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Sheetal Tantia
72, Tulsi Nagar, Opp. ICICI Bank, A.B. Road,
Guna (M.P.) 473001
Contact: +91 99268 09827
Email: sheetaltantia@gmail.com

My willing openness to learn, explore, lead and raising horizons yet being deep rooted to the soil is my core
competence.

PROFILE SUMMARY

Dynamic, Competitive and Versatile Automotive Management and Business

Development Professional with more than 27 years of experience in automotive
retails and dealership administration along with accomplished career track
known throughout the regional automotive industry for delivering and
sustaining revenue and profit gains within highly competitive retail. Exceptional
communicator with a consultative sales style, strong negotiation skills,
exceptional problem solving and dispute resolution abilities, and a keen
costumers needs assessment aptitude. Aggressively identify opportunities,
develop focus, and provide tactical business solutions.

Strategic & Tactical Planning Working knowledge of Financial Reporting

Budgeting and Finance and regulatory filings
Retail Site Development (including Rural and Competitive Sales Analysis
Urban Markets) Budget Management
Sales Team Training/Supervision/ Team Inventory Management
Building Brokers / Vendor Relations
Workshop Management Policy Formulation
Regulatory and Legal matters Negotiations Efficient Hands on Marutis DMS
Creating value based loyal costumer network

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PREM MOTORS PVT. LTD., GUNA (M.P.) - The Company has the honor of being associated with
various automobile houses as their authorized dealers. Other than being Maruti Suzukis top Royal Platinum Dealer
in India with its dealerships at Gwalior, Guna, Jaipur, Agra, and various e-outlets, Prem Motors is also an authorized
dealer for Piaggio, Suzuki and Yamaha. The transport venture was started in 2011 based out of Gurgaon possessing
a fleet of 81 trailers.

GENERAL MANAGER (ADMINISTRATION AND SALES) 2006 till present

Designation History: Joined the company as Asst. General Manager (Sales) handling overall
responsibility in absence of other managers. Promoted as being General Manger (Sales) in 2007;
further promoted General Manager (Administration and Sales) in 2009.

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 Directly responsible for overall profitability, sales, service and territorial expansion and business
development for a large volume of sales and all other concerning e-outlets and service revenues.
Define and implement all long-term and short-term objectives; oversee and control daily operations,
policy implementation, Advertising/Promotions and Strategic Directions. Set and administer budgets;
initiate cost control to insure profitability even at then very ground levels to ensure profitability.
Recruit, hire, develop and motivate staff of more than 70 including key management and support
personnels for sales, finance and insurance, True Value, service, parts and body shop departments;
evaluate overall and individual performance, and device and implement proactive management
training processes. Establish departmental goals with central management team, which are based on
exceeding the expectations of customers through continuously improving service quality and sales
expansion. Provide an environment of mutual trust, respect and demanding and developing the
highest ethical standards as well as familial support from staff and central management.

Recruited to manage the sales of newly incorporated dealership in sub-urban area that had been
running under annual loss situation, reduced losses and turned the dealership into a profit generating
organization.
Successful in hiring, motivating and retaining quality personnel by creating a positive work
environment, resulting in highest employee retention and excellent customer satisfaction. Created and
implemented comprehensive employee satisfaction program and benefit package.
Reduced total expenses by connecting cash flow problems, improving inventory turnover and
upgrading facilities to enhance energy savings and environmental compliance.
Cordial social relations with politicians and others factors related to external business environment.
Cordial familial relations with Presidents and Secretaries of various familial clubs within the town.
Daily Reporting of routine activities and suggesting required changes of various departments of the
organization.
Awarded as Internal Trainer by Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

SETH & SONS, GUNA (M.P.) - The firm has the honor of being associated with different automobile houses
authorized dealer of Escorts India Ltd. (TRACTOR ), Honda Motorcycles and Scooter India Ltd., and also of Tata Motors
Ltd. in 2012 as their authorized dealers.

