Harshal Chaudhari
I am a highly motivated and results-driven marketer with 10+ years of strong experience in brand and digital marketing.
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Content Marketingπ‘
Creative Strategyβ¨
Brand Managementπ‘
Branding Strategyπ»
New Product Developmentπ²
Digital Marketingπ»
Consumer Insightsπ―
Growth Marketerπ»
brand equityπ»
Brand Buildingπ»
P&L Managementπ»
Agency managementπ€
Team Managementπ»
Multi media campaign
Mumbai, India
A passionate & result-oriented marketer with a decade of experience in brand & product marketing, currently served as a Video Marketing Specialist - Lead (YouTube APAC) for FMCG accounts at Google. I excel in shaping video marketing strategy, driving growth, and achieving best-in-class results for media KPIs. This role has given me opportunity to upskill myself in brand & digital marketing, creative development, YouTube marketing, and digital insights & strategy.
I have a strong track record in brand and product marketing, having led key initiatives for iconic brands Clinic Plus (South Asia) and Lifebuoy in Unilever. My skills encompass Purpose-Driven Communication, Brand Equity & Strategy, P&L Management, Consumer Insights, Product & Variant Innovation, Packaging design & development, Media planning & strategy, Brand Growth and Multi-channel campaign management.
From category learning lens, I closely worked to understand different consumer need segments, regimens, consumer pains, trends and applied learning to unlock growth opportunities. I also got an opportunity to put my hands on E-commerce & digital activation and build digital presence for brand.
I also had an opportunity to work and contribute in developing new category from scratch within Kids wellbeing space during my stint in Piramal Enterprise, My learning here extended to launch innovations, promotional campaigns, events, exhibitions and trade activations across channels, brand communication & pack design.
Across the roles my honest endeavor has been to understand the exponential power & reach of brands and utilize it to make a purposeful & meaningful impact in consumers lives.
I aspire to continuously enhance my marketing expertise, foster leadership that inspires, and nurture my innate curiosity to delve into diverse consumer bases, cultures, and emerging technologies within various marketing realms. Ultimately, my aim is to positively influence more lives and create lasting impacts.
I have a strong track record in brand and product marketing, having led key initiatives for iconic brands Clinic Plus (South Asia) and Lifebuoy in Unilever. My skills encompass Purpose-Driven Communication, Brand Equity & Strategy, P&L Management, Consumer Insights, Product & Variant Innovation, Packaging design & development, Media planning & strategy, Brand Growth and Multi-channel campaign management.
From category learning lens, I closely worked to understand different consumer need segments, regimens, consumer pains, trends and applied learning to unlock growth opportunities. I also got an opportunity to put my hands on E-commerce & digital activation and build digital presence for brand.
I also had an opportunity to work and contribute in developing new category from scratch within Kids wellbeing space during my stint in Piramal Enterprise, My learning here extended to launch innovations, promotional campaigns, events, exhibitions and trade activations across channels, brand communication & pack design.
Across the roles my honest endeavor has been to understand the exponential power & reach of brands and utilize it to make a purposeful & meaningful impact in consumers lives.
I aspire to continuously enhance my marketing expertise, foster leadership that inspires, and nurture my innate curiosity to delve into diverse consumer bases, cultures, and emerging technologies within various marketing realms. Ultimately, my aim is to positively influence more lives and create lasting impacts.
Video Marketing specialist β Lead (YouTube) β FMCG India, Google India Pvt Limited
March 2022 - April 2023
Mumbai
βͺ Responsible for β¬32 million business for my core set of CPG accounts, generated strong growth of 50%+ in FY22
βͺ Helped drive personalization at scale model for key brands during festive & delivered best in class results around media KPIs & brand lift
βͺ Planned insight driven campaigns with sharper contextual targeting & digital appropriate creative recommendations to add incremental revenue.
βͺ Cross collaboration with sales, sales specialist, global CMI, agency, product teams to deliver high impact YT unbox APAC event in India, helping unlock incremental revenue
βͺ Worked on APAC wide project on share of voice reporting automation to build competitive narrative for getting incremental $revenue
Global Asst. Brand Manager Innovation β Hair Care South Asia (Clinic plus), Hindustan Unilever Limited
August 2018 - August 2021
Mumbai
βͺ Shaped brand strategy to unlock growth opportunities β putting down brand variant architecture, tapping into new need segment, unlocking BSPAN growth areas, innovation funnel.
βͺ Collaborating with global R&D, legal & regulatory to develop product improvement strategy,
claims & innovation roadmap. Also led cross functional project team to deliver innovation & relaunch projects.
βͺ Closely working with external research partners for qualitative & quantitative consumer understanding like equity dipstick, claims study, need scope, ingredient study, communication decoding etc
βͺ Crafted new brand Purpose to re-launch brand for campaign #MeriBetiStrong, resulting strong growth across measures β revenue, awareness, share & penetration.
