We are delighted to announce the launch of Kantar Retail’s Breakthrough Insights H2 2015 publication. This edition of Breakthrough Insights comes at the “psychological” halfway point of the 2010s. This compilation from our subject-matter experts features insightful previews of what is coming between now and 2020. Please click on the link to download the publication: Click here
Mr. Ankur Shiv Bhandari was invited to share his thoughts on ‘How to ensure Asian Brands are successful in Europe’. The conference gathered academics and managers from different industries.
The latest wave covers Baltics Regions, Parts of Middle East and Europe.
Asbicon prides itself on having supported the client on all capability development including Content Creation, Physical delivery of Training programs and embedding the learning.
Asbicon has appointed Rachel Alexandra Osbourne as Associate Senior Consultant for its European operations. Rachel holds over 18 years of extensive experience in the FMCG industry and Online Retail. Previously, for over 9 years, she was a part of Procter & Gamble Healthcare and Pets Food Division handling Sales and Trade Marketing in Europe. She is currently the Founder and Joint Managing Director of Mutley & Mog, an online pet warehouse in UK. In her new role, she will be working directly with Asbicon’s Managing Director, Ankur Shiv Bhandari & European Director,Paul Lettice.
Asbicon focussed on knowledge sharing through case studies where Key Account Managers were put in a real life situation in order to think through and arrive at an optimal solution. This approach helped to induce an increased engagement among the participants.
Further, the training will be supported by a ready reference mobile app to ensure embedding & retention of key principles.
Asbicon in partnership with Kantar Retail has signed an agreement with a UK headquartered Multinational Consumer Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals company for development of Sales and Commercial Capabilities of their Key Account Managers and Customer Marketing Teams for Modern Trade channel.
The capability development will focus on developing Commercial Selling & Structured Negotiation skills, defining PoP Vision and its role in influencing shopper intent. Asbicon will also develop a customized app to communicate the training content to the delegates in a consistent way. The app will serve as a ready reference material on phone and will further augment the training program with retention and application.
On the eve of 6th Anniversary, Asbicon receives best wishes from Scotland’s former First Minister, Alex Salmond, MP and his colleagues during his meeting with Asbicon MD Ankur Shiv Bhandari & European Director Paul Lettice at the House of Parliament, Westminster, London. Asbicon will be playing a leading role in supporting Consumer Goods focussed association between Scotland & the East (Asia & Middle East). We look forward to also working with Tas, MP, SNP spokesperson on Trade & Investment in Scotland.
Asia Retail congress earlier this year released the list of Top 100 Retail Professionals and we are proud to share that Ankur Shiv Bhandari, MD- Asbicon & Kantar Retail ( Asia & Projects) was recognised amongst the top professionals.
To mark 6 years of operational excellence, Asbicon held its leadership meeting at its Chandigarh office in India. The meeting was headed by Ankur Shiv Bhandari, Managing Director, along with Directors Paul Lettice, Nimisha Chhabra, Aditya Bhardwaj and Associate Director Terrance Niranjan Abraham.
The discussions lasted for 2 days and were revolved around Asbicon annual theme, i.e., Focus 2015, Accelerate 2016, and Broaden 2017. The leaders aligned to reinforce exciting actions and explore new strategies to drive stronger performance and global growth.
The leadership meet also served as a platform for Asbiconians across locations to participate in several team building games, exercises & activities to further boost morale and teamwork.
Post a successful completion of ‘Distributor Engagement Transformation’ Capability Development in 15 countries across Middle East, UK and Mediterranean, Asbicon starts another expedition to conduct similar programs for partners in Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Kosovo, Bosnia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Moldova, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Romania & Poland.
The sales transformation training will revolve around four key business processes -Trade Promotion Management (TPM), Forecasting, Order to Cash, & Reporting. Asbicon will help distributors in their on-boarding and will train them about the usage of the new sales system adopted by the client to achieve its vision and the relevance of the existing business process.
The client further intends to involve Asbicon in the future extension of this project to other parts of the world.