Area Sales Manager - General Trade - FMCG - IIM/MDI/ISB

Name of the Position:- Area Sales Manager (GT)-FMCG (Personal Care/OTC)

Preferd Industry:-OTC / FMCG companies/Consumer Durable

Position Reports to Zonal Head

Location:

1). Mumbai - Covering Thane District, Navi Mumbai, Nashik & Goa

2). Hubli - Covering North Karnataka. Will not handle Bangalore

3). Vijaywada - Covering AP

4). Coimbatore - Rest of TN not Chennai

5). Nagpur - Handling Nagpur, Vidharbha region & Chattisgarh

6). Kolkata - Based out of Kolkata handling north Bengal (like malda, coochebehar, siliguri etc..)

7). Patna - Will be based out of Patna handling Bihar & Jharkhand

8). Cochin - Looking after entire kerala

Job Requirements:

- Graduate with 2-5 years of Managerial experience handling team size of 5 -7 in hard core OTC / FMCG companies/Consumer Durable

- Young, Energetic, enterprising in nature.

- MBA Premier B Schools

- Should have a sound market knowledge & good track record in Sales

- Should possess good communication, selling, analytical, relationship, team building skills, strong in strategy & cerebral thinking

- Should have experience in launching new products / brands in the market

- Age- till 35-37 yrs

Job Description:

- Accountable for achieving the required direct distribution plan, desired availability & visibility and meet the monthly targets by territory

- To ensure tracking of input & out parameters on daily basis

- To create consumer network distribution & increase the output

- To ensure coordination & 100% implementation of the company strategies

- To lead & motivate field force in field

- To give feedback regularly to line manager & HO on market information & development

- To build relationship with distributors, key retail outlets & retail chains.