Sales & Channel Strategy · Consumer Durables · India

ROSHAN
PARANJAPE.

Regional Manager — Premium Fans & BLDC Business, Kent Ro Systems Ltd.

Fifteen years building the distribution networks, retail channels and category launches behind India's consumer-appliance brands — from factory floor to neighbourhood retailer.

15+
Years, channel & category leadership
5
Consumer-durable brands led
300%+
Growth delivered at Crompton, <4 yrs
Vision

Data on the spreadsheet,
trust on the ground.

"I build customer-driven distribution that works for the architect and the neighbourhood retailer alike — plans grounded in market data, delivered through people who believe in them."

Strategic & data-led

Evidence over instinct

Executive training in data science at IIM Nagpur grounds every channel, pricing and category call in market evidence — then translates it into a plan the field can execute.

Channel & distribution

Networks built to scale

From direct-to-retail BLDC fan distribution to DMS-tracked secondary sales, I design channel structures that hold up as the category grows.

People-first growth

Ownership, not oversight

Trade partners, architects, government buyers, cross-functional teams — sustained growth is a team result, and I build the incentives that make people want it.

Chronological History

Fifteen years, five brands.

A category-launch and channel-build track record across India's leading consumer-durables companies, reverse-chronological.

APR 2023

PRESENT
Kent Ro Systems Ltd.

Regional Manager

Maharashtra, India

Reporting to the VP & CMD, responsible for strategic planning of the Premium Fan category. Built a new direct-to-retail BLDC fan and distribution business from the ground up, and now leads the Premium Fan projects division — working directly with architects, interior designers, builders, real-estate developers and government buyers.

AUG 2019

MAR 2023
Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd.

Area Sales Manager

Maharashtra & Madhya Pradesh, India

Built channel networks across Kitchen Appliances, Geyser and Air Cooler categories for two states. Implemented a DMS model to track secondary sales and scheme settlement.

300%+ business growth in under 4 years
OCT 2016

AUG 2019
Surya Roshni Ltd.

Area Sales Manager

Maharashtra, India

Launched the Appliances division from zero — built the channel network, benchmarked competition, and ran trade-partner meets and target-oriented retailer tour schemes to establish a sustainable business within two years.

SEP 2014

OCT 2016
Havells India Ltd.

Product Head

Maharashtra, India

Took charge of the Geyser and Small Domestic Appliances division. Resolved long-standing market conflicts that had been blocking growth, and turned a de-growth division around through events and exhibition-led product promotion.

JUL 2011

SEP 2014
Bajaj Electricals Ltd.

Management Trainee, promoted to Assistant Manager

Maharashtra, India

Started as Management Trainee running the Domestic Appliances distribution network — inventory, scheme claims, retailer expansion. Promoted to Assistant Manager to launch Platini, Bajaj's premium appliances brand, into channel sales, benchmarking competition to shape pricing and merchandising strategy.

60%+ cut in defective-inventory pile-up
Academic Experience

Engineering, management,
and the numbers in between.

Executive Education

Executive Program in Data Science for Business Excellence & Innovation

IIM Nagpur

2011

PGDM — Major: Marketing, Minor: Business Analytics

SSIM, Hyderabad University, Andhra Pradesh

2010

3E Program — Education, Experience & Enlightenment Certification

Global Talent International, Bangkok, Thailand

2009

B.E., Information Technology

RCERT, Nagpur University, Maharashtra

Applications & certifications

ORACLE Siebel Marketing Manager 8.0 Certification SAP-BI 7.0 Business Intelligence Certification Certified Yoga Trainer — Dept. of AYUSH, Govt. of Maharashtra, 2023

Recognition & affiliations

Excellence Award — Bajaj Achiever's Club Award — Havells Award of Merit — Surya Invited Speaker, Career to Campus — J D College of Management & D M Institute of Management, Nagpur