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Nithyanand Gajendran

Nithyanand Gajendran ... CEO at PORR & Sons - Large retail chain stores ... Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India ... Information Technology and Services

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Nithyanand Gajendran 1st Nithyanand Gajendran CEO at PORR & Sons - Large retail chain stores Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaInformation Technology and Services Current PORR & Sons Previous Paramount Airways, Sutherland Global Services, Panalpina (India) Pvt. Ltd. Education Madras University 500+ connectionsSend a messageEndorseMore options Background Summary Senior management professional with over 27 plus years of experience.Wide experience in varied Industries Such as Retail / Aviation / BPO / Freight, Logistics & Consumer Durable's. A professional with high creativity energy levels having held portfolios across the entire gamut of strategic implementation for 27 plus years. Self driven and strongly believe in setting examples by performing the best in any business environment, self driven team player with excellent communication. Have always been a value add for the business and the organization. Strong track record in successfully setting up and launching start up operations.Sales & Marketing / New Business Areas / Merchandising / Advertisement / Training & HR Activity / Finance Management / Banking / P&L / Vendor & Suppliers Management. Area of expertise - Strong Leadership skills / effective communication / Right business plan development / Setting up SOP’s for every department / Ensuring the implementation of the SOP’s / effective & clear communication with an open mind and easy approachable. Experience CEO PORR & Sons August 2010 – Present (3 years 7 months)Based out of Chennai Managing a large format watch retail chain stores. General Management / Customer / Partner Relations / Retail Business Management / Market Analysis / Sales & Account Management / Team Leadership & Management / Strategic Business Planning /New Business Development / Franchised Business Management / Training & Resource Development. Wide experience across various retail-centric verticals such as, consumer durable's to white goods to music merchandise to high-end wristwatches & chronometers. Proficient in the below listed functional areas that are essential in the retail vertical: • Setup and Management of Distributors & Dealer Networks • Direct Institutional Selling • Business Logistics & Distribution • Tracking Inward/Outward Movement of Materials • Merchandising & Purchase Coordination • Vendor/Supplier Management • Treatment of Stock Ageing • Elimination of Stock Dumping • Minimized Investment in Stocks • Stock Maintenance & Re-order Processing • Warehousing & Transportation Management • In-store Promo Activities • Enhanced Revenue per SKU (Open)1 recommendation ANDREY ANTONOV ANDREY ANTONOV GENERAL MANAGER at PT. SAHANA TRANS EXCELLENTView General manager Paramount Airways September 2008 – December 2009 (1 year 4 months)Chennai Area, India Heading the airline and was instrumental in taking the South-based airlines to East, West & Northern parts of the country Kick-started four new stations in one month’s time Increased load factor to an overall of 80% to 85% thereby maximized the revenue yield for each sector Was able to double the overall sales across Pan India within a short span of time. Job activities - Ticketing - Agent Sales / Ticketing - Portal Sales / Cargo Sales & Operations / Commercials / Call Center Management / Purchase / HR & Recruitment. Sutherland Global ServicesGM Sutherland Global Services April 2007 – July 2008 (1 year 4 months)Chennai as base location A hands-on, in-depth exposure in the BPO vertical spread over 5 geographies across the globe during the stint with Sutherland Global Services Pvt. Ltd. Was responsible for the process McAfee - a BPO operations - managing three mode of support Voice / Chat & E-Mail with 1400 front line agents located across in five different Geo's. Over all Operations Management of the process Tech & Customer care. Operations Management / Financial Management / Project, Practice & People Management / Process Training / New Site Planning /Per Seat Costing Business Overview 1.SGS operates McAfee process in eight sites across the globe (NA, LTAM, EMEA, and