20 Aug
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CIEL HR
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Kolkata
About the Opportunity
Bajaj Parivahan is an established 200+ crore transport, logistics and supply chain organisation with a strong legacy and leadership position in Tea transportation. As part of its next phase of growth and diversification, Bajaj Parivahan is looking for a senior business leader who can independently create, own and scale a parallel business line.
This is not a conventional Sales Head position. The incoming leader will collaborate with the Bajaj Parivahan leadership and leverage the company's existing infrastructure, market credibility, branch network and operating capabilities to establish a significant new revenue vertical.
Potential Business Verticals
- 3PL / Contract Logistics
- Express Logistics / Express Cargo
- Warehousing & Distribution
- Industrial / B2B Logistics
- Supply Chain Solutions
- Steel / Metals Transportation
- Another commodity-led transportation business
- Any adjacent logistics opportunity where the candidate has proven expertise, customer relationships and the ability to build substantial business
Key Responsibilities 1. Build a New Business Vertical
- Identify and take ownership of a logistics, transportation, warehousing, 3PL, express or commodity-based opportunity that can be developed alongside the existing business.
- Develop the business proposition covering target market, customer segments, service offering, geography, revenue potential, commercial model, operating requirements, team requirements, go-to-market strategy and risk mitigation.
2. Deliver Early Commercial Traction
- Within the first 60 to 90 days,
demonstrate meaningful commercial traction through priority account identification, senior customer conversations, a qualified opportunity pipeline, proposals, anchor customer opportunities and initial business conversions wherever commercially and operationally feasible.
- Use existing market knowledge and relationships to shorten the time required to establish the new business line.
3. Own Revenue Accountability
- Take end-to-end responsibility across Market Customer Opportunity Proposal Negotiation Conversion Revenue Expansion.
- Build the vertical into a significant contributor to Bajaj Parivahan's overall revenue.
4. Bring Market & Customer Access
- Bring strong credibility and relationships within a relevant logistics, transportation or commodity ecosystem.
- Understand key customers, decision makers, procurement dynamics, logistics requirements, competitors, commercial structures, transportation economics and customer pain points.
5. Build the Business, Not Just Sell
- Build the supporting business organisation as the opportunity converts, including Sales/BD, key account management, branch coordination, operations interface, vendor/fleet ecosystem, warehousing requirements, customer service, MIS and forecasting.
6.
Collaborate with Existing Bajaj Parivahan Infrastructure
- Work closely with promoters, branches and operating teams to combine the candidate's market expertise and customer ecosystem with Bajaj Parivahan's infrastructure, operating capability and brand credibility.
Candidate Profile
- 15 to 20 years of experience in Transport, Logistics or Supply Chain.
- Significant experience in Sales, Marketing and Business Development.
- Demonstrable track record of acquiring major B2B customers and owning substantial revenue.
- Strong relationships within a relevant industry or commodity ecosystem.
- Experience managing geographically distributed teams or branches.
- Ability to develop new markets and business verticals.
- Strong understanding of logistics economics, commercial risk and risk mitigation.
- Experience working with senior management/promoters.
- Entrepreneurial ability to build a business from the ground up.
- Postgraduate or undergraduate qualification in Sales, Marketing, Logistics or a relevant discipline preferred.
What We Are Not Looking For
- A leader whose experience is limited to managing an inherited sales team without personally creating business.
- A profile focused only on existing/key-account management.
- Sales administration or coordination without revenue ownership.
- Lead generation without business conversion accountability.
- Pure operations experience without robust commercial exposure.
- Corporate strategy experience without hands-on business acquisition.
📌 Head - New Business and Revenue Growth (Kolkata)
🏢 CIEL HR
📍 Kolkata