Akarsh Prasad

Akarsh Prasad

Listing Creation Specialist

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  • About me

    Brand Manager, International Business | Zydus | Britannia | Reckitt | Perfetti

  • Education

    • International Management Institute - IMI

      2013 - 2015
      Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Marketing

      Activities and Societies: Secretary, Branding and Media Relations: Coordinated all the activities of the committee which included managing all the official IMI social media platforms, the admissions process, handling admissions queries across all online portals and also supervising all other internal and external communication related to IMI

  • Experience

    • Amazon.com

      May 2011 - Jun 2012
      Listing Creation Specialist

       Contacted and helped sellers from seven countries across EU and North America in categorizing and uploading their inventory on to Amazon using Amazon specified quality guidelines Maintained the quality and accuracy of the information being displayed on Amazon's product detail page Timely reviewed the sellers’ performances and advised them about avenues of improving their sales and profits

    • Perfetti Van Melle

      Apr 2014 - Jun 2014
      Summer Intern

      Project Title: Benchmarking Retail OperationsDescription: The project included understanding the distribution structure, technology in use, salesmen compensation structure, distributor and retailer margins, retailer incentives and MIS reports of major FMCG companies across Bangalore, Hyderabad and Mangalore and benchmark the same with that of Perfetti Van Melle’s. Based on my study of 18 different FMCG companies across different markets, I recommended the best practices that could be implemented in Perfetti Van Melle to increase their retail presence Show less

    • Perfetti Van Melle

      Jun 2015 - Jun 2018
      • Area Sales Manager

        Feb 2016 - Jun 2018
      • Management Trainee

        Jun 2015 - Feb 2016
    • RB

      Jun 2018 - Dec 2018
      Area Sales Manager
    • Britannia Industries Limited

      Jan 2019 - Mar 2023
      • Brand Manager

        Oct 2020 - Mar 2023
      • Area Sales Manager

        Jan 2019 - Oct 2020
    • Zydus Wellness

      Mar 2023 - now
      Brand Manager

      Responsible for Sugar Free and Sugar Free D'lite portfolios for international markets

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Google Digital Unlocked - Fundamentals of Digital Marketing

      Google
      Sept 2020
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Akarsh Prasad
      3rd Best Summer Internship Project Report International Management Institute, New Delhi My summer internship project report titled "Benchmarking Retail Operations" conducted in Perfetti can Melle was adjudged as third best and I was awarded Rs 10,000 as prize money for the same
    • Awarded to Akarsh Prasad
      Scholarship Board of Intermediate Education, Andhra Pradesh Received a scholarship worth Rs 1000 per month for my higher studies from the Board of Intermediate Education, AP