Rajat Kakar

Bis 2021, IBM Executive, Service Sales Group Europe, IBM Deutschland GmbH
Munich, Germany

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

Leadership
Business Transformation
Strategy
Sales
Services
Go to market
Operations Management

Werdegang

Berufserfahrung von Rajat Kakar

  • Current 4 years and 11 months, since Jul 2021

    Geschäftsführer / Managing Director

    Quickwork EMEA Sales

    Real time Integration and API connectivity platform, creating successful customer digital transformations. Workflow Automation platform, saving costs and resources; start connecting in minutes and not months. Also, ideal for Legacy, homegrown or difficult integrations. Startups, contact us for horizontal collaboration. Ask us about our pre-fabricated automation solutions for Retail, Financial Sector and Fintech, Public Sector, Manufacturing, Healthcare saving time and money.

  • Current 6 years and 5 months, since Jan 2020

    Advisory Board, WBR Connect - Field Service Connect

    Worldwide Business Research (WBR)

  • 1 year and 5 months, Feb 2020 - Jun 2021

    IBM Executive, Service Sales Group Europe

    IBM Deutschland GmbH

    Sold Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Mission Critical and Data Center services, Digital transformation, Third Party Maintenance, Implementation of Technology (e.g. Watson). Customer base was Large Enterprise Customers within the region Europe.

  • 8 years and 7 months, Jul 2011 - Jan 2020

    Vice President, Head of Infrastructure and Product Services

    Fujitsu

    Sold and delivered Professional Services, Infrastructure Services, Data Center and other mission critical services for Global and EMEA customers. Led a team of xxxx across EMEA. Defined business strategy and delivered profitable growth for the business unit. Setup and implemented a comprehensive global field engineering coverage using a combination of own Fujitsu and partner engineers. Served as an executive sponsor for key customer accounts with relationship development and management at CxO level.

  • 10 years, Jul 2001 - Jun 2011

    Vice President, Head of Products Group

    Fujitsu

    Head of Infrastructure Solutions and Products (PCs, Workstations, Notebooks, Thin Clients, Peripherals, Accessories, Motherboards including R&D). Innovated and created next generation technologies and first to market strategies. Established new B2B direct vertical sales models and Channel sales. Set and delivered business strategy, budgets, P&L targets (xxxx Mio. Euro). Transformed the business unit on core areas and innovation while reducing G&A. Served as an executive sponsor for key customer accounts.

  • 9 years, Jul 1992 - Jun 2001

    Purchasing, Global Sourcing

    Siemens

    Strategic Purchasing, Price Negotiation, Contract Negotiation, Supply Chain Management, Demand Pooling, Preferred Supplier Concepts, Supplier and Cost Optimization. Electronic Components, Storage (HDDs, Floppy Disks, Tape Backup), Graphic, Audio, LAN... Purchasing volume xxx Mio. Euros

  • 4 months, Apr 1992 - Jul 1992

    Electrical Engineering (Quality) - Internship

    Unisys
  • 2 years and 3 months, Jun 1989 - Aug 1991

    Engineering (Manufacturing)

    General Motors

Ausbildung von Rajat Kakar

  • 1994 - 1997

    MBA, Marketing, International Business

    Santa Clara University

  • 1987 - 1991

    B.S., Electrical Engineering

    Michigan State University

Sprachen

  • English

    C2 (Verhandlungssicher / Muttersprachlich)

  • German

    B1-B2 (Gute Kenntnisse)

  • Hindi

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