Sambodh Tiwari

Sambodh Tiwari

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  • Skills

    Team management
    Business strategy
    Microsoft office
    Strategic planning
    Research
    Analysis
    Data analysis
    Powerpoint
    Business planning
    Project planning
  • About me

    I am a Product Manager by profession, and currently handling User Research & Product Development role for Simpa Networks Utilized human-cantered design thinking methods to implement rapid, lean field experiments to test new offerings, understand rural customer needs and behaviour, village dynamics and decision making patterns in rural India for new product developments. I am interested in the human-centric approach of design, design for social innovation and passionate to work for the base of the pyramid. My work includes Segmentation for BoP, ethnographic research, need finding for new product development.

  • Education

    • Jamia Millia Islamia

      2008 - 2011
      Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Business Administration and Management, General
    • Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA)

      2012 - 2014
      Post graduate Diploma in Rural Management (PGDRM- MBA) Rural Management 2.66/ 3.5
  • Experience

    • Institute for Human Development

      Mar 2011 - Apr 2012
      Project Researcher
    • Simpa Networks

      Apr 2014 - now

      •Product Manager by profession, and currently handling Product Management and Customer Life-cycle Manager role for Simpa Energy India Pvt. Ltd. (A clean energy Pay-as You Go company)•Manage pilot “New Product Development” projects involving design, iterate and freeze new products and features.•Developed and implemented the “New Product Development” roadmap for a 5-year horizon based on market forecast, business intelligence and organization’s scale-up plans.•Manage commercial product launches with focus on process documentation, training, process implementation across sales, marketing, and operations teams.•Developed the “Impact measurement matrix” for measuring the change brought in by Simpa Networks in rural India.•Launched 2nd and 3rd generation of “Solar Home System” product lines in Off-grid and Grid connected rural markets. •Collaborated directly with offshore teams of Suppliers, Manufacturers and Researchers for seamless coordination and shipping of successful products.•Leading the organizational Geo-expansion activities including: Geography selection, market research: need-product-price-segment studies, Business viability studies- Branch P&L, operations roll-out.•Created “Standard Operating Plans”, Business Manual’s and Branch Playbook for seamless replication of the Pay-as-You-Go business model across the geographies, with minimal manual intervention. Show less

      • Product Manager and User Research

        Apr 2014 - now
      • Product Manager

        Apr 2014 - now
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • PGDRM (MBA- Rural Management)

      Institute of Rural Management, Anand
      Apr 2012
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