Gunjan Solanki

Area Manager, Pidilite Industries Limited

Two time Gold Medalist , Marketing Blogger & You-Tuber (MarketingWeekly.in ) and a self-taught
graphics creator.

gunjan.dsolanki@gmail.com 9016448330 Ahmedabad linkedin.com/in/gunjansolanki12

WORK EXPERIENCE SKILLS

Area Manager Negotiation Marketing Branding Analytics
Pidilite Industries Limited
03/2020 - 03/2020, Gujarat Cluster, Rurban
Research Leadership Negotiation Orator
Roles & Responsibilities
Leading a team of 7 Territory Sales Managers, 2 Business
Development Executives & 6 Territory Sales representatives.
Managing 31 Super Distributors. PERSONAL PROJECTS
Revenue of INR 30 Cr. across 21 districts' rural distribution. MarketingWeekly.in | Omnichannel Marketing &
Successfully Launched 4 new product line, Roff Tile Branding educational platform (05/2019 - 03/2020)
Adhesives, Exterior Paint, Araldite & Sealants. Founder of marketing blog run by students/professionals
Manages Website, Website, Instagram and LinkedIn page
Area Sales Manager Reached subscriber no. at 42K on Linkedin, 20K on Website & 3K on
Instagram
Vodafone Idea Limited
06/2019 - 03/2020, Maharashtra & Goa Circle (Rural
Consumer Sales, North Maharastra)
Roles & Responsibilities ACHIEVEMENTS
Leading a team of 8 Territory Sales Managers (TSM) &
managing distribution of 55 channel partners. Gold medalist, Final Graduation Research at MSU (2014)
Zonathon winner for Q3 & Q4 of FY19-20. Employee of the Year 2016 at Trident India Ltd (2016)
For excellence in project execution & tangible savings of chemicals
Product Manager
Zonathon Winner Q3 at Vodafone Idea (2020)
Vodafone India Limited Awarded best zone from 9 zones in Maharastra & Goa Circle
05/2018 - 06/2019, Delhi Circle (Postpaid Marketing)
Role & Responsibilities Zonathon Winner Q2 at Vodafone Idea (2019)
Awarded best zone award from 9 zones in Maharastra & Goa Circle
Created churn reduction Engaged Retention Plan (First of its
kind) & saved revenue of 3.43 Cr/month. National Runner-Up, Future Group’s Ground Zero (2017)
Developed Go-to-market strategy for Vodafone i-Roam Awarded 1.5 lacs prize money & Job offer at Future Group
packages for International roaming users.
Winner of “Take a Social action” contest by Hindustan
Unilever (2017)
Manager of Operations
Trident India Limited Campus Winner, L'Oreal Brandstorm Challenge (2017)
06/2014 - 06/2016, Ludhiana, Punjab
Role & Responsibilities
Campus Winner, Nespresso Sustainability Challenge
organized by Nestle (2018)
Lead a team of 15 personnel across 3 chemical units.

EDUCATION LANGUAGES
English Hindi
Master of Business Administration (IB) Native or Bilingual Proficiency Native or Bilingual Proficiency
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT)
Gujarati Bengali
07/2016 - 04/2018, 2.96/4.33
Native or Bilingual Proficiency Limited Working Proficiency

Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical)

Maharaja Sayajirao University Of Baroda INTERESTS
03/2010 - 04/2014, 8.45/10
Cooking Photography Off-road Biking

River-rafting Bungee-jumping Paragliding