Balaji Gopalakrishnan Chennai Trichy
Balaji Gopalakrishnan Chennai Trichy
Balaji Gopalakrishnan Chennai Trichy
• A seasoned professional having rich experience of over 18 years in and solid understanding of key
areas of Business Management ‐ Human Resources, Business Development,Administration, Key
Account Management, Team Leader ,Client Relationship Management with significant
achievements in the service industry.
• Successfully contributed new corporate clients for the companies and maintained good relationship
with existing clients by meeting the service level standards as agreed and accepted.
• A consistent performer with an outstanding track record in sales and also have led the team at the
national level during my illustrious tenure.
• Holds distinction of exploring aggressively new markets, opportunities in standardizing sales operations
and control overall administration of the business for escalating turnovers & achieving expected results.
AREAS OF COMPETENCE
2014‐present Beehives Property Solutions
MARKETING ASSOCIATE
• Marketing Associate for key realty projects in Chennai and Trichy .
• Property solutions for key customers and NRI customers.
2012‐2014 Sama Al Sahel Gen Trading LLC, UAE
PROCUREMENT MANAGER
• Handled the entire operations of the business related to Sama Al Sahel Gen Tr
LLC in UAE ‐ a Subsidiary unit of NKCC, Afghanistan.
• Sourcing the suitable items as required by the head office and other subsidiary
offices.
• All office administration duties related to the branch including Public Relations
jobs done individually.
• Petty Cash Accounting and all financial transactions related to office
accounted and maintained for the office.
• Recruiting and payroll processing for the branch handled by me individually.
2011 ‐ 2012 Study Smart Center LLC , UAE
BRANCH HEAD
• All Administration activities of the Branch like processing visa for staff, Salary
processing and many more.
• Financial Management related to the Branch like petty cash and all accounts,
payroll processing, etc.
• Recruiting and training the staff of the Branch.
• Customer Relationship Management.
2009 ‐ 2011 BSR Wealth Management Consultants
BRANCH MANAGER
• Assisted the company in marketing for various financial products of leading
insurance companies like Bajaj Allianz, Reliance General Insurance,Future
Generalia and Star health Insurance companies and Trading online with NSE.
• Recruiting the team after screening the profile.
• Training the staff on the various financial products.
• Tracking the performance of the sales team to achieve the targets.
• Identifying potential marketing channels and finding new avenues to sell the
products.
• Handling the branch administration activities like recruitments, accounts and
MIS reporting.
• Successfully promoting the products through Online and other Media
advertising.
• Also conducted promotional events in exhibitions and fairs.
2008 ‐ 2009 Group 4 Securicor (Qatar) WLL (G4S)
ADMINISTRATION MANAGER
• Assisted the company as a key member of the business development and human
resources management to plan, develop, monitor, control, and management of
company administration services activities, supplies and management of assets.
• By drafting new administration policies and procedures controlled the assets
of the management and motivated the manpower with adequate resources
required for the growth of the business significantly.
• All the key issues like safety and security aspects of the office and the staff are
taken care and maintained as required by the labour law and the
administration policy.
• Controlled the cash outflow and accountability on assets and expenses are
maintained strictly.
2007 ‐ 2008 MDIS INDIA (PTE) LTD
NATIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER (REP.OFF.)
• Overall responsible for the business administration and management in India .
• Recruited staff, assigned tasks and trained them according to the
requirements of the Branch.
• Business Development‐Increase in Indian student enrolments for MDIS from
159 in 2006 to 176 before the period Sep.2007 itself.
• Successfully increased the active agents from 15 persons to 25 persons all over
India .
• Presentations in the leading colleges and schools in the city. Participated in
promotional events.
• Assisted the management to decide various programmes and pricing policy for
the increase in the level of response.
• Trained key agents on student counseling on various educational courses and
MDIS Agents Policy guidelines, motivated and recruited new agents and
discussed on AMBASSADOR SCHEME linked with academicians and
educationists in Chennai.
2005‐2007 Manya Education P Ltd
ASSISTANT MARKETING MANAGER THEN CENTER MANAGER
• As a key member of the marketing division, promoted the business growth
by conducting promotional programmes, tie‐up with key potential business
partners like universities and corporates.
• Recruited, assigned tasks and trained the staff according to the
requirements of the branch
• Instrumental for significant MOU‐Memorandum Of Understanding with
BIHER (Bharat Engg College) and Apollo Hospitals – Chennai. Apollo
Hospitals, one of the leading medical corporate giant accepted to train all
nurses for IELTS(International English Language System) program all over
India .
• Successfully increased the Walk‐In enquiries from 15 persons to 100
persons in a month by designing new innovative ad campaigns and outdoor
promotional activities.
• Actively scheduled and conducted presentations in all the leading Colleges
and Schools in the city.
1996‐2005 Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd.
MARKETING EXECUTIVE THEN ASSISTANT BRANCH MANAGER
• Actively involved in marketing of housing loans to individuals and fixed
deposits to agents by scrutinizing of documents.
• Worked closely with the clients for handling their complaints and disputes.
Successfully resolved grievances and disputes with key customers.
• Progressively worked towards recovery of EMI’s from bad debtors and
follow ups.
• Successfully attained an increase in sales from Rs.10 lacs to Rs.15 lacs per
month.
• Received appreciations from the CEO and was instrumental in getting the
Madurai branch honoured as the Best Branch in South.
EDUCATION
2003‐2005 Master of Business Administration (Marketing and Systems)
Sikkim Manipal University
Project Report submitted “Services Marketing and its future”
1994‐1996 Master of Commerce
Madurai Kamarajar University.
1991‐1994 Bachelor of Commerce Madura College
Madurai Kamarajar University.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
. Diploma in Business computing – HTML, XML, C+ from SSI, Chennai.
. Certified in ORACLE 8.0 , EX –TCS , Tally 4.5 .