Rajagopalan Venkataraman
Business Head- Digital Express Mini @Reliance Retail
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WORK HISTORY
Business Head- Digital Express Mini @Reliance Retail
Mumbai, IN
Since September 2015, handling a new strategic initiative of integrating ecommerce with one of our largest retail vertical Reliance Market in B2B space thru a unique Mobile Application and develop hyper local model: Headed a new format of Reliance Digital Express Mini Stores till August 2015. Responsible for rollout of retail stores specialising in multi brand Mobile handsets, Tablets and Accessories apart from being an experience zone for 4g Jio services: Have been part of the biggest and quickest ever roll out of over 1500 strong retail network spread across the country in less than 15 months. Today DX MIni is the largest retail chain in the country and this helped Reliance Digital becoming No1 CDIT retailer as per Economic Times Brand Equity survey of most admired brands in 2015 overtaking Croma: This roll out is unparelled in the history of Indian Retail Industry.See The Economic Times story on 26th November 2015Even by sheer number of stores, Reliance Digital had become the largest consumer electronics retailer in 2014-15, overtaking Videocon Group\'s Next Retail-Planet M combine, which has about 800 stores, including franchisees.The Digital Express Mini format has established itself as the country\'s largest mobile phone retail chain and is increasingly becoming a distribution platform for most national and international brands, Reliance Industries said in its 2014-15 annual report. It is present in over 150 cities in India and the plan is to take it to over 800 cities. Reliance Digital is continuing its expansion, with the total store count going up to 1,380 across 225 cities, according to an analyst presentation made after Reliance\'s second quarter results.
EDUCATION
University of Madras
Bachelor's degree
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
Post Graduate Diploma in General Management
Little Flower High School
High School Education
ABOUT RAJAGOPALAN VENKATARAMAN
Executive Profile An accomplished Senior Executive in Retail and FMCG Industries with the vision and leadership insights to strategically plan, direct and scale up business to capitalize on emerging business opportunities. A corporate bottom-line executive with a proven track record of successfully setting up new business and scaling up nationally in Fortune 500 companies and strategic management of diverse geographies that contribute to a $ 350 Million annual revenue. Expertise in providing breakthrough leadership to achieve corporate strategies, build productive business relationship to meet business objectives and implement and manage change to drive organizational performance. Extensive and diverse experience in various functions spanning retail operations, sales and distribution in Consumer products Technology products like Mobile handsets, Telecom and Pharmaceutical industries and e Commerce initiatives. Thorough professional with a strong character, high energy levels and a clean track record who grew in ranks and attained board level positions based on consistent performance and proven results.
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