APAC). a. North America – Vernon, Canada b. Latin America – Monterrey, Mexico c. EMEA – Sofia, Bulgaria d. APAC – India (Chennai & Cochin) & Philippines (Makati, Clark & Camrines Sur) 2.Support offered for this process include the following, with overall 18 languages supported (English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, German, Polish, Finnish, Czech, Turkish, Norwegian, Danish, Italian & Swedish) a. Technical Support – Phone, Chat & Email b. Customer Service – Phone, Chat & Email c. Save Desk – Phone d. Corporate Support – Phone, Chat & Email 3.McAfee process operates with 1200 resources spread across eight Sutherland sites, current setup outlined as below a. Sr Program Managers/Program Managers b. Operations Managers c. Quality Managers d. Training Managers Financial Overview McAfee process is $22 million account, operating with profit margin of more than 20% above budget consistently. This is the third largest account within SGS. Business Development McAfee process has increased from 200 to 1200 over a year under my leadership with latest ventures into non-English support at Mexico & Bulgaria for LTAM & EMEA respectively and thus adding $6-$7 million to existing revenue Service Offered - Sutherland offers support in areas Technical Support , Customer Support, Escalation Management, Partner support, Paid support. (Open)1 recommendation Shawkath Khan Shawkath Khan Test Automation Engineer at Softcrylic Mr Nithyanand is a great human with high values. A peer to hundreds and thousands of young individuals. Either it be a business strategy or in the personal aspect, he run things in an intellectual manner. I always desire to work with him in the...View Business Unit Head - South Panalpina (India) Pvt. Ltd. 2002 – 2004 (2 years) Heading the South region to handle the Air and the sea freight and CHA operations across the southern regions. • Branch Operations • Business Head Operations • Setting up Support Systems • Setting up CSD • Setting up Systems & Procedures as per global norms Languages English Full professional proficiency TamilTeluguMalayalamHindi Skills & Endorsements Top Skills 99+Business Development 83Management 70Operations Management 33Training 31New Business Development 25Team Management 22Teamwork 21Start-ups 20Leadership 15Retail Nithyanand also knows about... 14Customer Service 13Marketing 12Negotiation 11Business Strategy 11Recruiting 10Vendor Management 10Logistics 10Strategy 9Sales 7Freight Forwarding 7Transportation 7Budgets 6Logistics Management 6Account Management 5Sourcing See 25+ Additional Info Personal Details Birthday April 2, 1964 Marital Status Married Education Madras University Madras University Bachelor of Arts (BA), English Language and Literature/Letters 1982 – 1985 Recommendations Received (2)Given (1) Peter, would you like to recommend Nithyanand? Recommend Nithyanand CEO PORR & Sons ANDREY ANTONOV ANDREY ANTONOV GENERAL MANAGER at PT. SAHANA TRANS EXCELLENT January 16, 2014, ANDREY was with another company when working with Nithyanand at PORR & Sons GM Sutherland Global Services Shawkath Khan Shawkath Khan Test Automation Engineer at Softcrylic Mr Nithyanand is a great human with high values. A peer to hundreds and thousands of young individuals. Either it be a business strategy or in the personal aspect, he run things in an intellectual manner. I always desire to work with him in the future endeavor. He definitely is a gift to the young society. February 4, 2014, Shawkath worked directly with Nithyanand at Sutherland Global Services ConnectionsAll (500+)Shared (1)New (63) Salim PhilipSalim Philip2nd Manager Connect1Kiran K.Kiran K.2nd IT Recruiter Connect1Praveen MPraveen M2nd Business Director at Sutherland Global Services Connect1Uday Bharat,udayb14@hotmail.comUday Bharat,udayb14@hotmail.com2nd Self Employed at Self Employed Connect1Ranjit PisharotyRanjit Pisharoty2nd Senior Vice President & Head - Global Healthcare Operations at Sutherland Healthcare Solutions Inc., USA & India Connect1Jayachandran SubramaniamJayachandran Subramaniam2nd Asst. General Manager, Omega Connect1Ashish BhattAshish Bhatt2nd Director at Nexus Manpower Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Connect1Satish RamanSatish Raman2nd Global Corporate Finance & Investor Relations at Sutherland Global Services Inc. 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