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Avinash Shankare Gowda

Avinash Shankare Gowda

Toronto,ON

Summary

Proactive and goal-oriented professional with strong time management and problem-solving skills. Recognized for reliability, adaptability, and a quick ability to learn and implement new skills effectively. Committed to leveraging these strengths to drive team success, enhance operational efficiency, and contribute meaningfully to organizational growth.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Director

Nesara Flow Control Solutions
12.2021 - Current

Nesara Flow Control Solutions
Established 2021 | Bangalore, India


Nesara Flow Control Solutions is a trusted channel partner specializing in industrial valves, catering to a diverse range of industries including Dairy, Breweries, Food Processing, Metal, and Utility sectors.


As Director of Operations, I have:

  • Led the strategic growth initiatives and operational management of the company.
  • Successfully managed purchasing, sales, marketing, and customer relationship functions.
  • Identified client requirements, proposed tailored valve solutions, and consistently closed deals with a high success rate.
  • Drove company sales from 800 hundred CAD in FY 2022–23 to 1,650 hundred CAD in FY 2024–25 — a 100% revenue growth.

Head, Distribution Sales

L&T Valves
02.2020 - 06.2021


  • Successfully led a nationwide distribution business comprising 35 channel partners across India.
  • Achieved order bookings worth 30 Million CAD during FY 2020–21.
  • Strategically expanded market reach by appointing new distributors in high-potential regions.
  • Launched targeted initiatives to support and motivate partners through COVID-19 challenges, ensuring business continuity.
  • Strengthened operational efficiency by refining distributor legal agreements and streamlining compliance.
  • Rolled out timely marketing schemes aligned with business goals, driving key product sales.
  • Facilitated new product introductions to address market gaps and broaden the portfolio offering.

Regional Sales Manager

L&T Valves
07.2017 - 02.2020
  • Headed sales operations across Southern and Eastern India, the largest geographical business territory.
  • Consistently exceeded annual sales targets for three consecutive financial years.
  • Achieved order bookings of 15 Million CAD in FY 2019–20, marking a 40% growth over the previous year.
  • Led and mentored a team of eight engineers, driving performance and regional penetration.
  • Maintained strong, strategic relationships with key accounts, driven by a highly focused and customer-centric approach.

Key Accounts Sales Manager

SKF India
07.2007 - 07.2017
  • Acted as a key customer interface for SKF, capturing customer needs and identifying operational challenges, then collaborating with internal stakeholders to deliver tailored, value-driven solutions.
  • Represented SKF across diverse industrial sectors, including Renewable Energy, Off-Highway, Construction, Material Handling, Drives, Defense, and Agriculture.
  • Managed major key accounts and global clients such as Caterpillar, Volvo Construction, Vestas, Gamesa, Bonfiglioli, Wirtgen, BEML, among others.
  • Contributed to platform business growth by successfully marketing and supplying Seals, Lubrication Systems, Mounted Products, and Value-Added Services across the portfolio.

Education

Executive Post Graduate Diploma - Management, Marketing

Alliance University
Bangalore, India
06-2016

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical

The Oxford College of Education
Bangalore, India
06-2006

Skills

  • Sales and business development
  • Operational and financial acumen
  • Product and solutions selling
  • Customer relationship management
  • Marketing and promotion

Certification

  • Individual excellence program, XLRI Jamshedpur
  • Harvard Manager Mentor, L&T Valves

Honors And Awards

  • SKF Industrial sales Asia award, 2017: New product introduction category.

Languages

English
Full Professional
Hindi
Professional Working

Timeline

Director

Nesara Flow Control Solutions
12.2021 - Current

Head, Distribution Sales

L&T Valves
02.2020 - 06.2021

Regional Sales Manager

L&T Valves
07.2017 - 02.2020

Key Accounts Sales Manager

SKF India
07.2007 - 07.2017

Executive Post Graduate Diploma - Management, Marketing

Alliance University

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical

The Oxford College of Education
Avinash Shankare Gowda