Regional Trade Marketing Manager - FMCG/OTC - IIM/FMS/MDI/ISB

Looking for Male candidates who are in general sales.

Also looking for candidate who are currently located anywhere in Northern India and are willing to relocate to Delhi/NCR.

Looking for Northern India Market Exposure in Sales( FMCG)

Job Title: Regional Trade Marketing Manager

Reports To: Zonal sales manager and National trade marketing manager. Individual Contributor

Summary: The Trade Marketing Manager designs, implements and evaluates 4P activities within the region to achieve sales objectives, presence and placement objectives, within time frame, policy and budget parameters.

The role holder has strong engagement with the Marketing and the Sales team; markedly with the ZSMs, RSMs of the region. Externally s/he interacts with the Wholesalers and Distributors.

Key Responsibilities:

Financial, Trade Spends and Promotions

- Co ordinate, monitor, and control effective and efficient usage of promotions and equitable allocations of budget across RSM areas.

- Negotiate with agencies and suppliers to get the best possible terms

- Implement the claim settlement policy as per guidelines.

- Determine promotion gift items, identify suppliers, negotiate terms, monitor delivery schedules, and ensure timely receipts

- Develop and implement localized and customized self sustainable promotions in channels like self service stores

Sales analysis, key account management, test marketing

- Analyze reports (like KPI track etc.) and give qualitative & quantitative feedback to RSM/ ZSM/ DSM for better business decisions. Study Market data and identify issues, within states by category and suggest ways to expand numeric and weighted distribution, share of shelf etc.

- Coordinate with RSM and central sales, to develop and compile market reports to monitor business.

- Develop the communication package for rollout of month initiatives from RSM to TSI level

- Monitor incentives for all players, and timely disbursements of all of the earnings and gifts. Monitor and generate high levels of interest in all contests and activities to ensure maximum participation

- Monitor the progress of all Test Marketing initiatives ongoing in this region.

Placement & Field force activation

- Co ordinate, allocate, monitor and maintain data on effective installation and utilization of visibility tools and other POP material, brochures, leaflets etc.

- Ensure visibility tools are available in all CFAs/ RSM areas in the region in time and in proper shape

Competitors Activities, Coverage Distribution and Channel management

- Gather and report all competitor activities in consultation with DSM/ ZSM evolve a strategy and implement in the region to offset competition

- Have the complete data of the region by number of towns POP strata wise, profile of towns, number of outlets- category wise and class wise

- Study and suggest corrective actions on territory organization at TSI level and area level for effective and efficient coverage

- Prepare detailed launch plans for NPD, assist RSM to prepare TL plans for the launch; Monitor distribution build up during launch and all NPD launch reports, from field to central sales

- Wholesale channel management- coverage, business, and activation