Joby Jacob

Provided consulting assignments across India, the GCC, and East Africa in business setup, commercial development, market entry, logistics, industrial solutions, and operations.

Coordinated branch operations and business development across five locations in Thiruvananthapuram. Supported student recruitment, school outreach, institutional relationships, local marketing, and franchise opportunities.

Developed the setup plan for a new freight-forwarding division, coordinating commercial pricing, operational structure, and initial customer-acquisition workflows.

Developed customer-acquisition approaches and commercial relationships targeting importers, exporters, manufacturers, and traders across Kerala.

Coordinated multimodal project logistics across the Djibouti–Ethiopia corridor, including transit, port clearance, and delivery for three new Chinese-owned factories under construction in Ethiopia.

Managed export logistics, container-space procurement, shipping-line/NVOCC coordination, and cross-border customs workflows for export volumes exceeding 80 TEUs per month.

Led corporate sales direction, sales-team coordination, domestic market development, and identification of international export opportunities for an injection-moulded packaging manufacturer.

Structured corporate account-acquisition frameworks, coordinated vendor networks, and supported large institutional event operations.

Coordinated cross-functional work spanning marketing, admissions, publication sales, pricing, and team performance.

Developed a Kerala market-entry and distribution approach for the Gyplime gypsum-board brand, linking product distribution with interior-design projects.

Developed India market-entry approaches, distributor tracking, customer identification, and commercial pricing baselines for boat-lifting equipment and mobile industrial gantry cranes.

Set up regional corporate operations, infrastructure, and teams; acquired enterprise accounts including Allianz, UST Global, IBS, Envestnet, Mathrubhumi, and Federal Bank.

Developed market opportunities in Kerala for solar-PV solutions, including residential and commercial installations and solar street lighting.

Supported Indian investor outreach for corporate setups and regional branch expansion in Abu Dhabi.

Supported industrial sales development, vendor pre-qualification, and key-account acquisition across Maharashtra, Gujarat, Telangana, and southern India.

Led business setup and commercial development for NDT, material-handling equipment, and building-maintenance-unit services. Grew revenue to AED 6M in Year 1 and AED 11M in Year 2 at approximately 20% margin.

Progressed across operations, sales engineering, and product responsibilities for cranes and material-handling equipment serving UAE, Oman, and Qatar. Recorded product-line sales of AED 3M in 2009, AED 5M in 2010, and AED 9M in 2011.

Managed international trade documentation, logistics, and LC compliance for a global engineering business. Supported project handovers and fund realization for billings of AED 40M in 2006 and AED 52M in 2007 with zero document discrepancies.

Handled global sourcing, trade documentation, and international logistics for equipment and materials. Managed Letters of Credit, Trust Receipts, and Bank Guarantees across 12 commercial banks.

Managed export research, marketing communication, export documentation, and manufacturing shipments to the USA; served as Management Representative for ISO quality certification.

Managed key accounts, business development, and exporter-market development across Kerala and Tamil Nadu; promoted within one year.

Executive AI Tools Certification from be10x, completed in 2026.

Master's Degree in Foreign Trade from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, completed in 2002.

Bachelor's Degree in Business Management from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, completed in 1999.