Balaji Bharadwaj

Balaji Bharadwaj

Dy Manager- sales and service

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  • About me

    Vice President- South India Logitrust Xpress Private Limited

  • Education

    • Institute of Chartered Ship Brokers , London

      1995 - 1996
      (MICS-UK ) Shipping

      Activities and Societies: Ship Management , Shipping Practice ,Port Agency, Carriage of Goods by Sea Examination papers cleared Imbibe the finer points of shipping trade and put it to practice as i assimilated the basics and the finer points of shipping trade , the laws and the practical feasibility of its applications in our day to day professional life

    • Gurunanak College

      1981 - 1984
      BSC Chemistry

      Activities and Societies: Secretary of College Physical Sciences Association and actively conducted inter college Science quiz competition in year 1983-84. Learnt Science and its finer aspects

    • Bidhan Chandra Institution, Durgapur

      1979 - 1981
      + 2 Course of the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education Mathematics,Chemistry and Physics as Core Subjects with English and Hindi as Languages

      Activities and Societies: Blood Donation ,Cycling & Gardening Learnt to get ready for higher education and the role i would like to play in future in my professional life as much as about principles of day to day life

    • A-zone boys multipurpose higher secondary school

      1975 - 1979
      Class Vi to X science

      Activities and Societies: Active Member of Bharat Scouts and then graduated to becoming a active Member of National Cadet Corps . Promoted to Lance Corporal in Year 78-79 and attended annual training camp in Panagarh near Durgapur.,West Bengal. Was an active student who used to socaiise and mingle well with fellow students and looking at all round growth , enrolling for Bharat Scouts and Guides and taking active part in Annual Camps , Voluntary Blood donation and eye check camps organised . Participated in NCC camp and actively played football and cricket .;

    • Xavier Institute of Management

      1992 - 1995
      EXEC MBA Marketing ,Finance

      Activities and Societies: Specialised in Transactional Management and Industrial Relations Project in HR Learnt principles of management in the various subject disciplines that i pursued so that i come out as a well rounded and polished and effective business manager

  • Experience

    • SEA HORSE GROUP

      Jan 1994 - Jan 1996
      Dy Manager- sales and service

      Was Instrumental in developing liner trade business for Yangming Imports , Jardine Shipping ,Triton Leasing and promoting the forwarding activity on Wagon ,Trident Freight ,Zeigler , France apart from ensuring that we secured ISO 9000 QMS certification

    • Swift Freight International

      Mar 1997 - Nov 1998
      In charge - GE Seaco. Reefer Leasing

      Was Complete in charge of Domestic Leasing of Containers to NVOCC liners and Desert Resort Cos. catering to various controlled temperature applications Also instrumental in developing import air and sea freight into Dubai

    • Contfreight Shipping Agency Pvt ltd ( J.M Baxi group )

      Mar 1999 - Sept 1999
      BRANCH MANAGER -

      Heading Bangalore Branch and Representing HANJIN LINE Complete liner activity for the region and aggressively pushing the activity numbers / revenue accountability while administering the day to day aspects as well

    • AMI INDIA LOGISTICS PVT LTD

      Sept 1999 - Aug 2003
      Branch Manager

      Complete in charge of running the day to day operations of the Freight forwarding activity effectively and also succesfully running the Safmarine Liner Activity as agents for South India . Instrumental of developing volumes of 1000 teus exports and 3000 teus average p.a within few months of the agency starting .Succesfully handled agency till Mid 2003.

    • DIRECT LOGISTICS

      Feb 2004 - Oct 2005
      Regional Head-South India

      Was heading the South india Region repoting to the CEO in Mumbai and instrumental in succesful running of Chennai ,Bangalore and Tuticorin Branches

    • UT Worldwide (India) Private Limited

      Oct 2005 - Aug 2010
      Head -Ocean Freight ,Chennai Region

      Handling Ocean Freight for Southern region comprehensively on a day to day basis and reporting to Regiona Director-South. Instrumental in tripling the volumes and revenues in the five years that i served the company . Was also the Quality Coordinator for my region and ensured process and procedure compliance to standards set .

    • Forbes and Company Limited

      Aug 2010 - Jan 2012
      Deputy General Manager -Shipping and logistics

      Complete in Charge of Pan India Ocean Product Reporting to COO of the Company and based at Corporate office ,Mumbai

    • Hyagreeva Lines Pvt Ltd

      Jan 2012 - Mar 2013
      Director -Shipping and Logistics

      Was Instrumental in setting up and promoting Freight Forwarding Division for the company and developing business in Chennai Corporate and Head Office and also instrumental in specifically starting and developing two new branches in Bangalore and Ludhiana .Helped build up huge volumes of Import FCL traffic ex China and Turkey to india consistently during my tenure within 3 months of inception and capable of developing similar business in future as well Instrumental in developing Niche Products for Afghanisthan ,CIS Region apart from Inland East African Destinations apart from developing a network of agents for the Company Show less

    • Dachser India Private Limited

      Mar 2013 - Mar 2014
      General Manager

      Complete charge of Southern Region P&L and administration of 14 offices under my control in order to foster growth in business and boost the revenues of the company aligned to the budgets ,reporting to the CEO of the company based in Mumbai Corporate and Head Office

    • Blue Zone Logistics Private Limited

      Mar 2014 - Jul 2017
      Managing Director

      As Managing Director managing complete P & L of company with Global Coverage, ensuring a robust company registered with DG shipping as Multimodal Transport Operator and ensuring AerOcean Network and day to day administration operations for a strong viable enterprise

    • Airsea Forwarders India (Pvt ) Ltd.

      Apr 2014 - Mar 2017
      Head -International logistics

      Heading the Freight Forwarding Division of the Company on a Pan india level and Comprehensively hands on ,involved in the Day to Day activities of the Company .We are a company in our sixteenth year of existence having formed in year 1998 as a propreitary concern , moving on to become a fully integrated international end to end logistics solutions company in year 2010

    • Noatum Logistics

      Jul 2019 - Aug 2022
      General Manager

      Heading Southern Region Ocean Freight product based out of Chennai, India ,with complete responsibility of P&L here and constantly looking to add value to Customers Supply chain through Innovative solutions

    • Logitrust Xpress private limited

      Oct 2022 - now
      Vice President-South India
  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Quality Coordinator

      Issued by UTi Worldwide on Oct 2005
      UTi WorldwideAssociated with Balaji Bharadwaj