 mo, Strengthened market presence by identifying, onboarding, and developing high\-performing channel partners\.

## Education

MBA, Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations, General, Acharya Institute Of Management and Science

bangalore university

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