Prasanth Ponpara

About Prasanth Ponpara

I am a Sales & Marketing professional with 18 years of experience across Team Handling,Channel sales, Trade Marketing, BTL, Micro marketing activation\'s, Vendor management etc.Passionate about Sales, Business Development and Marketing with the ability to manage large and multi-functional teams, capable of multi-tasking and handling tight deadlines.Responsible for conceptualizing and introducing innovative merchandising concepts along with clutter breaking visibility, new asset development solutions across GT outletsHave worked in multiple functions ranging from Field Sales, channel Activation, Branch Operations, National Trade Marketing executive for Drug channel in Customer Marketing etc. I try to bring a lot of energy, enthusiasm and novelty into whatever I do.

Experience

1. Zonal Sales Manager

   McCain Foods

   Oct 2025 — Present

Education

• University of Mumbai

  Master's degree, Marketing

• University of Mumbai

  MBA, Marketing

  2005 — 2007

• University of Calicut

  B. Com, Business/Commerce, General

  2002 — 2005

Skills

• Market Research
• Channel Sales
• Shopper Activations
• New Project Executions
• Micro Marketing
• Fmcg
• Competitive Analysis
• Team Leadership
• Vendor Management
• Marketing Management
• Brand Management
• Key Account Management
• Retail
• Marketing
• Trade Marketing
• Channel Account Management