Rithish S

Experience

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  Asian Paints

  Nov 1995 - Mar 2002

  Sr. territory sales incharge

  Dealer expansion, Collection efficiency, starting up new towns in rural districts, handled most of the areas in Blore and Mysore for Dealer operations. Market share of 55% and enhancement of contribution of Outdoor and premium segment products were key achievements in this tenure.

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  Hutchison Essar Telecom Ltd

  Apr 2002 - Apr 2005

  Area Sales Manager - Retail and Channel Sales

  Responsible for setting up Distribution Channel for Postpaid from scratch in the primary role. Also graduated to set up Exclusive retail channel of Teleshops by identifying and appointing almost 24 Franchisee Stores across Bangalore andRest of Bangalore. Postpaid distribution width and penetration through retail channel was the main agenda across my experience in Hutch( Now Vodafone)

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  Tata Teleservices Ltd

  May 2005 - Sept 2007

  Manager - Branded Retail

  Heading Branded Retail Channel across Bangalore and Rest of Bangalore. Handling retail sales and operations for small and medium format Coco and foco stores . Key responsibilities include store roll outs, Stock Planning, Enhancing Revenues and Ensure Store Profitability.

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  Cellucom

  Sept 2007 - May 2009

  Retail Sales Manager

  Functional areas of responsibility involved Retailing of Mobile Phones, Mobile Connections , Laptops, Entertainment devices and Mobile and IT Accessories. Also play an active role and responible for Stock Planning, Recruitment and devolopment of Manpower, Store Roll Outs, Vendor Management, and achieving Operational Efficiencies. Hold revenue generation and P&L accountability reporting to the Head Operations - South and West.

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  Telenor

  Jun 2009 - Jan 2013

  Sr. Manager - Retail, Andhra Pradesh

  Heading the Hub N Spoke model of Retail which includes mapping, conceptualising, Roll out of Company owned and Franchisee owned stores,implementing operational strategies to ensure Customer service and business efficiencies, ,ensuring sales and profitability of exclusive outlets of Unitech Wireless across Andhra Pradesh. Also resposible for ensuring Customer service levels and Revenue assurance from the retail Channel.

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  Sangeetha Mobiles Pvt Ltd

  Feb 2013 - Mar 2015

  National Sales Head

  Heading sales and operations of nearly 300 stores , both coco and Fofo , of the group with a responsibility of delivering close to over 1000 crores turnover. Responsibility of managing the retail operations to deliver retail efficiencies through profit delivery, store staff management, Store Audit processes for avoiding pilferage, effective stock and brand contribution management, and customer service delivery.

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  The Mobile Store

  Apr 2015 - Apr 2017

  Regional Business Head - South

  Handling end to end COCO store operations and delivering bottom line, Store profitability , Retail operations management, Product planning, Mentoring and guiding a team of 150 retail staff and Margin delivery for regional profitability were key areas of responsibility.

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  Ingram Micro

  May 2017 - now

  Heading Apple Organized Trade vertical's ( Exclusive stores) business nationally with a team of high performers to deliver 3000 crs of business annually. Handling end to end sales operations of Apple business for south and west regions for Exclusive and General Trade Channels Channel

  • National Sales Manager

    Oct 2021 - now

  • Regional Sales Manager

    May 2017 - Sept 2021