Arjun Batra

General Manager Marketing at John Distilleries (Sazerac Company) II Award Winning Marketing Leader II Business World Top 40 under 40 Marketer

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

About

Marketing Leader with a proven track record of building and managing iconic brand portfolios. Experienced in brand management, P&L management, digital marketing, consumer insights, experiential events, leading sales teams, conceptualising sales and marketing strategy drivers and operationalising high-impact projects.

Experience

  • General Manager - Marketing at John Distilleries Ltd.,
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

    Leading the Paul John (Indian Single Malt and Brandy) and Malhar (Indian Craft Gin) portfolio of Luxury Spirits

  • Personal goal pursuit at Career Break
    Oct 2024 - May 2025 · 8 mos

    Took a planned career break to relocate to Mumbai and transition into the next phase of my professional journey. Used this period for personal development, networking and planning the next phase of my career.

  • Head of Marketing at Globus Spirits
    Oct 2023 - Sep 2024 · 1 yr

    Led the Brand Marketing and Trade Marketing functions and teams for India, as well as the On-Trade Vertical in New Delhi and Haryana. Portfolio of brands includes Terai Gin, Doaab India Craft Whisky, Oakton Whisky, Brothers & Co. Whisky, Snoski Vodka, Mountain Oak Whisky, Governors Reserve Whisky, GR8 Times Whisky & Vodka and several others.

  • India Brand Marketing Lead - Reserve Brands, Malts and The House of Suntory at Beam Suntory
    Sep 2018 - Sep 2023 · 5 yrs 1 mo

    Led a wide portfolio of Super Premium and Luxury Brands including Single Malt Scotch Whiskies (Bowmore, The Ardmore & Laphroaig), Japanese spirits under The House of Suntory (Yamazaki, Hibiki, Toki and Roku) and Sipsmith London Dry Gin.

  • Market Zone Manager at Linde India Limited
    Apr 2014 - Sep 2018 · 4 yrs 6 mos

    Responsible to deliver sales revenue targets for the PGP business in the selected market zone as per company policies. Principal Responsibilities: 1.Achieve Sales revenue targets for Packaged Gas Products in the assigned market zone. Directly responsible for delivering sales revenue in adherence to company policies, terms & conditions. 2.Business Development: Responsible for business development through application based value added selling. 3.Sales Management: Directly responsible for managing team of sales representatives & welding specialist through coaching, territory management, call plans, account plans 4.Local lead for new Product Strategy Implementation: Responsible for implementing product strategies in the market. 5.Competitor Monitoring - Understand & provide feedback on local competitor activities 6.Sales Capability Development - Develop employee capability (Sales representatives, sales coordinator, welding specialist) required to deliver sales target.