Ankit Barve
Committed to create value for Purpose Driven Brands. Want to create impact and uplift quality of living for the consumer.
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Brand Management
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Branding Strategy
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Content Creation
Mumbai, India

Experienced marketer with 6 years in brand and product marketing. Worked with Nippon Life India Asset Management and Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd. Highly skilled in brand planning, competitive benchmarking, and media relations. Thrive on converting consumer insights into business opportunities. Excited for new challenges in the world of brand and product marketing. #ExperiencedMarketer #BrandStrategist #ConsumerInsights

Brand Manager, Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited
December 2021 - Present
- Product Marketing (full range - Equity, Debt, ETF & Index Fund) - Social Media, Print and Digital 6 years’ experience in Trade and Brand Marketing

- Brand Planning, Product & Brand positioning, Competitive benchmarking, and Social Listening
 
- Vendors & Creative Agency Management [Ensuring alignment to Brand Ethos, Quality, Delivery] – includes Campaign planning, development & implementation, ATL, Special projects
 
- Media Relations: News Articles, Advertisements through Media Houses and Magazines

- Curate Communication for Business Partners and Investor Savvy Co-branded content generation [Market Mantra, Fund at a Glance], Campaign support to teams (Product & Channel)

- Ideation, Conceptualisation, and Execution of Brand Specific [The Nippon Way] & Product Specific properties [Straight from the Fund Manager]
Trade Marketing Manager, Godrej Appliances
December 2020 - November 2021
Trade Marketing Manager, Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd
June 2018 - November 2021
- Canvasser Management & Productivity, Team Management, Delivery on Sell-out targets, Display Effectiveness though POP-POSM [Team size: Sales advisors – 185, Team leaders – 5, VMs – 2]

- Budget Planning, Brand Visibility through Store branding, Marketing Promotions - BTL Activation at GT, MT, DRC, EBO & PBO followed by Effectiveness measurement [LOB/Category wise GOLY, GOLM]

- Recruitment, T&D, R&R for Canvassers and TLs [Branch Level schemes/Competitions] Channel penetration strategy - Price Comparison, Competition Tracking, Marketing Strategy
Marketing Manager, Godrej Vending Services
September 2019 - November 2020
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- Ownership of the Product Marketing – Development of Brand Plan, Marketing & Communication Product Launch –

- Product Packaging Design, Mock-up preparations, Presentations, NPI success Merchandising Material design & distribution, Machine Branding, On-site Branding for Key Accounts Enhancing brand presence through Exhibitions, Trade Activations – Kiosks, Stalls etc

- Content generation for Social Media Channels, Vendor & Ad Agency Management [Briefs, Creative Output, Price Negotiations, Quality alignments for Print & Packaging designs]
Marketing Manager, Godrej-UEP
June 2018 - August 2019
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- Competitive Analysis and Study of Energy Storage Market for Solar and Home Inverter Application – Battery-enabled Solar Products, E-rickshaw, Electric Stacker, and OFF grid Solar applications Designing of Questionnaire, FGDs and Execution of Primary Qualitative Market Research to derive Insights from Home Inverter users and Battery Dealers Identifying the possible Go-to-market collaborators (Battery dealers/Architects/EPC Consultants) mapping their expectations, buying cycles etc
Summer Trainee, IFB Industries Ltd.
April 2017 - May 2017
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- Market Mapping of Industrial Dishwashers in Goa Region & Analysis of the Service Model Conducted a Customer Satisfaction Survey across Goa and built a service delivery model to reduce the TAT by 50% Analysed the Post Sales Services Model and gave the recommendation on reducing Service Time Study of Business Model of Caterers and understand the scope of Market Penetration for Industrial Dishwashers in Goa
Consulting Project, Sanskriti Foods
January 2017 - February 2017
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- Market Survey for the product category of Namkeen in Goa Analysed the scope for the products in Namkeen Category through Qualitative and Quantitative methods Determined the preferential order of attributes considered by the consumers during the purchase Recommended the most Profitable Product Portfolio and GTM Strategy for the launch of the brand
CSR Project, A CSR initiative by Goa Institute of Management
2016 - 2017
- Developed a self-sustainable model for management of Shri Shantadurga deity’s used flowers and other waste management of Shree Shantadurga Devasthanam, Kavlem
- Carried out the sale of the first lot of 30kg of the Vermicompost
Centre Coordinator, Oorja Wellness Centre
August 2014 - March 2015
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- Sale of Ayurvedic Cosmetics such as Himalaya, Swati, Khaadi, VLCC, Natures etc
- to Russian customers [GOLM – Cosmetics] BusinessDevelopmentforPanchakarmaproceduresbypartneringwiththe Hotels&Agentsthrough specially designed packages [GOLM – Individual Procedures & Packages] Conceptualization and Initiation of Operations for Wellness Centre of the company at Colva Beach
Education
HSSC
2010
Goa Board
SSC
2008
Goa Board
PGDM
2016 - 2018
Goa Institute of Management
B.E. (Electrical & Electronics)
2010 - 2014
Goa College of Engineering
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