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Davinder Singh

Davinder Singh

Summary

Dynamic leader with over three decades of sales and developing business. A professional who can think forward strategically and remain focused through expert customer outreach. Reliable and friendly operative who can work independently with high energy and great communications skills. Capable of building relationships and rapport instantly. Having worked globally I bring along key contacts in India, Africa & APAC region.


Focused Consultant providing Business representation and product demonstrations to convincing leads to purchase.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Freelance Business Consultant

Kesar Consulting
11.2023 - Current
  • Provide full-time and part-time specialist support to customers in a ICT projects requiring multiple geography integration.
  • Engage clients and perform needs analysis as required to address and identify business needs. Coordinated meetings and presentations between businesses.
  • Establish a wide range of contacts in the region by using a combination of face-to-face appointments and online interactions.

Sales Director

Huawei Telecommunications Ltd
05.2019 - 10.2023
  • Lead and govern the customer engagement at board level for Huawei business with Bharti Airtel
  • Share P&L responsibility for the account across multiple geographies. Craft business and commercial strategy
  • Lead pan Africa Datacenter & Site Energy Domain in addition to cross domain commercial negotiation.


As a key member of global account team, I was responsible for steering strategy to achieve business objectives (average over USD 300M a year). Within the first 6 months I bridged gap for CxO engagement and had been conduit for communications regarding business continuity foreseeing the trade restrictions. Year 2019 saw huge turmoil in business due to market dynamics in India and international trade impacts due to economic interests of various players. I managed customer’s confidence in Huawei and prevented business impact. Starting year 2020, I had been responsibilities to manage pan Africa commercials and own Datacenter & Site energy portfolio. Apart from closing RAN rollout deal of $125 M deal for Tanzania, I developed relationships with Indus Tower board and engaged with Airtel to build pipeline for Green Energy (Data Center & Site Energy) portfolio.

Associate Account Director

Huawei Technologies Ltd
12.2015 - 04.2019
  • Provide leadership to the overall commercial strategy for the account in line with business objective
  • Envisage transformation and share P&L responsibility for the account across multiple domains.
  • Leading client relationship and managing CxO interface
  • Own and manage specific financial terms with Hutchison group
  • Lead delivery strategy to achieve both Hutchison and Huawei objectives

Key Achievements

As the owner of the account, I was responsible sales, revenue and collection targets that I consistently achieved across three years (average over USD 250M a year). Year 2016 registered 23 % growth in sales. After winning the Managed Services business pan Indonesia in 2016, we were awarded LTE rollout for over 8000 sites worth USD 80M. The deployment was completed across Indonesia in one month. Largest EPC NFV (200GB) was sold and delivered. Two mega projects spanning across 7 years were closed and special financial terms reinitiated amounting to nearly 1.3B USD

Vice President Digital Services

Huawei Technologies Ltd
12.2010 - 12.2015
  • Capability development and implementation for software services business unit
  • Lead Client relationship at CxO level and drive transformation
  • Lead sales pursuit from due diligence to contract stage

Key Achievements

In an executive role within Managed Services business unit, I was accountable for delivering capability for the new line of business within Huawei Corporation. I lead due diligence and solution sales for the project that had significant strategic value to the business. I lead transformation solution development and bidding for Managed services deal valued over 250M USD, that we won from incumbent provider. I also lead solution sales and delivery of VAS transformation in Indonesia values over 50M USD. The project was foundation for the Digital Transformation.

Global Program Manager

Vodafone Group Plc.
11.2008 - 09.2010
  • Engaged with OPCo's to deliver shared Mobile Application Gateway with project value of over USD 100M.
  • Collaborated with developers and project managers to drive agile design & development of product for different markets in Europe
  • Defined strategy for infrastructure solutions to resolve business issues around in-life management of Enterprise Mobility Services

Senior Manager, Strategy

Vodafone New Zealand
05.1999 - 11.2008
  • Responsible for operations transformation strategy
  • Representation New Zealand into Vodafone’s global Service Management team
  • Facilitate implementation of Vodafone Group’s operations strategy in New Zealand
  • Planned, created and deployed OSS system to manage VAS services
  • Accountable for Sarbanes-Oxley implementation and compliance.

Education

Diploma in Managerial Excellence - Management

New Zealand Institute of Management
Auckland
06.2003

Diploma in Electrical Engineering - Electrical Engineering

Chandigarh Collage of Engineering & Technology
Chandigarh India
07.1990

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Quote

There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.
Tony Robbins

Skills

  • CxO engagement and Strategy alignment
  • Business representation
  • Business planning and partner management
  • Commercial and contract negotiations
  • Financial collaboration
  • Written Communication & Presentation

Timeline

Freelance Business Consultant

Kesar Consulting
11.2023 - Current

Sales Director

Huawei Telecommunications Ltd
05.2019 - 10.2023

Associate Account Director

Huawei Technologies Ltd
12.2015 - 04.2019

Vice President Digital Services

Huawei Technologies Ltd
12.2010 - 12.2015

Global Program Manager

Vodafone Group Plc.
11.2008 - 09.2010

Senior Manager, Strategy

Vodafone New Zealand
05.1999 - 11.2008

Diploma in Managerial Excellence - Management

New Zealand Institute of Management

Diploma in Electrical Engineering - Electrical Engineering

Chandigarh Collage of Engineering & Technology
Davinder Singh