Area Sales Manager

5 Star Recruitment; Solapur; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

5 Star Recruitment in India seeks a senior sales leader to drive growth in the dairy and cattle feed sector. You will oversee a direct on‑roll team, guide distributors in rural markets, and push revenue targets across Maharashtra Pandharpur and Tamil Nadu Eroad.

This role requires proven experience in geographic expansion, building farmer networks, and achieving profitability through strategic product promotions. Ready to join immediately with strong connections to farmers and distributors.

Qualifications

• Must have proven experience in business growth, geographic expansion and profitability in the assigned territory.
• Experience managing a direct on-roll team of at least 4 employees.
• Strong experience handling distributor sales in rural areas.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic vision and tactical direction while leading all aspects of employees.
• Promote and sell products and services to farmers; assess customer needs.
• Hire, evaluate, and discipline direct reports; supervise sales groups by product/area.
• Build customer relationships to generate future sales and repeat business.
• Establish and evaluate sales goals; monitor product/brand profitability.
• Meet product volume and profit targets.

Skills

Team leadership

Distributor sales

Dairy sales

Rural markets

Job description

Rs 900,000.00 - 1,200,000.00 (Indian Rupee)

• In this role, you will provide strategic vision and tactical direction while leading and overseeing all aspects of employees and represent the organization in promoting and selling products and services.
• Responsible for assessing customer needs and suggest appropriate products, services and solutions to the farmers.
• Responsible for personnel decisions related to hiring, performance and disciplinary actions for your direct reports.
• Direct and lead sales personnel in supervised area.
• Build customer relationships that help generate future sales and repeat business.
• Establish, control and evaluate sales goals.
• Evaluate, measure and handle the product and brand profit and loss
• Supervise groups that divide sales performance into products or areas
• Meet product volume and profit targets
• Other duties as assigned

Must-Haves

• Proven experience in business growth, geographic expansion, and profitability in the assigned territory
• Must have exposure of managing a direct on roll team of atleast 4 employees
• Strong experience of handling distributor sales specifically in rural areas

Top 3 Mandatory Skills

• Years of experience: 8 - 12 years
• Atleast 5 years of experience in Dairy/Cattle Feed Sales in Maharashtra Pandharpur and Tamil nadu Eroad
• Should have excellent connects with farmers in Maharashtra Pandharpur and Tamil nadu Eroad, Joining time / Notice Period: Immediate / 1 month

Strict No-Nos

Irrelevant companies like someone from Mother dairy, someone selling milk products