Sandeep Verma

About Sandeep Verma

I have 21 years of FMCG industry experience across diverse roles in Sales, Brand Management, Category Management and various P&L stints handling multiple brands, categories across the globe. My roles have given me diverse problem-solving experiences ranging from successful turnarounds of complex consumer businesses/categories to setting up high- growth businesses from scratch. I have worked for 16 years in HUL, 3 years at Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd (BCCL) and currently i am heading the Consumer Health Division at Bayer India. In my current role at Bayer, i am responsible for setting up a new Consumer health division from scratch. Its a complete start-up with my responsibilities extending end to end from setting up teams, processes, financial structures etc everything thats required to start a new business in India. As the President at BCCL, I was responsible for managing the P&L of the company and leading a transformational change in the organization,designed to make it future-ready in terms of business growth opportunities, people and processes. At HUL, besides doing a sales role in rural UP and brand management stints across brands like Sunsilk, Lifebuoy, Vim and Domex, I have also served on the Unilever Global and Regional Category Leadership Team from 20••••15, that operated across a wide variety of markets and business contexts in India, Asia Region and Global Markets including Latin America, Middle East & Africa. Overall I have a successful track record of building high-performing teams, with a leadership style that empowers people and fosters an entrepreneurial culture that encourages agility, breakthrough thinking for risk taking and bold ideas delivered through disciplined execution. Going forward I would like to use this experience to help businesses and categories justify their potential to the fullest. Specialties: Putting small to mid-size companies or categories on a sharper growth trajectory. Building categories and brands through market development modules,mentoring entrepreneurs, turning around business and brands, new product and communication development, digital Marketing, brand visioning and complete brand strategy creation and execution.

Experience

1. Country Head - India, Consumer Health

   Bayer

   Nov 2019 — Present · Mumbai, IN

Education

• Motilal Nehru National Institute Of Technology

  BE, Mechanical

  1993 — 1997

• Motilal Nehru National Institute Of Technology

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mechanical Engineering

• Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

  PGDBM, Marketing & Finance

  1998 — 2000