LAVA International - Manager - Distribution - South

Key Result Areas :

Lead Business :

Distribution strategy & deployment :

- Create distribution strategy & deploy blue print for respective geography

- Grow retail universe to achieve width in distribution

Distributor life cycle :

- Selection - using laid processes select right partner

- Onboarding - empower partner to build required human & material infrastructure

- ROI - create sustainable partner models

- Performance evaluation - RCA and Outlier correction

- Corrective action planning basis distributor satisfaction survey score

Material Management :

- Order to replenishment cycle of fresh goods between retailer to distributor and warehouse to distributor of respective geography

- Ensure availability at retail through adherence to placement norms

- Ensure visibility at retail through optimum deployment of marketing elements

Market Hygiene :

- Adhere to policies of infiltration, MOP adherence, curtailing wholesale,

- Ensure distributor satisfaction through timely NDC

Lead People :

- Leading team of 3-5 Distributors with 8-10 DSE's for given geography

- Facilitate recruitment, onboarding & mentoring

- Training & coaching team on processes, policies, soft skills and IT systems

- Ensure recommendation at retail through product knowledge

Desired Attributes :

- Distributes Integrity, Adaptability & Passion for Excellence

- Expertise in basic Supply chain principles (price, materials, credit management)

- Strong interpersonal & leadership skills

- Process and data Orientation

- Strong analytical skills to define & direct operations

- Demonstrate personal drive to learn and coach others

- Tactical Thinking

Salary offered: 7 - 12 LPA