βͺ Landed Purpose driven communication development with green preview results in close collaboration with creative agency (Ogilvy) & pack design with help of global partners.
βͺ Launched innovation for first time on Clinic plus - Egg Protein variant adding 4% iTO to brand & 1.2% MS gain in 10 months of launch
βͺ Independently managed South Asia market campaigns, by generating 20%+ growth (Pakistan) consequently for 2 years & share gain by 200 bps (Sri Lanka)
βͺ Collaborating with global R&D, legal & regulatory to develop product improvement strategy,
claims & innovation roadmap. Also led cross functional project team to deliver innovation & relaunch projects.
βͺ Closely working with external research partners for qualitative & quantitative consumer understanding like equity dipstick, claims study, need scope, ingredient study, communication decoding etc
βͺ Crafted new brand Purpose to re-launch brand for campaign #MeriBetiStrong, resulting strong growth across measures β revenue, awareness, share & penetration.
βͺ Landed Purpose driven communication development with green preview results in close collaboration with creative agency (Ogilvy) & pack design with help of global partners.
βͺ Launched innovation for first time on Clinic plus - Egg Protein variant adding 4% iTO to brand & 1.2% MS gain in 10 months of launch
βͺ Independently managed South Asia market campaigns, by generating 20%+ growth (Pakistan) consequently for 2 years & share gain by 200 bps (Sri Lanka)
Sr. Brand Executive β Skin Cleansing (Lifebuoy Soap), Hindustan Unilever Limited
May 2017 - August 2018
Mumbai
Brand Building | P&L management |Media planning |Regional growth planning |Campaign management |Ecommerce & digital |Promotional & thematic activation
βͺ Responsible for β¬230 million business, generated historical strongest ever growth of 9%+.
βͺ Led the brand relaunch end to end, resulting 80bps share gain & 7.9% USG growth after negative
decline of 2 consecutive years
βͺ Focused rural to drive awareness by running purpose driven campaign (Infection alert system)
adding up to 8% of incremental reach, equity & awareness gain by 1% in media dark areas.
βͺ Unlocked growth opportunities in natural segment & deployed one of the biggest innovation
(Lifebuoy Naturals) adding 8 Cr iTO in Y1
βͺ Responsible for β¬230 million business, generated historical strongest ever growth of 9%+.
βͺ Led the brand relaunch end to end, resulting 80bps share gain & 7.9% USG growth after negative
decline of 2 consecutive years
βͺ Focused rural to drive awareness by running purpose driven campaign (Infection alert system)
adding up to 8% of incremental reach, equity & awareness gain by 1% in media dark areas.
βͺ Unlocked growth opportunities in natural segment & deployed one of the biggest innovation
(Lifebuoy Naturals) adding 8 Cr iTO in Y1
Brand Executive β Skin Cleansing (Lifebuoy Liquids), Hindustan Unilever Limited
April 2015 - April 2017
Mumbai
Managed β¬20 million liquids business, generated double digit growth YOY & gained 1.2%
penetration for handwash.
βͺ Led the thematic campaigns partnering with Disney, resulting +100 bps share gain, additionally
planning media & promotional activities across year
βͺ Increased rural awareness with Demo led H2H campaigns adding incremental household. Built MT
& E-com as growth bucket for handwash & sanitizer.
βͺ Launched Worldβs first immunity boosting hand sanitizers resulting double digit growth for first time
in sanitizer business, 4% share gain within category making it leading sanitizer brand in India
penetration for handwash.
βͺ Led the thematic campaigns partnering with Disney, resulting +100 bps share gain, additionally
planning media & promotional activities across year
βͺ Increased rural awareness with Demo led H2H campaigns adding incremental household. Built MT
& E-com as growth bucket for handwash & sanitizer.
βͺ Launched Worldβs first immunity boosting hand sanitizers resulting double digit growth for first time
in sanitizer business, 4% share gain within category making it leading sanitizer brand in India
Marketing Executive β Kids Wellbeing NPD, Piramal Enterprises
February 2013 - April 2015
Mumbai
Managed kids wellbeing range- perfume, mosquito repellent, sanitizer under brand Jungle magic
generating double digit growth YOY
βͺ Implemented innovations & launched first ever mosquito repellent & hand sanitizers for Kids, led
promotional campaigns, events & exhibitions and trade activations across channels. Worked
closely with creative agencies to develop brand communication, pack design, brand website.
generating double digit growth YOY
βͺ Implemented innovations & launched first ever mosquito repellent & hand sanitizers for Kids, led
promotional campaigns, events & exhibitions and trade activations across channels. Worked
closely with creative agencies to develop brand communication, pack design, brand website.
Management Trainee, Godrej Infotech
February 2012 - January 2013
Mumbai
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Education
S.I.E.S, Sion
BSc Computer Science 2009
University of Mumbai
MBA (Marketing) 2012
Indian Institute of Management
Bangalore (IIM B)
EGMP (Executive general management program) 2019