About
Prof. Arvind Kumar is Professor of Practice in SSBS.
Sr Management professional:
- Successful track record of setting up businesses organizations and profitably managing the same.
- Proven track of execution excellence.
- Managing and motivating large multidisciplinary teams & activities ( viz., business, finance, HR, customer service, technical, security and administration ), keeping multi stakeholders aligned, working in a resource constrained / optimized environment.
- Thorough experience in budgeting, annual planning, financial monitoring and structured business / functional reviews to achieve / exceed agreed targets.
- Managing external environment. Representing the organization with Govt, security agencies, regulatory agencies, trade & industry forums.
- Good communication & presentation skills, well versed with applications like Power point, excel and word.
- Strong leadership, interpersonal and communication skills
Positions held:
Business Consultant: Dish TV Limited:
Consultant to review, design and recommend improvements in the sales & distribution structure of the merged entity ( Dish & Videocon D2H ). Guide convergence of the distribution structures of both the brands.
Co – Founder & Mentor of a Start-up ( Djnni Retail Pvt Ltd ) :
Refurbished devices (Mobiles / Laptops)Overseeing the Organization set up, distribution and setting up franchisee retail footprint, tie-ups with supply source, identify partners for setting up refurbishing unit, and help get investors.
Business Head – Reliance Big TV Limited, Mumbai. - 2015-2017
Business operations (P&L) comprising northern & eastern states, based at Delhi.
Executive Director (Consultant) - Alar Infrastructure Pvt Limited, Delhi. 2013-2015
As a consultant helped out Toshiba Japan to find a suitable Indian JV partner to market & service Doppler weather radars for Indian market.
COO - MTS India (SSTL) UP E & W, Lucknow. 2010-2013
Launched Mobile services in the UP & Uttarakhand telecom Circles. Set up the entire business operations for the Hub and two Circles. Business turnover in the second year of launch ( 2011) was 89 crs and in the third year it was 123 crs.
Hub CEO – Reliance Communications Limited, Upper North, Chandigarh. 2008-2010
Business operations (P&L) of the entire Upper North Region. Launched GSM services in the geography. GSM Commercial service launch in Jammu & Kashmir Circle. Regional annual turnover growth from 460 crs to 700 crs + in 2010.
Circle CEO – Reliance Communications Limited, UPW, Meerut. 2006-2008
Business operations ( P&L) in the UP W & Uttarakhand Circles. Set up a new Circle HQ at Meerut. Doubled annual business turnover from 207 crs to 406 crs in 2008.