Divisional Sales Manager - General Trade - Foods/Dairy/Beverages/FMCG

You will be responsible for planning and ensuring the achievement of sales growth as per budget/forecast across SKUs in all the product categories (Milk and milk products )

YOU WILL REPORT TO NSM AND YOU WILL BE RESPONSBILE FOR ALL ASM AND EXECUTIVES REPORTING TO YOU

Strategy and Business Development :

- Advises senior management on sales strategies and business development operations

- Formulates and executes strategies on sales and distribution and logistics to achieve business growth and objectives for the division

Execution and Planning :

- Ensure achievement of targeted MOM growth and YTD growth targets

- Planning and distribution of sales targets Filed Officer wise/ SKU wise/ Distributor wise/ Route wise

- Tracking daily sales, performing gap analysis vis--vis targets and take corrective actions

- Explain the Inputs/ Schemes to field force and monitor implementation in the market in order to ensure last mile execution

- Design and execute trade schemes while maximizing the throughput of trade spends (as per agreed norms)

- Works closely with the Marketing in-charge at the corporate, to implement specific branding campaigns to supplement business development activities for milk and milk products

- Plans and supervises business promotional activities like customer education programs, involving door-to-door campaigns, plant visits, and below-the-line strategies so as to create brand awareness to convert potential customers from non-users to users

- Deploy and/or create - person neutral- systems, processes and Ways of Working which lead to a fundamentally solid and hygienic Sales Engine

- Ensuring special efforts are put in the major initiative/ Focus Brands etc

People management :

- Lead, monitor & drive performance by leverage selling tools & incentive program to ensure that field force achieves sales targets and requisite productivity parameters

- Review field force performance periodically example during MRMs and identify opportunities/ constraints for sales growth and assess competitor activity

- Impart on-field training to Field officers/ Route Sales In-charge whenever required and implement structured Product training interventions in collaboration with the Quality team to continuously up skills of the team

- Coach the team on Sales & Distribution system and keep them motivated

- Influence Key stakeholders in Operations and Marketing to align and garner necessary support to meet growth ambitions in the mid to long-term

Infrastructure and Administration :

- Increase sales, market share and coverage (number of outlets/ towns covered) in the area by identifying and appointing new distributors/ agents and continuously benchmark the same with competitors

- Periodically review the performance of channel partners and take proactive actions to maintain business continuity in case of foreseen/unforeseen changes in Channel Partners

- Ensure efficient backend administration by way of claim submissions, expense management, account payables/receivables, and reconciliations etc.

- Ensure high level of forecast accuracy and align Divisional Dispatch team to ensure efficient service levels to customer

QUALIFICATION :

- MBA with 8-10 years of experience with a Foods / Dairy / Beverages / FMCG organization in the sales function

- Relevant leadership/channel management experience in managing Sales and Distribution

- The candidate should have worked in South TN market

- Managerial experience of 5-7 Years is a must

SKILLS REQUIRED

- Self-Motivated, Highly Ethical

- Takes personal responsibility to make things happen and continuously raise the bar. Does not let ambiguity and obstacles come in the way of forwarding movement.

- Sets high-performance targets for the team and garners the team's commitment towards them

- Ability to influence beyond function and level

- Willingness to travel and open to geographical relocation.

- Analytical Skills with basic computer knowledge

Salary Offered : 8-10 LPA