Nikhil Thadani

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About Nikhil Thadani

SUMMARY Strategic and Visionary Business Leader offering 20 years of rich technical and commercial experience in specialty chemicals and minerals business with various MNC’s. A career focus on building a profitable and sustainable business model for multi-national companies entering India. Responsible for strategic key accounts in India and globally. Recognized and valued for hunting new business applications and markets. Successfully expanding sales and marketing activities for specialty chemicals business within India, Sri-Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, UAE, Saudi-Arabia, Africa, UK and EU along with profit and loss accountability for the region. • I have a total work experience of 20 years in specialty chemicals business with Indian origin and foreign origin multinational companies who have entrusted me with leadership roles to build a profitable business and increase market share in India and neighboring markets. • Have delivered and exceed on top line and bottom-line targets ensuring growth year on year for the region. • Have been responsible to manage large strategic key accounts in India and globally and have developed relationships at the CXO level to build successful long term business partnerships and increase share of business. • Lead and drive key account meetings with sales colleagues globally to implement uniform pricing and marketing strategies for global key accounts. • Have led end market initiatives working in close coordination with the customers end market for new technologies and product approvals. These initiatives have clearly given us a strong strategic completive position over competition. • Have been responsible for setting up joint venture and manufacturing alliances to localize products for the Indian market as well as for the global market. • Have been recognized for my abilities to hunt for new applications, new products and new customers within India and neighboring countries. • Charting a 5-year business plan for the region basis market trends, government policies, competitive movements and recommending the global leadership team on future investments and acquisition in the region. • Responsible for hiring the right talent and supporting them to achieve organizational goals for the region. • My educational background in Chemical Engineering and Business Administration in Marketing gives me a nice balance on technical, commercial and leadership skills. • Travelled internationally to Europe, USA, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Sri-Lanka for Business Meetings.