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• Represent our company, with a comprehensive understanding of our offerings
• Research consumer needs and identify how our solutions meet them
• Hire, train, motivate, and advise a team of sales representatives
• Achieve company objectives through effective planning, setting sales goals, analyzing performance data, and projecting future performance.
• Continuously develop personal leadership, hiring, and training skills while ensuring the team is using  effective sales tactics to meet revenue objectives.
• Generate leads, and build and nurture client relationships

• Create and execute a strategic sales plan that expands customer base and extends global reach
• Meet with potential clients and grow long-lasting relationships by understanding their needs
• Track, analyze, and communicate key quantitative metrics and business trends as they relate to partner relationships
• Recruit salespeople, set objectives, train and coach, and monitor performance ensuring assigned tasks and responsibilities are fulfilled
• Identify knowledge gaps within the team and develop a plan to fulfill them
• Oversee the sales team to ensure company quotas and standards are met by holding daily check-ins with team to set objectives for the day and monitor progress regularly
• Manage month-end and year-end close processes

ABOUT COMPANY

Our client is one of the strongest Consumer brands in the Bakery category, having a 25000 sq ft state-of-the-art centralized manufacturing facility with European equipment near Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The founding team consists of a ‘Master Baker’ from Le Cordon Bleu, Paris, one of the finest culinary institutes in the world and an IIM-A alumni with a McKinsey background.

JOB PURPOSE

The role requires to develop business by planning, directing and implementing sales strategies and programs to achieve or exceed the sales objectives for the company. Business Channels are Traditional Retail in Distribution, Modern retail, General trade and Corporate sales business for our bakery products

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. To effectively manage the business in the concerned cities/regions and achieving the sales objectives

a. Setting targets and monitoring them monthly to ensure that they are in line with the business plan

b. Meeting the revenue and margin targets for the business

c. Generating sales of company products through a team of salesmen/retail promoters in order to achieve or exceed the annual sales targets

d. Analyzing the sales trend and taking corrective actions wherever necessary

e. Any other special assignments as applicable

2. To develop and maintain a strong sales infrastructure and an aggressive sales team

a. Managing, directing and coordinating the activities of the Area Sales Managers & Sales Officers

b. Sales team deployment as per the company's requirement and as per the budget

c. Accomplishing sales human resource objectives by orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counselling, and disciplining employees in assigned retail stores

d. Appointing the right set of channel partners with appropriate experience, good infrastructure, financially strong and with an attitude to grow.

3. To plan, prepare and exist control over sales budget, sales forecast, sales plan etc.

a. Developing sales plan to ensure optimum utilization of resources in the region

b. Meeting sales financial objectives by forecasting requirements

c. Preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analysing variances and initiating corrective actions

d. Ensuring that all promotions are within the budget

e. Preparing sales growth blueprint for the future

4. To ensure coordination and relationship management with distributors, customers, as well as other departments

a. Ensuring that distributors and customers in the region are provided with information about new products and services in order to improve sales in the region

b. Developing and maintaining an efficient distribution network

c. Ensuring commercial hygiene by monitoring damages, complaints etc

d. Liaising with the Marketing team to ensure that adequate marketing support by way of merchandising and promotions is available in order to provide brand visibility and promote sales in the region

e. To continuously gain and update category and channel expertise

f. Continuously acquiring knowledge regarding the industry, market construct, and customer behaviour to enable effective business plans

g. Acquire knowledge regarding competition product, strategies to counter attack competition in the best possible manner

SKILL REQUIREMENTS

1. Knowledge: 

a. Sound knowledge of sales and sales administration processes

b. Strong understanding of modern trade and general trade

c. Understanding of perishable/limited shelf life products (e.g. dairy, bakery, juices etc) would be preferable

d. Knowledge of ERP systems would be a plus

2. Skills: 

a. Strong leadership skills

b. Excellent communication and negotiation skills

c. Presentation skills

d. Ability to manage and lead a team

e. Strong decision making ability

f. Ability to build relationships

g. Excellent business acumen

3. Attitude: 

a. Self-motivator

b. Aggressive

c. Sincere

d. Positive approach to problem solving

e. Commitment to achieving the sales targets

f. Dynamic and exploratory

4. Educational Level

a. Graduation: Any specialization

b. Post-Graduation (Must-have): PGDM/ MBA in Marketing or Sales Management

5. Experience

a. Preferably be from FMCG or Organised Modern retail background

P osition holder will be an individual contributor

 Build and manage productive, professional relationships with clients

 Ensure clients are using and deriving benefits from IndiaMART

 Ensure products/services in client’s e-catalog are accurately defined

 Maximize revenue by upselling other services and achieve

fortnightly, monthly client retention and revenue targets

 Systematic follow-up and time-bound closures

 Prompt resolution of complaints

 Daily 4-5 in person meetings (F2F) with clients onsite

Responsibilities:

• Genrate leads from Bidding portal (Upwork, Guru, PPH,etc...).
• B2B Lead Genearation from LinkedIn
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Client research and Email Campainging
• Revenue realization by generating business leads from Internet/Other sources
• Identify the customer needs and develop customized solutions for delivery
• Cold Calling alsoto potential clients
• Respond to sales requirements from existing and potential customers
• Build & maintain healthy relationship with the company's clients
• Responsible to achieve monthly target
• Regular Reporting to the senior management & Follow-ups with the customers/clients
• Maintain Daily & Monthly status reports
• To acquire new corporate clients in the specified region /market

• Evaluate customers skills, needs and build productive long lasting relationships
• Meet personal and team sales targets
• Research accounts and generate or follow through sales leads
• Attend meeting, sales events and trainings to keep abreast of the latest developments
• Must have experience in sales
• Ability to achieve monthly targets
• Will have to sell banking products like loans and swipe machines
• Must be having two wheeler license and a two wheeler
• Must be a graduate.

Main Purpose of Job:

1. Responsible for Lead Generation and Client Conversion (Closing deals with Pharmacies and Doctors)

2. Working on Client Retention and Marketing Strategies (Onboarding patients by doing promotional activities)

3. Cold calling and Field sales activities.

Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities:

Key Activities - End Results

1. R&D for Lead Generation:

Will ensure lead generation and conversion as well.

2. Competitive Research Analysis:

Research will ensure less error rates and hence more efficiency.

3. Provide Weekly and Monthly reports:

Will show regular growth and advancements.

4. Identify potential market and test them extensively:

Opens new market ways and hence will help in increasing revenue.

5. Collecting and evaluating customer feedback:

Will show customer or client satisfaction.

6. Evaluating customer research, market conditions and competitor data:

Will provide more insights and hence increase productivity.

Competency Profile:

1. Experiences in delivering client focused solutions to customer needs.

2. Ability to work to budgets and deadlines.

3. Highly Energetic

4. Self-discipline & commitment

5. Innovative & Creative

6. Cost Consciousness

7. Efficient in Microsoft office (Excel & PowerPoint)

8. Good reasoning abilities. Sound judgment.

9. A creative approach to problem-solving skill

10. Tactful, mature, flexible.

11. Result oriented

12. Strategic Thinker

13. Build and Maintain strong, long lasting client relationship.

14. Strong verbal and written communication