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07 / Marketing planning & vendor efficiencyThree years of budget planning

Creative ambition. Commercial discipline.

Make the resources work as hard as the idea.

3 years

marketing budget planning

Marketing budget planning and vendor coordination.

ATL + digital

planning perspective

Wider marketing budgets alongside day-to-day digital responsibilities.

01 / The challenge

Planning beyond an individual campaign.

A marketing plan becomes real through its budgets, scope and partner decisions. Balancing creative ambition with commercial discipline is part of delivering the work.

The remit brings visibility across the marketing calendar, with planning and vendor decisions considered in the context of the wider business.

02 / My contribution

The part I played.

For the last three years, I have handled planning for the wider marketing budget, including ATL, alongside cost-saving work across vendors.

  1. 01

    Connect budget allocations with campaign priorities and timing.

  2. 02

    Review vendor scope and costs across the marketing plan.

  3. 03

    Keep creative, execution and commercial priorities in the same conversation.

03 / The execution

Efficiency starts with the brief.

Cost-saving work is part of this responsibility: reviewing vendor scope, delivery requirements and commercial terms with the quality of the final work in view. Commercial figures remain confidential.

The thought that stays

Good marketing judgement includes knowing where to invest, what to question and how to make the work go further.

Sources & measurement notes

Scope confirmed by Harshit Gupta in September 2026. No budget amounts, vendor rates or unsupported savings percentages are disclosed.

Work within Haldiram’s marketing organisation and its partner network.

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