Distribution Development Manager

Alfa Laval Mid Europe GmbH; Pune District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Alfa Laval India is seeking a senior professional to lead channel sales initiatives, manage authorised partners, and drive growth across the country. You will define channel strategies, develop long-term roadmaps, and secure partnerships that increase market penetration and value creation for customers.

The role requires leadership, strategic thinking, and strong negotiation skills, with a preference for candidates with MBA and extensive channel development experience.

Qualifications

• B.Tech/B.E in Mechanical or Chemical or equivalent.
• 8–12 years total sales experience with minimum 5 years in Channel Development Management.
• Pan-India exposure preferred; leadership and management skills expected.

Responsibilities

• Define channel strategy for sales aligned to market segmentation and territories.
• Create short- and long-term channel plans and roadmaps.
• Define channel agreements and maintain partner relationships.
• Drive channel performance with metrics on growth and market share.
• Lead, inspire and develop channel partners; manage incentive structures.
• Support online/offline channels and onboarding of new partners.

Skills

Leadership

Channel Development

Negotiation

Strategic Thinking

Education

B.Tech /B.E in Mechanical/ Chemical or equivalent

MBA

Job description

About the Company

In Alfa Laval, we are every single day contributing to a more sustainable future for our planet through engineering innovation. Our global team designs and implements the refining, recycling and purifying process that allows our customers to be better themselves. You will find our work in leading applications for Ethanol, Distillery, Starch, Industrial Fermentation, Water, Clean Energy, Food Processing, Waste processing, Pharmaceutical development and much more. The people of Alfa Laval enjoy the freedom to pursue ideas and the resources to see those ideas to become reality, in an environment that welcomes drive, courage and diversity. The result is a company where we all can be very proud of what we do. Our core competencies are in the areas of heat transfer separation, and fluid handling. We are dedicated to optimizing the performance of our customers' processes. our world-class technologies, our systems, equipment and services must create solutions that help our customers stay ahead. Please feel free to peruse our website www.alfalaval.com

Purpose of the Job

Responsible for channel sales of Alfa Laval products and services by managing and developing business channels with focus on growth and efficiency. The position will contribute to the transformational journey of a modern data driven and customer centric organization. Ownership of Chanel Partner Accounts in the cluster Alfa Laval India. Enhance share of Alfa Laval product Sales with the Authorised Partners, more than 25 % growth YoY Develop Partners as being the long-term partners of AL (Authorised Integrators or Key Accounts) secured by Business Agreements Drive Channel Strategy in collaboration with all stakeholders (local and central) Key Authorities Taking decisions on channel development and commercial aspects for the given BU in line with company guidelines and in collaboration with BU Managers. Business deals/contracts/agreements finalization and signing within assigned authority in line with company guidelines.

Brief Description of Position

• Define channel strategy for sales supporting the best way to market strategy for the different customer segmentation, products, services, applications, and territories.
• Create a short- and long-term plan for channel base.
• Define roadmap for different channels based on territory and potential.
• Formulate, implement, follow-up and update channel plans.
• Formulate, update and maintain channel agreements.
• Drive channel partnership relations.
• Lead & inspire the channels.
• Develop channel metrics for performance management, effectiveness, customer acquisition and growth.
• Set cadence for periodic channel performance and strategy review.
• Manage incentive plans and distributor discount structures.
• Support sales to drive and execute data driven channel action plans and follow up.
• Maintain a pool of potential new channels.
• New channel evaluation and selection.
• Intelligence to both map competitor's channels and activities and identify opportunities for Alfa Laval.
• Support new channel on-boarding process.
• Support initiatives for continuous partner improvement: tools for self-sufficiency, refresh and hands-on training, updates on new service products.
• Channel rationalization as needed.
• Support development of online channel platforms that helps reaching out to more customers on a faster and more effective way.

Key Performance Measures

• Channel sales growth
• Channel sales growth within Intangible Services
• Distributor discounts
• Channel new customer sales & market penetration rate
• Channel market share
• Electronic orders conversion
• Implementation of Partner Application

Key Competencies Needed

• Transformational leader by inspiring others to give their best
• Creative to come up with new business ideas
• Dare to take initiatives and calculated risks to exceed expectations and achieve business results
• Ability to have strategic thinking & create long term plans
• Data mining and analytical skills
• Strong commercial, negotiation, and communication leadership skills
• Acts with confidence and clarity
• Quickly builds fruitful networks inside and outside the organization
• Strong drive and winning mentality
• Business acumen

Education, Experience and Certification/Registration Desired

B.Tech /B.E in Mechanical/ Chemical or equivalent.

Leadership and management skills, MBA preferred 8 - 12 years of total sales experience including minimum 5 years in Channel Development Management.

Prior exposure to pan India level profile will be preferred.

Why Should You Apply

We care about diversity, inclusion and equity in our recruitment processes.

We also believe behavioural traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role. To help us achieve this we apply Pymetrics assessments, and upon application you will be invited to play the assessment games. #LI-BP2 Every day, we get opportunities to make a positive impact - on our colleagues, partners, customers and society. Together, we're pioneering the solutions of the future and unlocking the full potential of precious resources. Trusted to act on initiative, we challenge conventional thinking to develop world-leading technologies that inspire progress in vital areas, including energy, food, water and shipping. As we push forward, the innovative, open spirit that fuels our 140-year-old start-up culture and rapid growth also drives our personal growth. So, as we shape a more resourceful, less wasteful world, we build our careers too. Meet our dedicated people who always go the extra mile