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JOSEPH DOLPHY D’SA

Category Lead / Marketing Manager
Singapore

Summary

A result oriented Marketing professional with 10 years of experience in Product Marketing and Brand Management, leading marketing and commercial plans for Optical lens category business for Pan India and Asia-pacific region.

  • Strong Market and Business Acumen in Commercial, Marketing domain within APAC countries characterized by complex business environment.
  • Proven abilities in development and implementation of Brands strategy, involving portfolio management, product launches and product life cycle management.
  • Expertise in developing product communication strategy in both digital and offline media targeting various stages of consumer Journey.
  • Analytical professional and strong collaborator in working with Global, regional, countries and cross- functional teams to deliver critical projects.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications

Work History

Category Lead – SEA and Korea Regional Marketing

Essilorluxottica Asia pacific Pte Ltd
3 2021 - Current

Responsible for the driving growth of Premium Med-tech Consumer Brands and categories like Stellest-Myopia Management lenses for children, Crizal, Varilux- lenses catering to vision needs of all age group consumers, through Various B2B & B2C marketing initiatives.

  • Setting up 5-year business ambition for the category growth for the region and responsible for laying out strong business plan to achieve ambition through commercial, trade and marketing programs.
  • Managing entire product life cycle from strategic planning to product launches - which involve defining value creation, portfolio assortment, pricing, and operational setup.
  • Defining right product range and pricing strategy, suitable for market and consumers needs specific to APAC region.
  • Leading the regional marketing & go-to-market plan for executing global product launches, Trade partnership Programs, and effective media campaigns to drive brand awareness and business growth.
  • Develop strong B2C campaigns mainly focused on digital channels by creating highly engaging social content with target consumer focus to create brand awareness, purchase intent and drive sales conversion.
  • Collaborate closely with country marketing teams to develop and execute, strong trade partnership programs, last mile assets, business plans and educational assets to accelerate business growth.
  • Analyzing latest marketing trends, tracking competitors’ activities and create monthly business analysis report for Top Management with valuable inputs for building effective business strategy for region.

Product Manager – Regional Marketing

Essilor AMERA Pvt Ltd- Asia Pacific, Middle East, Russia & Africa
2018.11 - 2 2021
  • Managing product portfolio of progressive lenses category for AMERA region- Asia Pacific Middle East Russia and Africa.
  • Responsible for driving the growth of Progressive lens category through various marketing and brand building activities.
  • Accountable for new product launches across all regions in AMERA- to ensure category planning and brand growth through managing the local product adaptations
  • Develop product related communication and technical information, including demo tools, digital and selling speech.
  • Creating Educational and Awareness content and communication on digital platforms, mainly websites and Social media for effective reach and engagement for customers (Eye care professionals) and end consumers.
  • Competitive analysis and comprehensive initiative tracking at regional level sales tracking and launch follow up, zone (macro) consolidation.

Assistant and Deputy Manager -Product Marketing

Essilor India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore
2013.07 - 2018.10
  • Managing product portfolio of Progressive lenses and Transitions -photochromic lenses and responsible for Driving PAN India category growth through marketing initiatives.
  • Managing new product Launch activities involving building business proposals, Pricing analysis, creating product communication education content, and Last mile elements to create product awareness and promotion.
  • Conducting market study for capturing voice of customers, and convert those needs & opportunities into products and solutions that have ultra-competitive advantage over competitors

Senior Engineer

Larsen &Toubro Ltd., ECC Division (Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project -Tamil Nadu)
2008.07 - 2011.05
  • Responsible for planning & executing various critical jobs for Nuclear Steam Supply Lines for Reactor.

Education

Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Marketing & Operations) - Marketing And Operation Management

SDM Institute For Management Development
India
2011.07 - 2013.03

Bachelors in Engineering (Mechanical) -

NMAMIT, Nitte, Udupi, VTU
India
2004.07 - 2008.05

Skills

Strategic Planning

B2B Marketing

Market Analysis

Brand management & communication

Business communication

New Business Development

Certification

Digital Marketing: Strategies, Models and Frameworks, National University of Singapore

Socialengagement

  • Regularly participating in Volunteering programs of Essilor Vision Foundation- A community advancement initiative to help the needy with vision correction and spectacle lenses.
  • Onsight Star Volunteer leader for the year 2022- 2023 for SEAK region- Responsible leading the volunteer outreach program in Singapore.

Recognitionsawards

  • Nominated among 30 individuals from global talent pool for COMET program 2021 – Essilor’s Young talent acceleration program.
  • Nominated for the Essilor India Management Program for Emerging Talent- 2017 held in IIM Bangalore.
  • Essilor India : “Significant contributor in Marketing for the year 2016

Languages

English, Hindi, Kannada, Konkani, and Tamil

Timeline

Business Analytics: From Data to Insights, The Wharton school Executive education program

2022-09

Digital Marketing: Strategies, Models and Frameworks, National University of Singapore

2021-05

Product Manager – Regional Marketing

Essilor AMERA Pvt Ltd- Asia Pacific, Middle East, Russia & Africa
2018.11 - 2 2021

Assistant and Deputy Manager -Product Marketing

Essilor India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore
2013.07 - 2018.10

Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Marketing & Operations) - Marketing And Operation Management

SDM Institute For Management Development
2011.07 - 2013.03

Senior Engineer

Larsen &Toubro Ltd., ECC Division (Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project -Tamil Nadu)
2008.07 - 2011.05

Bachelors in Engineering (Mechanical) -

NMAMIT, Nitte, Udupi, VTU
2004.07 - 2008.05

Category Lead – SEA and Korea Regional Marketing

Essilorluxottica Asia pacific Pte Ltd
3 2021 - Current
JOSEPH DOLPHY D’SACategory Lead / Marketing Manager