Sukesh Mandal
Pharmaceutical Strategic leader with an experience of 18+ years across the 3 regions in India. Proven Track record of Sales/Marketing & SFE in Pharmaceutical & Healthcare Sales Marketing
Work Experience:
18 years 5 months Years
Industry:
Business Development, Consulting & Strategy, General Management, Healthcare Management, Marketing, Product Management
Function:
Pharmaceutical & Healthcare
Panacea Biotec, Kolkata (1 Month)
Regional Business Manager-Eastern region of India & UP January’26-
• Roles and Responsibilities Leading a team of 22 executives & 4 area managers for sales & business development activities across the East Region of India, & Eastern UP.
Abbott Nutrition, Burdwan, Kolkata (14 Months)
Senior Area Business Manager Nov'24-Dec'25
• Roles and Responsibilities Worked as Senior Area Business Manager, West Bengal with Abbott. Responsible for medical marketing, driving through 12 executives.
Reckitt, Bengaluru & Kolkata (4 Years 7 months)
Regional SFE & Training Manager, Senior Area Manager October'19-April'24
• Roles and Responsibilities – Was responsible for SFE Implementation & training for the entire medical field force based out of Bengaluru, looking after the whole South India region.
• As a Senior Area Manager responsible for medical promotion & Multichannel distribution of medically promoted products for Kolkata Metro.
Nestle, Orissa (2 Years 8 Months)
Area Nutrition Manager Feb'17-September '19
• Roles and Responsibilities Worked as an Area Manager, Nutrition in Nestle, looking after the medical promotion of the Nutrition division of the entire Western Orissa with 11 executives.
Mead Johnson Nutrition, Kolkata & Ahmedabad (8Years 7 Months)
Medical Executive/Sr. Medical Executive/Territory Manager/Area Manager July '08-Jan'17
• Roles and Responsibilities Worked as Area Manager-Medical marketing & Trade Sales in Mead Johnson, looking after the entire Gujarat with four executives. Worked as Area Manager based out of Kolkata, looking after Kolkata, Howrah & Midnapur. Worked as a Territory Manager, Nutrition executive’s role. Gradually earned the promotion to Area Manager.
GSK, Kolkata (16 Months)
Executive-Scientific Information March '07-June '08
• Roles and Responsibilities Worked as Executive Scientific Information (ESI), for the project of GSK Consumer Health Care.
1. 2nd Runner up in India & winner of bronze medal in the first-year launch of Mead Johnson 2009
2. Best Execution Quality Award for 2011.
3. Largest contributor for the Best City Award 2013 in India.
4. First employee from an individual role to be promoted as Area Sales Manager across the country in Mead Johnson
5. Team Gujrat had been awarded as the best ‘VISTAR’ (new launch) market in the country, and was the recipient of the UDAAN award 2014. And it was my first new role as an Area Manager for the first year
6. The team has been awarded as the 2nd runner-up team in India for 2015.
7. Highest growth in Hospital Business (Nestle) pan-India over the last year in 2018.
8. Recipient of ‘Grow to Win’ award in the People development category, Nestle.
9. Highest growth in the region in 2025 over 2026 in Abbott.
- MBA (pursuing) Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad 2024-2026
- B.Sc(Hons., Physiology) Presidency College, Kolkata 62.3% 2006
- XII, WBCHSE Jodhpur Park Boys School, Kolkata 68.2% 2003
- X, WBSE Jodhpur Park Boys School, Kolkata 81.1% 2001
- Did an advanced course on Graphology & Photography out of passion.