Sales & Business Development

Arnav Rao

Sales Executive

Consultative selling, qualification and disciplined follow-through.

Bengaluru, India

Fictional sample · Not a verified candidate record

Professional profile

Sales Executive with an illustrative 11-year career focused on consultative selling, qualification and disciplined follow-through. Brings together prospecting, discovery calls and crm hygiene with practical delivery experience. Selected work below shows the problem, my contribution and the handover material rather than unsupported performance claims.

Professional experience

Jul 2022 - Present

Sales Executive

Asterline Commercial Services

Responsible for scoped consultative selling, qualification and disciplined follow-through work, coordinating the relevant reviewers and delivery partners.

  • Introduced a discovery record covering needs, decision process and next actions before drafting proposals.
  • Segmented an assigned territory and maintained contact history and response-based follow-up plans.
  • Maintained customer context and made unresolved questions visible before handover.
Jul 2018 - Jun 2022

Sales Executive

Northmere Commercial Services

Built a scoped practice in consultative selling, qualification and disciplined follow-through, with a defined review process.

  • Used prospecting and proposal writing on assigned work; recorded decisions so colleagues could understand the approach.
  • Prepared territory plan and crm activity record and incorporated specialist feedback before closing the workstream.
Jul 2015 - Jun 2018

Sales Associate

Cedarfield Commercial Services

Built foundations through supported assignments, observation and practical feedback.

  • Assisted with discovery calls and negotiation, checking work with an experienced reviewer.
  • Kept organised work records and developed clear handover habits through supervised practice.
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Arnav RaoSales Executive / Continued

Core capabilities

01Prospecting02Discovery calls03CRM hygiene04Proposal writing05Negotiation06Account follow-up

Commercial case studies

01Customer context

Discovery-led selling

The challenge

Early proposals were issued before the customer's constraints were understood.

My contribution

Introduced a discovery record covering needs, decision process and next actions before drafting proposals.

Deliverable Qualification notes and proposal outline

02Sales motion

Territory prospecting plan

The challenge

Outreach repeated across accounts without shared context.

My contribution

Segmented an assigned territory and maintained contact history and response-based follow-up plans.

Deliverable Territory plan and CRM activity record

Education

2013 - 2015

MBA in Sales Management

Asterbridge Institute of Professional Studies

Specialist study with a practice focus on prospecting and discovery calls.

2009 - 2013

Bachelor-level study in the relevant discipline

Cedarhaven College of Applied Studies

Foundation study, practical assignments and supervised learning. Fictional institution and qualification record.

Continuing development

2024

Prospecting - advanced practice workshop

Scenario exercises and peer review in consultative selling, qualification and disciplined follow-through.

2025

Proposal writing - reflective practice seminar

Applied learning reviewed through a bounded example and a written reflection.

Practice notes

Work focus
Consultative selling, qualification and disciplined follow-through
Evidence status
Illustrative work descriptions; no source artefacts attached
Contribution scope
Owned the stated workstream, not all team outcomes

Languages

English - professional working / Hindi - professional working