SUKHDEV PURI BUSINESS CONSULTANT | BUSINESS HEAD +91 81 7825 0141 sukhdevpuri@gmail.com Gurugram, India PROFESSIONAL PROFILE I am accomplished senior management professional with a global perspective, and a career spanning of 35+ years, having witnessed a market transformation from Seller’s Market to Buyer markets, a shift in consumer behavior from planned buying to impulse buying, development, and growth in organized retail, and subsequently online retailing. I have a proven track record of achieving consistent time-bound business objectives and results in setting up multiple projects from conceptualization stage to operations, in a fast-paced competitive environment, in verticals ranging from retail, jewelry and travel retail, FMCG, consumer durable, and construction industry in India, Gulf, and Africa. I am a commercially savvy person with an entrepreneur mindset, a hard negotiator, a pleasant team leader in a diversified cultural setup, highly consumer-oriented, and believe in a philosophy “Customer comes first”. KEY SKILLS • Start-ups, Project Planning and Management • Business Development, Marketing, and Sales • Customer Service and Client’s Relations • Develop & Implement Budgets, and SOPs • Human Resource and Resume formatting • Strategic Planning, Analytical & Problem Solving • Collaborative, Hands-On Team Leadership • Liaise with governmental Organisation • Career and Community Development • Profitability Pricing, and Stakeholder Management • Social media marketing – Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS • Senior Project Lead/Senior System Analyst; proactively developed and planned Business Plans, project conceptualization to operations, and devising a cohesive plan to execute the same in a professional, systematic, and smooth manner. Lead a team from the front and enthuse WINNING SPIRIT in each member, to achieve short and long-term business objectives. I have established 100+ projects in retail, electronics assembly units, and branch offices, and recruited and built high performing teams on a PAN India basis. Current Role: Freelance Business Consultant (2013-Present) • I am engaged in HR Consultancy, Resume Writing/Reformatting for an immigration company for the last one and a half years (April 2019-Present) and have completed 2000+ resumes. • I was a consultant to a local business group on setting up of an “A Senior Citizen Care Home” (Aug 2018-Mar 2019). Prepare and presented options of business plans and assisted them in the identification of Space and collaborations. • Advised a jewelry retailer with a small workshop on business development, marketing, sales collaboration with different jewelry manufacturers (Sep 2018-Mar 2019). Developed and implemented a successful social media campaign. • I was involved in setting up and operation of a Supermarket (with a total of 3 stores) in Delhi/NCR Region during 2014-2018. • Assisted in setting up of a supermarket of 25,000 sq. ft. in Tanzania