Mehar Jossan Resume

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Mehar Jossan meharjossan@gmail.

com | 8860255733

WORK EXPERIENCE
Samsung Electronics, Assistant Manager (May ’19 – Present)
Hired as a management trainee and worked across strategy and sales stints in both mobile and consumer electronics divisions across general
and modern trade; transitioned to an area business manager role
• Mobile Division, Modern Trade and General Trade
Area Business Manager-Mumbai
Responsible for mobile sellout, growth and branding activities for 250+ dealers monthly with average sellout of 50 crores
- Consistently surpassed targets by leading a team of 13 territory sales executives (TSE), 3 area sales executives and 100+ Samsung promotors
- Increased by 30% the number of TSEs qualifying for incentives by implementing a redesigning tracking mechanism and incentives received
- Reduced by 90% the time spent by area sales executives on reporting daily sales by using data collection and analysis tools
Management Trainee - Sellout Increase Strategy for premium mobiles, Modern Trade
Potential sales improvement of up to 20% by focusing on recommendations across manpower, branding, availability and affordability
- Increased the sellout by 10% nationally by implementation of a nation-wide scheme of influencing the drivers of motivation of chain staff
- Increased sellout of S10 across 3 stores by 15% by recommendation of a promotor pitch by focusing on needs of both the user and purchaser
- Evaluated and compared affordability index of Samsung with respect to competitors across five chains by conducting primary research
• Consumer Electronics, General Trade
Management Trainee - Premium Product Growth Strategy for consumer electronics
Potential sales improvement of 10% in Delhi & NCR by the implementation of strategic initiatives
- Recommended focus outlets by studying the correlation between display & counter share across channels and product categories
- Recommended insurance scheme for television category (potentially 2000 more units sold/weekly)
Sattva Consulting, Associate (Jan ’17 – Mar ’18)
Worked across marketing, business development, partnerships & research functions for a consulting firm working on 200+ projects-22 countries
• Brand Building & Digital Marketing
Set up the marketing department of the firm, now a 6-member team
- Developed and executed the marketing communications and partnerships strategy, managed a budget of INR 4 Million
- Increased the website traffic by 30% - spearheaded end to end website design and development activities (delivered in 45 days/target 90)
- Case study publishing: Authored 30+ case studies and go-to-market material to showcase impact created by the firm
- Increased sales enquiries by 20% in 3 months by conceptualising a monthly newsletter & increasing the click-through rate of the newsletter
- Reduced average sales deal conversion pipeline time from 60 to 45 days through events and targeted marketing communication
- Led 6 industry-wide cross geographical partnerships (Singapore, California, Africa, USA and India) in a span of 3 months
• Strategic Partnerships and Stakeholder Engagement
Partnered with 200+ CSR leaders, NGOs and social enterprises founders to conduct 8 roundtable conferences on development issues
o Led the launch of a California based organization (delivering grants ~ $50 billion) aimed at providing tech solutions to nonprofits in India
- Performed due diligence analysis on 6 parameters to invite 50+ social enterprises from 15 states in India for partnerships
- Devised an entry strategy for the organization in the Indian non-profit sphere using extensive primary and secondary research
o Organised a roundtable for a social enterprise (installing solar light systems in 4 lakh houses) on ‘Energy Access for Impact’
- Partnered with a German development agency to strategically influence CSR funds worth INR 1000 crore across public & private sectors
• Thought leadership & Market Research
AVPN and Robert Bosch - Social Investment Report (launched in Thailand, 727 delegates, 32 countries)
Authored a guide for new and existing social investors exploring cross border/sector opportunities in Asia for AVPN (a unique funders
network accelerating the growth of philanthropy and social investment ecosystem in Asia (373 members, 28 regions, 13 industries))
- Adjudged ‘Best Thought Leadership’ amongst 1000+ entries at the Sustainable International Awards 2017 (London)
- Devised a rating and mapping framework based on 8 key indicators to evaluate the investment landscape of 14 countries in Asia
- Report read and referred by over 600+ corporates and social enterprises and 50+ educational institutes across 14 countries
Frinter Media, Marketing Executive (Jul’17 – Dec’17)
A startup that provides free printing services to students and covers the costs by placing offers at the back of printed pages
- Expanded operations across 7 colleges in Delhi to set up free printing services stations in a span of 2 months (exceeded target by 40%)
EDUCATION
Indian School of Business - PGP in Management, Major – Marketing & Strategy (Apr ’18 –March’19)
• Dell India – Devised strategies to improve Laptop/PC penetration in tier 3/4 cities from 20% to 35% in 5 years (4-month engagement)
• Admitted through the Young Leaders Program (119/3200+) with a scholarship of INR 1 Lakh for leadership and academic excellence
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University of Delhi- B.Tech. Information Technology (82%, top 5% of batch) (Jul ‘12 – Jun ’16)
LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AND EXTRA-CURRICULARS
Positions of Responsibility
• Learning, Development & Career Coordinator, Net Impact Chapter, (largest club at ISB)–Gold Chapter Status (80/400 worldwide)
- Sourced 20+ pro-bono social sector consulting projects (33% more than 2017) across education, skilling and financial literacy sectors
- Imparted soft skills to 200+ women as part of the core team of Udaan – an initiative aimed at imparting skills through ITI collaborations
• Editor of the college magazine (2016) , led a team of 6 writers as the conceptualized, sourced content & published in 45 days (last year 60)
Writing and Public Speaking
• Hindustan Times (HT) , Published Author ~ 6 months internship
- Published 20+ articles (highest for an intern) for the HT Education, Estates and Homes supplements (readership >2 million)
- Adjudged the best performer (1/50 interns) in creative writing across 8 rounds on Fishbowl, an online platform (2015)
- Winner of Tech Debate an inter-college debating competition, (1/50 participants, 30 colleges) (2016)
Volunteer work
• Volunteered with a Delhi-based NGO ‘Humkadam’ and taught English to 50+ girls at the Aradhyan Children Home, Delhi (2014)

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