Area Sales Manager

The ideal candidate will be responsible for building out our sales and marketing strategy, sales forecasting reports, and sales pipeline. You will then monitor our sales performance with the goal of expanding our company's market share. Your collaborative nature and will help you succeed when coordinating with external distributors and internal sales and marketing teams.

The position demands a comprehensive cross-section understanding of Hyderabad/Pune/Bangalore general trade and modern trade markets.

- The candidate should have personally been involved in regular market works with complete understanding of placement of products and merchandising and inventory management.

- Develop sales and marketing strategies to drive sales growth in the assigned area.

- Develop and manage an efficient distribution network to improve sales performance.

- Manage the sales team for sales growth and revenue enhancement

- Conduct market research to understand competitors and market trends.

Provide innovative ideas and suggestions to improve the market presence.

- Maintain relationships with existing customers for repeat business.

- Build sales culture and sales centric atmosphere among the team members.

- Maintain contacts with financial center personnel, processionals and personal contacts to build referrals.

- Provide timely feedback to the sales personnel regarding their sales performance.

- Provide training, educational workshops and challenging opportunities for enhancing career growth of employees.

- Conduct business plan review meetings with the sales team.

- Develop creative promotional strategies to attract more customers.

- Appreciate the contributions and accomplishments of sales employees through proper rewarding mechanism.

- Develop a performance improvement plan for the sales team to meet performance goals