Saurav Killa

Saurav Killa

Research Assistant (Internship)

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  • About me

    Experienced Leader in P&L Management | Dynamic Sales Leader | Driving Growth and Strategic Partnerships | Expert in Client Management and Retention | MBA from ISB Hyderabad | Engineer from BITS Pilani

  • Education

    • Indian School of Business

      2012 - 2013
      PGPM (MBA) Marketing, Strategy & Leadership
    • Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

      2003 - 2007
      B.E.(Hons) Electrical and Electronics

      Activities and Societies: BOSM, APOGEE, OASIS

  • Experience

    • NXP acquires Freescale Semiconductor

      Jan 2007 - Jun 2007
      Research Assistant (Internship)
    • Samsung India Software Operations

      Jul 2007 - Mar 2012
      Senior Design Engineer

      New Product Development for Samsung's next generation digital products - Verification architect to develop 3 Chip-sets and 5 IPs for Samsung’s semiconductor productsProject Management - Defined project scope, stage plans, highlight reports, risk logs, etcAnalyzed simulation data and presented results to senior executives and clients for product feasibility analysis

    • WABCO

      May 2013 - Jun 2014
      Global Marketing Manager

      Revenue Generation- Identify and acquire growth business for product groups.Increase contribution margin- Implement Cost Reduction Projects (CRP) to improve marginIncrease share of market- Through product and/or price differentiation w.r.t. competitionNew Product development- Establish strategic partnerships (LTA) with global customers to innovate and launch future product pipelineMarketing Strategy- Execute go-to-market strategy for different geographic regionsPricing decisions- Establish competitive pricing through value analysisBusiness Case Preparation- Identify the commercial and strategic potential of new business opportunities, Get approval from Management, and kick-off the project with cross-functional teamInternal Sales- Prepare product marketing collateral to support KAT in closing strategic dealsVariant Management- Consolidate variants with low sales potential to reduce variant management costs and increase efficiencyMarket Research- Identify market trends, challenges and top prospects for new and existing product offerings Show less

    • OneClickWash

      Jul 2014 - Sept 2016
      Chief Operating Officer (Co-Founder)

      Revenue GrowthExpansion StrategyCustomer Acquisition and RetentionPricing and Product Mix StrategyProduct Technology DevelopmentEnd to End Operations Management

    • Origo Market

      Sept 2016 - Jan 2018
      Deputy General Manager

      Ideated, evaluated and launched two new business ideas from scratch in F&B and Agri-commodities space.Leading product technology development for these two business verticals to automate end-to-end operations. Leading Sales Operations and managing the channel partners.P&L responsibility with a focus on growth and retention.

    • Docon Technologies

      Jan 2018 - Aug 2019
      VP Sales and Operations

      Growth, scaling-up, and customer retention.Launch of Sales Operations in new cities.Setting up processes and ensuring compliance by team members.Team management and mentoring.Building a high performing Sales culture within the team.Business Analytics, and data based decision making.

    • Ekincare

      Aug 2019 - May 2021
      AVP Corporate Sales

      Leading a 10 member B2B sales team across 6 cities.Designing growth strategy to acquire new clients and increase revenueNegotiation with clients to craft a win-win business dealSetting up standard processes to meet scalability objectives

    • Healthi.in

      Jul 2021 - now
      Director - Sales, Account Management and Marketing

      P&L responsibility Managing three functions - Sales, Account Management and MarketingLeading Customer Acquisition - both enterprise and mid-market segmentsClient retention rate of 90%+Top-line growth of 2x Y-o-YHigh focus on contribution margin improvement

    • Healthi.in

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      Director - Sales, Account Management and Marketing
  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Saurav Killa
      Samsung Super Saver Award Samsung Electronics, South Korea Jul 2011
    • Awarded to Saurav Killa
      Knight Award (Employee of the Month) Samsung India Apr 2010
    • Awarded to Saurav Killa
      1st Position in Inter-college Robotics Competition BITS Pilani Mar 2005