Regional Sales Head - Ice-Cream Firm

Core Tasks :

- Lead the process of coming up with incremental growth and channel development strategies for different geographies and market dynamics.

- Identify white spaces for new distributor rollout, areas for improvement in channel structure and so on

- Develop, manage and own the business cases (including economic models, ROI analysis, margin structures etc) for different channel partners.

- Prepare and implement templates for ROI modeling, distributor assessment etc

- Prepare strategic options for channel partnerships in different geographies basis cross-functional coordination with core sales team and product teams

- Provide leadership and vision by assisting the board and staff with the development of long range and annual plans, and with the evaluation and reporting of progress on strategies;

- Formulate and execute company's strategic plan;

- Establish and lead execution of operation strategy;

- Set and achieve key performance targets for: sales, delivery, cost, expenses and other measurements of operational performance;

- Identify, create, and develop new market opportunities, taking the lead on constructing a robust and successful business proposal that secure new deals, contracts and long term relationships;

- Support and lead company products sales, growth and continuous cost & quality improvements in the business;

- Manage all sales related activities covering setting and strictly monitoring of sales targets and ensures accurate delivery of products in all sales channels;

- Ensure timely collection of company's money from the market. Develop plan to minimize expiry products from the market;

- Minimizes sales returns/damaged goods and short expiry goods by monitoring returns, developing a depletion plan and avoiding overstocking the points of sales;

- Able to devise and implement plans to mitigate the risk for smooth process;

- Timely update and present competitors- activities and provides market feed-back on new products, prices changes, new launches, etc to the top management;

- Communicate operational/sales results, activities, etc. to Executive Management and provide recommendations and plans for ongoing improvement.

- Ensure areas of responsibility are delivered in a way that are consistent with the company's goals and financial-cost improvement plans;

- Develop and maintain an excellent rapport with key stakeholders such as clients, suppliers, community organisations, regulatory bodies etc;

- To formulate performance measures, parameters and targets, in line with the business objectives and agreed every year on performance review, with targets set for the subsequent year.

Employee Attributes :

- Self Starter with plenty of initiative to innovate, change or develop old ideas into new opportunities and enjoys a fast paced exciting environment with a commitment to achieving results.

- Organized, meticulous, and confident;

- Strategic thinker with the ability to understand market and business intelligence to make informed choices about business development;

- Strong analytical skills.

- Strong leadership qualities, be a team-player with excellent interpersonal skills;

- Competent in pro-active measures whilst concurrently capable to analyse problems, identify alternative solutions and implement recommendations for resolution;

- Communicating clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing with company management, co-workers and third parties at different settings;

- Excellent business acumen and financial skills.

- Familiar with Microsoft Office Applications;

- Ability to work independently and as part of overall team structure

- Ability to develop and lead a sales team & passion for service quality;

- Excellent communicator that motivates and empowers others to stretch themselves and reach high goals.