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Hi, I’m

Vishal Shah

Leader - APJC - Collaboration Sales
Mumbai,MH
Vishal Shah

Summary

WHY ME?
Passionate result-oriented sales and people leader with over 20 years of overachieving track record in Cloud, SaaS, ICT, Services (CX, Value, Professional and AS) Collaboration, HXM, EX, CX, CRM, Digitization and Workplace Modernization
I demonstrate excellent business acumen and can articulate business
value, ROI, business outcome-based sales which results in profitable growth for business unit.

I come with a huge appetite and attitude to learn and believe in continuous learning and improvement. Having built, coached and managed high performing teams of Sales
Specialists and driven motions around business development, hunting, cross-arch and LoB sales and farm existing segments I have also successfully forged strong customer relationships and alliances that helped build sustainable business growth.
SEGMENTS
Managed commercial, mid market and small business worth overall $50 mil in annual sales for the region. In current role I lead Sales Teams for Industries and mid market business for HXM and EX Cloud and drive Incremental ACV for the region.
In terms of industry vertical, extensive experience in IT/ITS, professional services, manufacturing, pharma, consumer products, lifesciences and bfsi
I have formed and owned GTM strategies and strengthened alliances, trust and programs with system integrators, distributors, global SPs as well as t2 and boutique partners.

Overview

22
years of professional experience
4
Languages

Work History

SAP SuccessFactors
Mumbai, MH

Sr. Director - Sales
04.2022 - Current

Job overview

Lead HXM Sales for Industries and Mid market vertical.
Manage Sales funnel, hygiene and booking linearity on 4QR basis.
Coach and mentor Account Executives to meet Individual Quota and team objectives.
Drive C - Level engagement and leadership alignment for Transformation deals.
Hire, Coach and Retain the best talent to drive profitable YOY growth.
Participates in regular business review meetings or forecast calls
Provides feedback to Field Management on engagement level with LoB Solution Sales Team.
Assess the overall performance of team with respect to goals, quota and KPI's
Works with marketing, Customer and field sales management to drive Demand Gen programs.
Maintain and Forge strategic partnerships and develop channel ecosystem.

Cisco Systems
Mumbai, Maharashtra

Leader - Sales Specialist - Collaboration - APJC
01.2021 - 04.2022

Job overview

Drive business development and sales around new business, renewals and new offers to maximize funnel generation and revenue booking.

Drive demand gen for increase in market share around devices, new workloads, digital transformation, cloud migration and SaaS.

Create distributor and T2 partner led scale and velocity programs for wider theater and sales coverage.

Provide thought leadership to APJC sales leaders and create cloud and SaaS mind share for profitable growth.

interface with Product BU & Finance to create region and theater specific pricing and product bundles and drive success with incremental booking.

Key Achievements

  • Increased funnel generation of $100 mil for FY22 with conversion of around 20% in Q1FY22.
  • Tracking 95% + on renewals and cloud bookings.

Cisco Systems Inc.
Mumbai, MH

Regional Manager - Collaboration Sales, India.
01.2019 - 12 2020

Job overview

Drive profitable and double-digit y-o-y growth of collaboration sales for India and SaaRC for commercial and small business ($50 mil territory)
Manage team of sales specialists to meet and overachieve their sales quota and forecast.

Coach and mentor team to improve funnel coverage, funnel hygiene, cadence and overall performance.

Forge CIO level relationship including presenting value proposition, architecture design and drive trust and mindshare.
Own weekly- monthly-quarterly bookings forecast and funnel build for India region.
Key Achievements 

  • 118% Plan in 1 st year with 20% y-o-y growth.
  • 40% + y-o-y growth in software licensing for FY20.

Cisco Systems Inc.
Mumbai, MH

Business Development Manager - Collaboration Sales
08.2015 - 12.2018

Job overview

Drive CX and Contact Centre sales for India and SaaRC as Specialist Sales Manager and Domain Expert.
Own territory sales plan and quarterly and annual forecast and sales quota.

Consult and drive Engineering team and partner to design and deliver solution that meets and exceeds business outcomes including architecture design, sow, application and crm integration services, implementation and technical support services.
Develop GTM plan and execute sales strategy for compete replacement worth $ 7 mil.
Key Achievements

  • 42% y-o-y growth.

Orange Business Services - France Telecom
Mumbai, MH

National Manager - Collaboration Sales
06.2010 - 07.2015

Job overview

Drive CX, Collaborations, UC, Voice, AV, CRM & Contact Center Business Development for India as Specialist Sales Manager.
Drive presales engagement on consulting, solution design and implementation plan.

Include professional services i.e. Implementation, integration, dashboard and reporting and Day 2 support.

Document Orange services and delivery scope and negotiate services contract.
Develop GTM Plan and build OEM alliance relationships.
Business value and consultative selling at CIO/CFO level with ROI benefits.
Key Achievements 

  • Orange Synergy Award Strategic Win.
  • 1st N-IVR, International Call Collect Win
  • Consulting - Optimizing IVR and Reporting for Largest International Banking customer.

SITEL Worldwide Corporation
Mumbai, MH

Senior Manager
05.2002 - 06.2010

Job overview

Across various roles at SITEL from CX, people leader, service delivery, customer success, sales support, technical support, international and domestic operations, transition and project management

Managed large teams for sales, sales support, warranty support, technical support sales, services sales, insurance sales.

Managed india and international accounts worth $6 mil in annual revenue.
Key Achievements

  • SITEL Star Awards
  • 1st Batch of MT to be groomed and promoted to Leadership Positions
  • Transition manager for largest international client (Software and Warranties Sales) for 3 different sites and total 600+ FTE's.

Education

IIM Calcutta
, India

MBA from Exec Program in Business Management
Dec 2005 - Apr 2007 (1 year & 4 months)

Mumbai University
, MH

Bachelor of Engineering from Electronics And Telecommunication
Jun 1998 - Apr 2002 (3 years & 10 months)

MSBTE
, MH

Diploma in Engineering from Industrial Electronics Technology
Jul 1995 - May 1998 (2 years & 10 months)

Skills

Sales management

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Affiliations

Volunteer experience or leadership

Mentor Ship Program

Voluntary mentoring cross functional employees for pursuing next level growth opportunities.

Power of One

Core committee and founding member of Power of One monthly team building and people engagement initiative at Cisco Mumbai.

Timeline

Sr. Director - Sales

SAP SuccessFactors
04.2022 - Current

Leader - Sales Specialist - Collaboration - APJC

Cisco Systems
01.2021 - 04.2022

Regional Manager - Collaboration Sales, India.

Cisco Systems Inc.
01.2019 - 12 2020

Business Development Manager - Collaboration Sales

Cisco Systems Inc.
08.2015 - 12.2018

National Manager - Collaboration Sales

Orange Business Services - France Telecom
06.2010 - 07.2015

Senior Manager

SITEL Worldwide Corporation
05.2002 - 06.2010

IIM Calcutta

MBA from Exec Program in Business Management
Dec 2005 - Apr 2007 (1 year & 4 months)

Mumbai University

Bachelor of Engineering from Electronics And Telecommunication
Jun 1998 - Apr 2002 (3 years & 10 months)

MSBTE

Diploma in Engineering from Industrial Electronics Technology
Jul 1995 - May 1998 (2 years & 10 months)
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