Bratin Sarkar – A Profile from a Big-4 consulting firmE-mail ID: bratin.sarkar@gmail.comMBA grade from IRMAYears of experience with Deloitte:5 yrsTotal Experience:14 yearsArea of expertise: Market / business research & analysis, consulting, marketing communication, pre-sales, business development and client relationship management, eminence building. Industry /Sector Exposure: Financial Services, FMCG/Food, Government and Education, Tourism/Social sectors, Real Estate, HR.

Led Financial Industry Marketing team at Deloitte. Additionally, I was also the Lead Client Marketers for a relationship account and directly work with a US based Lead Client Partner.

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Bratin SarkarProfessional Background•Manager- Research, March Marketing Consultancy & Research.•Consultant– Management Consultancy Division, Mott McDonald.•Executive-Marketing, Vadilal Enterprise Limited.•Superintendant – Marketing, National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India Limited.

Academics•Master of Business Administration (Marketing), IRMA, India.•Bachelor of Science (Agriculture) Honors, Banaras Hindu University, India.•Dip. In Export Management, Indian Institute of Export Management, India.

Internal professional development programs•Harvard Certification course on Leadership Essentials, Stepping Up to Management.•Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).

Key Qualifications:A seasoned marketing professional with over 14 years of experience in global organizations, including seven years of Market Research and Business Consulting background. •Strong capabilities in the areas of offering marketing support, including marketing collaterals, eminence building, pre-proposal supports, strategy formulations, HR Research & Analytics, domestic and international Market studies, MIS, Coordination, Feasibility analysis, etc.•Translated felt needs of various stakeholders / clients into visible actions and product design. •Involved in identifying potential markets, Product pricing, packaging, advertising and launching of new products. •Offered trainings to the young market researchers, MBA Graduates, and also to various Institutes as visiting Guest Lecturer.

What it means for a Company?•Built a strong client relationship. •Assessed needs and created opportunities to serve clients better. •Provided excellent techno-functional support to clients.•Built firm’s eminence in Community Involvement space.•Helped professional development of colleagues.•Infused pro-active thinking among team members and stretch their abilities to add value and deliver ‘above and beyond’.•Developed tools to monitor performance scientifically.

Hobbies & Passion•Photography & Videography•Music (loves playing instruments)•Socializing & Networking•Explore new places

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Bratin Sarkar

Deloitte Reward & Recognition’ Award for outstanding contribution, 2007

‘Roll of Honor’ for Service line contribution, 2007

‘Lead Client Marketers’ nomination, Region10- a firm’s pilot project, 2007

‘Letter of Appreciation’ from Barry Salzberg, CEO - for Innovation Quest, 2006, 2007

‘Letter of Appreciation’ from Hari Kumar for year-round Community Involvement, 2009

Distinguished accomplishments at Deloitte:•India based Lead Client Marketers (LCM): Supporting US based LCSP and the account team for managing specific client account in the marketplace. A special article on TDCE featured on weekly wire, Dec 5, 2008.•Industry & Client Insight (ICI) Portal: Key member in developing a ‘one-stop shop’ web portal for helping the LCMs in accessing relevant information, tools and creating deliverables on their own.•nVision Pro bono year-round activities: Started as an IMPACT Day thread helped nVision steadily growing into becoming a year-round effort. nVision works to leverage firm’s intellectual capital to offer pro bono marketing and general management advisory services to Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) in Hyderabad. Recipient of ‘Certificate of Appreciation’ from OMP.•New Deliverable creation: Helped creating new/hybrid marketing collaterals to effectively support our internal clients and build eminence in market place. •Performance Evaluation Tracker (PET): Jointly created a standardized tool that helps conduct performance appraisals scientifically.•Deloitte Film Festival: Created a short movie on “What’s your Deloitte” theme (& the first one to be submitted in Hyderabad office) during the first DFF. It involved both India & US professionals.•Lead Extranet Manager: Successfully leading a group of India based eRoom Extranet Managers to effectively & efficiently manage and maintain eRooms (repository of deliverables). Recipient of ‘R&R’ award for this role.

Stakeholder-speak•“Very well done and thank you for continued initiative and support”…Pat Hassler, LCSP.•“This is fantastic! This is very useful for an LCM. The business objectives and strategies are most helpful for our value scorecard and allow us to speak in client's voice as we are using the projects we delivered and aligning them to their business strategies…” Megan Kelly, LCM Academy Coach.•“I think you are the king of networking - is there anyone at Deloitte that doesn't know you? ;-)•Congratulations, Brat! What a milestone to reach. Thank you for being a great example of the success one can achieve! “– Jodie Turner, LCM & Industry Champ.•“Bratin, Great to hear. Congratulations. You make us proud.”-Kumar Kolin, National Managing Principal, EAG- IT Services.

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Bratin Sarkar on DeloitteNetMy ‘D’ factors:•Excelled in areas of practice excellence, process improvement, capability enhancement, Community Involvement and eminence building.

•Initiated and influenced development of new processes as relevant to the function and put structure in place for ongoing execution.

•Actively involvement in various departmental and firm initiatives.

•Networking and connecting people to explore and deliver.

•Involved in important and complex projects spanning across functions and teams (both US & India).

•Multi-tasking, multi-dimensional.

•I impact my work environment, I impact my department, I impact my firm, I impact the society we live in, I impact the quality of lives.

Favorite quotes:

•“If you find a path with no obstacle, that path probably leads no where” – Old Chinese proverb.

•“A strong leader is a one who has compass in the head and a magnet in the heart. – Barry Salzberg

My involvement: “nVision” , “Deloitte Film Festival”, U.S./India greening office initiative, filming WIN movie, DStreet featured profile, Innovation Quest idea, etc.

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Bratin Sarkar in the pictures…Rewarding moments…. Building a better tomorrow….

Spreading happiness…Entertaining and networking….

Going Green...

Community Involvement...

WIN with Elise Gautier...