Suman Saha

Ph.D. in Marketing (Student) at the College of Business, University of Wyoming.

The IMPACT MBA program at Colorado State University. Majored in Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (STEM).

MBA Capstone Project: ReKaivery

Post-Graduate Diploma in Agribusiness Management (PGDM-ABM) from National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management in Hyderabad, India.

Summer Intern: Metahelix Life Sciences Limited ( A TATA Enterprise )

Project Intern: Boortmalt India Holdings Pvt. Ltd. ( AXEREAL Group )

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, a state agriculture university in West Bengal, India.

Graduate teaching assistant at University of Wyoming College of Business.

• Sustainable Business Practices (MKT-4590-01): Dr. Mark Peterson
• Pro and Technical Selling (SELL-3310-01): Dr. Molly Burchett
• Sales Seminar (SELL-4330-01) Dr. Molly Burchett

Graduate teaching assistant at University of Wyoming College of Business.

• Marketing Research and Analysis (MKT 4520-01): Dr. Elizabeth Minton
• Sustainable Business Practices (MKT-4590-40, INST-4590-40): Dr. Mark Peterson
• Business Research Methods (MBAX-5103-40): Dr. Mark Peterson

Teaching Assistant for Ag-192-102 and Ag-192-002 at Colorado State University College of Agricultural Sciences

Graduate Teaching Assistant under Dr. Gina Slejko (Mohr) for Marketing Analytics: MKT450-001.

Graduate Research Assistant under Dr. Joe Cannon at the Department of Marketing in CSU College of Business

I was responsible for three major functions:

Marketing: Developing branding and positioning strategies, sales generation, and looking after the clients at different stages of the customer journey funnel.

Operations: Business operations, such as project planning, generating proposals, and coordinating deliverables with clients and the technical team.

Finance: Responsible for maintaining books, generating financial statements, business contracts, proposals, invoicing, payments, outsourcing, and compliance.

Led entire marketing activity for Central MP and Mahakoshal region. I was responsible for designing, developing, and executing product positioning and retail strategies for high-complexity market segments of specialty crop protection chemicals. My key responsibilities were to determine quarterly liquidation numbers by analyzing crop status, potential market size, established sales, and other qualitative & quantitative parameters, in partnership with cross-functional specialist teams, achieving liquidation targets to meet profit and loss deliverables.

Led the entire category of International FMCG including food and non-food articles. I was responsible for driving key customer input metrics, such as selection, sourcing, pricing, stocking, planograms, article master maintenance, etc. I had end-to-end responsibility for the entire business P/L of the Imported Category. Additionally, I was responsible for managing a significant size of ethnic/domestic brand’s portfolio in the processed food section of FMCG category. (brands: APIS, MARICO, GSK, BIKANO, KETTLE STUDIO, MEAD JOHNSON).

Worked in the national F&V (Fruits, Vegetables & Eggs) team as a category manager. I was responsible for national sourcing for all the regions and also for collection center-based local sourcing in Kolkata, Hyderabad, and Gurgaon. On top of that, I was looking after key business deliverables (Topline, Bottomline, RGM deliverables) of South and West India.