Gaurav Sarin

·Heading the Sales & Marketing department for the recently opened 4* property in Baddi.

·Responsible for the Revenue targets for the entire hotel, including Room Revenue, F&B Revenue and MOD Revenue.

·Developing market segmentation and brand positioning strategies.

·Conducting market survey and competition analysis for developing tactical as well as strategic marketing & advertising plan.

·Designing and implementing the Marketing Plan including Advertising, Sales Promotions, Cross promotional tie-ups with other leading brands and retail stores, tie-up with leading Event Management companies, designing an F&B Events Calendar and so on.

·Developing a client base of corporates and travel agents.

·Recruiting, training and managing the sales team.

·Developing the standard operating procedures for the department.

Company Profile: Sarovar Hotels & Resorts consists of 35 properties and is the fourth largest Hotel chain in India. The Group operates in 3, 4 & 5 star properties under the brand names Park Plaza, Park Inn, Sarovar Premiere, Sarovar Portico & Hometel. Geoffrey's, their English Pub brand, operates in 10 cities in India.

Responsibilities:

• Heading the regional sales office for Punjab, based in Chandigarh.

• Responsible for the outbound unit wise targets for all the 35 group properties of Sarovar for the Chandigarh as well as Ludhiana regional sales offices.

• Developing pre launch market segmentation and brand positioning strategies for the 114 keys, 5 bqt venues 3* Chandigarh property.

• Conducting market survey and competition analysis for developing tactical as well as strategic marketing & advertising plan.

• Designing and implementing the Marketing Plan including Advertising, Sales Promotions, Cross promotional tie-ups with other leading brands and retail stores, tie-up with leading Event Management companies, designing an F&B Events Calendar and so on.

• Developing a client base of corporates and travel agents, to serve as the launch pad for 2 more upcoming properties in the region viz. a 133 keys 5* deluxe Chandigarh property and a 50 keys 4* Ludhiana property.

• Recruiting, training and managing the sales team.

• Developing the standard operating procedures for the department.

Key Achievements:

• Promoted as Regional Sales Manager w.e.f. 01st June, 2009, within a short span of just 2 years 3 months with the company.

• Was part of the pre-opening team during the launch of the Indore property in April 2007, as Unit Sales & Marketing Manager.

• Launched and established the Sarovar brand as an up market brand in the region.

• Got promoted as Senior Sales & Marketing Manager within 7 months of the tenure.

• Achieved a MPI (Market Penetration Index) of 1.07 in FY08-09 against MPI of 0.76 in FY 07-08 despite addition of 165 keys to the city inventory.

• Exceeded the target for F & B and banquet sales.

• Attained high penetration in the Insurance, Banking, Airlines, Mobile service providers, Automobile & Pharmaceutical industries.

• Identified the niche as a Business Hotel & accordingly Brand positioning as "A Business Hotel at its Best"

• Increased the ARR by 40% in financial year 08-09 compared to the previous financial year 07-08.

• Launched Platinum & Gold Club memberships for the Indore hotel in Dec 08 and notched up 450 members achieving revenues of Rs. 8.50 lac, providing major boost to the Hotel P&L during period of major economic slowdown.

• Achieved revenues of Rs. 1.14 crores during FY08-09 for bookings generated for all the 35 hotels of Sarovar, as part of Regional Sales office targets.

• Achieved revenues of Rs. 8.97 crores during FY08-09 for the Indore unit hotel.

• Was awarded the Best Executive of the Year 2007-08.

Company Profile: Sayaji Hotel is a well-reputed Brand Name in Central India with properties in Indore & Baroda and a restaurant Barbeque Nation in Mumbai & Bangalore. The Indore property is the biggest property of the region, with 217 rooms, 4 restaurants, a Lounge Bar and a well equipped Club with multifarious sports facilities.

Responsibilities:

• Was responsible for achieving targets for rooms division.

• Maintaining rapport with corporate clientele for maximum patronage.

• Developing the travel agents segment for more bookings.

• Managing the team to achieve targets.

• Developing the summer and weekend packages for the lean season.

Key Achievements:

• Achieved the targets for the rooms division consistently.

• Increased the ARR by 10% within 3 months of the tenure.

• Increased the penetration in the CVGR segment, which contributes 90% of the rooms business, by tie-ups with 100 new companies.

• Successfully implemented the tariff hike with acceptance from Top Corporate houses.

Company Profile: The Company is a supplier to the graphic arts and digital imaging industry. It is the preferred supplier of printing consumables like printing inks, plates, chemicals and printing rollers to major newspapers, commercial printers, flexo graphic & Rotogravure printers and DTP operators. It is a family business started 26 years back.

Responsibilities:

• Was responsible for achieving sales targets.
• Was in-charge of identifying and launching new products.
• Reducing the outstanding credit and improve the fund flow.
• Handling the recruitment and management of sales team.
• Was responsible for the advertising and trade promotion activities.

Key Achievements:

• Successfully introduced 3 new product lines in the market.
• Increased the turnover of the company by 40% in 3 years of the tenure.
• Increased the market share in one segment from 15% to 32% within 2 years.