(Ranked amongst the top 10 dealers of Escorts India Ltd)

GENERAL MANAGER (SALES) ESCORTS INDIA LTD. (TRACTOR DIVISION) (1998 2006)

Designation History: Joined the organization as General Manager (Sales) handling overall
responsibility of sale of Escort/ Powertrac/ Farmtrac Tractors.

Responsible for overall sales, finance and recovery and workshop management of the dealership in
the region.

Developed Rural Sales Management.

Mass expansion of Sales, that made the dealership reach amongst the top 10 dealers of Escorts India
Ltd., within the country.

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 Recovery of Bad debts generated from self-financed sales of tractors by the dealer.
Helped the Managing Director in accruing process of dealership of Honda Motor Cycles and Scooters
India Ltd.

TANTIA AUTOMOBILES, GUNA (M.P.) Incorporated Business in partnership form of business as Sub-
Dealer of (ENTER NAME) of TVS-SUZUKI Ltd. at the age of 28 in 1990 gradually turned into a full-fledged
authorized dealer and workshop of Kinetic Engineering Ltd. in 1993, sold the stake to rest of the partners due some
urgent fund requirement due to some uncertain personal family related contingency in 1998.

MANAGING PARTNER/PROMOTER/PRESIDENT (1990-1998)

Owned and operated the towns first ever successful automobile dealership, still recognized and
appreciated by the customers. Hired and trained entire staff from laborers, mechanics to accountant;
negotiated with vendors and acted as liaison with the manufacturer and suppliers; coordinated
advertising and promotions; set budgets; implemented relations programs. Maintained solid network
of contacts with multiple financing sources to facilitate placement of all kinds of loans. Also,
implemented a successful secondary finance department, which involved tracking secondary in-house
financial services for costumers on Buy Here and Pay Here terms and payments.
Achieve profitability every month since the inception of the firm until dissolved in June 1998.
Established a management philosophy of hiring the right person for the right job and provided a
positive and familial working environment including competitive compensation, target based
incentives, overtime working payments to retain highest quality individuals mainly in the workshop.
Services provided by the workshop was immensely appreciable and still being recognized by the
costumers.
100% employees and workers retentions.
Trained mechanics and technicians, many amongst them are successfully running their own
workshops, body shops and spare parts retail business.
Exceeded regional KEL expectation of the company by achieving sales effectiveness of 142% of
market area.
BAJAJ TEPMO LTD. (FORCE MOTORS), Pithampura Industrial Area, Dhar (M.P.) Force
Motors, formerly Bajaj Tempo, is an Indian manufacturer of three-wheelers, multi-utility and cross country vehicles,
light commercial vehicles, tractors, buses and heavy commercial vehicles.
PRODUCTION ENGINEER (1998-1990)
Overseeing the production process Bajaj 3- Monitoring the production processes and
wheelers, drawing up a production schedule; adjusting schedules as needed;
Ensuring that the production is cost effective; Being responsible for the selection and
Making sure that products are produced on maintenance of equipment;
time and are of good quality; Monitoring product standards and
Working out the human and material resources implementing quality-control programmes;
needed; Liaising among different departments, e.g.
Drafting a timescale for the job; suppliers, managers;
Estimating costs and setting the quality Working with managers to implement the
standards; company's policies and goals;

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 Ensuring that health and safety guidelines are Reviewing worker performance;
followed; Identifying training needs.
Supervising and motivating a team of workers;

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelors of Engineering (Mechanical) from Shri Govind Ram Seksariya Institute of

Technology and Science, Indore (M.P.) (Batch 1984-1988)

OTHER EXPERIENCES

Guest Lecturer Jaypee University, Guna (M.P.)

Guest Lecturer Saakshi Institute of Technology and Science, Guna (M.P.)
Trustee Shri Shweatambar Jain Sangha, Guna (M.P.)
Secretary - Junior Chamber International, Guna (M.P.) - the worlds largest network for young Leaders and
Entrepreneurs.

References

Mr. Amit Inani, Regional Manager,

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.,
amitinani@gmail.com

D ECLARATION
I do hereby declare that the information provided above is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

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Place: Guna/Indore (M.P.)
Date: 16/05/07 Sd/-
Sheetal Tantia

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