Arpit Waghmare

Experience

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  Perfetti Van Melle

  Jun 1998 - Jun 2000

  Area Sales Executive

  Responsible for managing sales in the area comprising of 17 districts of North Maharashtra which was divided between 4 sales officers and a network comprising 63 distributors. Doubled sales in a single year.

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  Cargill

  Jul 2000 - Mar 2002

  Area Sales Manager

  Launched Cargill as a company and brand in Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh and Vidarbha. Oversaw the creation of salesforce, distribution infrastructure and distributor network. Responsible for achieving sales and business objectives.

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  AW Faber-Castell (I) India

  Apr 2002 - Dec 2002

  Regional Sales Manager

  Responsible for the complete sales organization in the Western region of India comprising 5 states and the city of Mumbai. Reported to by 4 ASMs in charge of respective states and sales force.

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  Expat Group

  Apr 2008 - Jul 2013

  P&L management of a 20 year old magazine, "The International Indian." Magazine is targeted towards white collared Indians in the GCC countries. The magazine grew revenues by 50% YTD and average revenue per issue doubled. Distribution locations were more than doubled in quantity and the magazine was read in premium locations like airports and airlines. A digital version of the magazine was launched. The magazine was redesigned in keeping with its premium positioning. Content research was conducted and a content specialist was contracted for consultancy. The printing cost was made cost effective and the print and paper quality was significantly improved. Show less Assisted the Chairman and MD for the articulation and operationalization of Group Strategy. This role required regular interaction with SBU and Functional heads as a representative of the MD. Formulated clear goals for the 6 SBUs using articulated strategy and the Balanced Score Card Methodology. Created a planning and monitoring mechanism for ongoing projects to enable tracking of progress and identify bottlenecks. Institutionalized regular top management reviews. Involved in development of all necessary MIS and reviewing mechanisms. Show less

  • Head Operations - The International Indian

    Aug 2012 - Jul 2013

  • Executive Assistant to CMD

    Apr 2011 - Aug 2012

  • Sr. Manager - Central Operations

    Nov 2009 - Apr 2011

  • Sr. Manager - Projects

    Apr 2008 - Oct 2009
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  Seventh Incorporated

  Aug 2013 - Nov 2014

  Partner and COO

  Responsible for strategically building capacity, and aligning operations to serve the long term vision of Seventh Inc. This includes the development of new business verticals and additional core services in the existing business. Also overseeing Project Management, Vendor Management and overall Customer Delivery at this 10 year old firm that typically has more work than it can handle.Seventh Incorporated registered its highest revenue, had the highest no of projects, managed the largest number of clients, and delivered the highest number of projects since inception in this calendar year. Show less

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  Operation Nehemiah

  Jan 2015 - now

  Coordinator-Director

  Operation Nehemiah is a movement that Arpit was involved since its founding in 2010. It is an entity that enables non-profits to build organisations with good governance and accountability using a core framework developed by Operation Nehemiah that involves the 4 pillars of core beliefs, worldviews-value-culture, people and leadership, and systems and structures. In this role Arpit has also been part of similar movements across the globe

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  Interblend Advisors

  Jun 2016 - Sept 2024

  Co-Founder

  Interblend Advisors is a consultancy that specializes in strategic real estate investments and advisory services. We are focussed on offering niche products identified so as to provide high value to our clients. In a single year of operations Interblend has served more than 100 satisfied clients and we believe in taking trust to a higher level for the real estate industry by working hard to deliver what we promise. Connect with us if you are looking to make strategic real estate investments.

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  Church of the Nazarene

  Mar 2024 - now

  Head of Operations