#4 Executive Director, India

#4 India - Sangeeta Aggarwal
Executive Director, 2013 - 14

Name : Sangeeta Aggarwal     Born : 14th July 1971 in Jaipur     Family : My Husband, Sanjay Aggarwal and my Son Divyan     Favourite Oriflame Product : Nutricalm day & night cream     Hobbies: : My hobbies are listening to music, dancing and cooking     Likes: : I like to make new friends and the jungles with its diverse beings entices me     Dislikes: : I hate dishonesty, untruthfulness and when someone does not meet their commitment     Years In Oriflame: : I Joined Oriflame 16 years back in December 1995     Who inspires you and why : I get inspired by a common person who has lot of aspirations; he fulfills them even after facing so many challenges. My inspiration is Barak Obama, because being a very common person he aspired and have reached to the top.     My Greatest Acheivement: : When I became the part of Top 15 in Oriflame India.

Before Oriflame: Before Oriflame I was a responsible home maker, a wife, a daughter in law, a daughter, a sister, a sister in law and a mom. But I was searching for my identity, my place on Earth as Sangeeta. How could I contribute more to the family, society and the country? I was trying hard and living with this dream and strong wish...and God answered it...

Oriflame Story: At that point in time, the founder members of Oriflame, Mr Robert af Jochnick and Jonas af Jochnick were making a key decision whether to launch Oriflame in China or India in 1995 but as they say certain things are just meant to be and they chose India.

Now here's how we got to know about Oriflame. Once my husband was coming from Jaipur by train to Delhi he bought a magazine which had an article that mentioned about the opportunity for females by direct selling in India and there was an advertisement of Oriflame being called 2nd best opportunity on the Earth. He showed that advertisement to me and it impressed me.

Joining Oriflame: Next day I went to the mentioned address and I got lured by the office set up there and immediately joined in and on my way back home I made my first two customers. From then on I never looked back, and in a span of 10 days only I completed my 9% level with the help of my relatives, friends and neighbors who became my customers. I was among those who attended the first training conducted by Oriflame India. After that I went through the Success Plan and realized that the key lies in making a strong network with skillful leaders. I focused on that and recruited few people and with the help of around 15 people and achieved a 15% level. My levels as well as my earnings were on the rise. I became a Senior Manager in the third month of joining and in the same year I became a Director and then a Gold Director. Within one year of joining Oriflame, my earnings were more than a Lakh per month. In the meanwhile, Oriflame expanded its operations to a national scale and so I started growing my business in different cities like Mumbai, Jaipur, Bhopal, Nagpur, Ludhiana, Moradabad and Faridabad. With this expansion, I became a Sapphire Director and then a Diamond Director within 2yrs and 4 months of joining. This meant that I was the youngest Oriflame member to become a Diamond Director at that time in the Country. All this was followed by my first trip abroad to Bangkok which also made me the first one from my family to ever visit a foreign country and till today I have taken 22 trips to different countries from Oriflame.

Dreams that you have fulfilled with Oriflame: Today I have 12 Diamond Directors in my group, leading a team of 55000 Oriflame members across the Country. I clearly remember that day when I held my first PD cheque of Rs 1942, and when I contrast that with my PD cheque today I realize that Oriflame has been like a Godsend for me. The earnings of our groups in every month is in Crores. Now we are very dense in states like Maharashtra, M.P, Rajasthan, Gujrat, A.P, Punjab, Jharkhand, Delhi, U.P, Uttarakhand & Haryana. Through this opportunity in our network many women have become independent and self reliant due to their association with Oriflame. Through this business we have effectively put into use the vast and hidden potential of many housewives, they have not only been able to upgrade their own profile but also of the people around them.

Dreams you wish to fulfill with Oriflame: After achieving so many dreams of having car ,my own house, now I want to own a farm house and I want to send my son for his education in one of the top universities of the world, and I'm sure Oriflame, as ever will play a helping hand in order to achieve this.


Advice/Tips for success for leaders:
1.   I would like to say one should always remember
2.  Consult not your fears but your hopes and dreams
3.  Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential.
4.  Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but what it is still possible for you to do

"All of our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them."