Manan Shamihoke
P&G | XLRI - Building Brands, Building People, Across the globe
- Role
- Senior Director Head of Sales, South Africa at Procter & Gamble
- Location
- Mumbai, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Manan Shamihoke
I am a sales & marketing professional with experiences in diverse geographies, categories and channels. I have performed various roles in India, South East Asia and Japan territories, designing strategies and delivering growth in core FMCG, HealthCare and Prestige Beauty categories.Currently, I am leading the India Go-To-Market (GTM)/Distributor Operations organization for P&G and also leading the Sales Capability team for India P&G Sales. The work entails designing GTM strategies for India to win across all the channels via sales excellence. In my previous roles, I have led - Trade Marketing and Beauty Counselor teams of Japan for SK-II, a Prestige Skincare brand ($500Mn)- A team of 7+ P&G Account Managers in India, handling sales ($150Mn) across four states- Vicks brand trade marketing for ASEAN and Pharmacy Channel trade marketing ($250Mn) for APAC and- Distributor sales and trials teams as Unit Manager in East India and Key Account Manager in South India. Through this experience, the skills sets built are Sales Strategy Development, Leading diverse businesses and teams, Customer handling, Trade Marketing, Strategic Planning,Large scale execution and P&L Management.My core strengths as well as interests are Go to market strategy design, Sales, Customer Business Development, Marketing, Customer Marketing, Brand Building, Product/Category management, and Leading High-Performing teams.
Experience
Senior Director Head of Sales, South Africa
Jul 2025 — Present · City of Johannesburg, ZA
Deliver growth and value creation for P&G in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana
Education
Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University
Bachelor's Degree
2001 — 2005
XLRI Jamshedpur
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
2008 — 2010
Skills
- Leadership
- Distributed Team Management
- Process Improvement
- Key Account Management
- Business Development
- Distributors
- Management
- Competitive Analysis
- Sales Management
- Business Analytics
- Marketing
- Strategy
- Project Management
- Sales Operations
- Team Management
- Distribution Management
- Brand Management
- Business Strategy
- Sales
- Fmcg
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