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People Said My Career Is Going Down The Toilet When I Joined Kohler Ft. Salil S, Ex-Gillette, Timex

Apr 12, 2021 | |

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“If it doesn’t challenge you it doesn’t change you.” this proverb perfectly suits our speaker’s career path trajectory. Where he started with an Advertising Agency and took up various challenging roles in different industries and eventually landed up heading 50 odd countries for the World’s No.1 bathroom fitting brand Kohler.

Mr. Salil Sadanandan who started his journey from IIT Roorkee post which he did his post-graduation from IIM Ahmedabad and fell in love with Brands, started his career from typical Advertising Agency “Lintas” from where he moved to Braun Appliances by Gillette to look after the launching & the branding of various new beauty & wellness products, after which he joined the electronic giant Whirlpool as a Director, then to TIMEX, where he changed the perception of watches from time watching machines to fashion essential for Indian Market and entered Newspaper industry by heading “Hindustan Times” and took up a challenge to launch HT in Mumbai and finally took up a new role and challenge as a President for KOHLER where he handled India, South Asia, Middle East.
Do watch this truly remarkable journey of Mr. Salil where he tells us about the marketing campaigns which disrupted the industries and his transition from not only new roles but in new industries as well.

About CXO Central:
InsideIIM’s CXO Central is an initiative to bring the journeys of the best industry stalwarts in the country closer to students & early professionals. Their choices, which made them stand out, their transformative moments, and their advice to their younger self. All this and a lot more would be featured in the series, here is a chance for you to know the leaders who inspire you more closely