Rakesh Shah (MBA)
Results orientated, dynamic and technically qualified: general manager; sales; marketing and business developer; deliver strategic plan and robust sales/marketing strategies for global as well as SME business that delivers sales/operational growth, and margin improvement. Wide experience in the B2B engineering/manufacturing sectors with significant international experience of growing sales in EMEA, SE Asia and USA. Hands on interim leader who leads from the front, with focus on delivering results and managing change.
Sector Experience: Oil/Gas, Aerospace, Rail, Renewable Energy, Civil Engineering, Construction, Precision Engineering, Marine, Power and Industrial Strategic Plan Development: Developed number of strategic plan that has resulted up to 20% sales growth. Sales Turnaround: Recovered a failing sales department and assisted number of business to achieve growth. Sales growth: Q3 – 32% v PY.Q4 – 45% v PY. Overall 26% growth v PY Hands on Leadership: Manages, coach, mentors & develops teams to deliver results, utilising best practises and process/tools to increase performance of individual/teams.Six Sigma: Change management (focus on waste reduction, used tools such as VSM, 5s, SW, Kan-Ban, kaizen etc.)
Reduced: Inventory by 10%, Cost of material by 25%, logistic by 10%, Improved OTD by 10%, Margin up by 12%. Reduced operating cost by 10%. Improved WCT turns by 2
International Expansion: Growing sales in EMEA, SE ASIA and USA – Developed International plan, identified 20 new growth countries to target. Implemented new channel development process , generated Incremental revenue of £800k within first 3 months of roll out. Develop New “Go to Market” Plans and Strategies: Arrested a 10 year decline in NPD. Developed/implemented a NPD process and launched 3 new products over a period of 12 months in to new/existing market. Secured £20m (£7m p/a) contract from new major OEM accounts. Above is just a brief summary of core skills and recent key deliverables. Can I potentially assist your company? If so and you require a detailed resume then please contact Rakesh Shah on 0778 555 8344. Why use an Interim ? please click here Key benefits of using an Interim Case study examples – Click here Blogs – Click here Clients/achievements/ref – please visit “Summary page”No obligation chat please contact:
Rakesh Shah : 0778 555 8344 . e: rshah@rvrmanagement.co.uk