Manager/Sr. Manager Sales – Crop Protection

Antal International; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 2,100,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Antal International in Gurugram seeks a Manager/Sr. Manager Sales – Crop Protection to drive national sales operations, oversee P&L, and lead a team focused on new molecules and growth in generics.

Base location is Gurugram; the role reports to the Crop Protection Vertical Head. The candidate will coordinate cross-functionally with Marketing, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Finance, and Demand Generation to deliver the annual plan and long-term strategy, ensuring robust growth across geographies and

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of progressive experience in channel sales within Crop Protection.
• Experience launching new molecules to market and driving growth.
• Excellent English and Hindi; Marathi/Kannada/Telugu preferred.

Responsibilities

• Drive sales operations to achieve P&L aligned with Annual Business Plan and long-term strategy.
• Own volume, revenue, and contribution margins across product categories.
• Manage pricing, schemes, and commercial terms based on market conditions.
• Coordinate with Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance, and Demand Gen for growth.
• Lead and motivate regional sales leaders to execute campaigns and growth plans.
• Support Annual Business Plan and long-term strategy with effective planning.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure sustainable business growth and risk mitigation.

Skills

Channel sales

Sales leadership

Market expansion

Education

BSc/MSc Agriculture

MBA

Job description

Job Opening: Manager/Sr. Manager Sales – Crop Protection

Location: Gurugram (Base Location)

Experience: 8+ years

Compensation: Up to 35 Lacs (As per experience)

About the role:

The role incumbent will support National Sales Head – Crop Protection to help driving overall sales operations and achieve the P&L and other objectives in line of Annual Business Plan and Long-Term Strategy of the business vertical under the overall guidance of Business Vertical Head. The key focus will be on new molecules licensed by the company while growing sales of generics. Performance will be measured by consistent delivery of KPI towards P&L in the short term and achieving the strategic milestones for Long Term Strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive sales operations to help achieve the P&L in line of Annual Business Plan and Long-term business strategy by
• Driving the volume, revenue, contribution margins
• Portfolio and contribution mix across the product categories
• Manage business quality through optimising Sales returns & Collections, NEX, inventory & WC, driving focus on strategic products and growth geographies
• Design, execute and communicate price and commercials, schemes based on market situation and business objectives
• Act as a single contact point for Sales operations for the business towards Monthly Sales Outlook, Sales & Operations Plans, Monthly, Quarterly and Year End Estimates, Sales Execution Strategy and long-term growth-related matters in line with CP Business vertical strategy
• Business Planning and management: Support and facilitate in designing, implementing and achieving the Annual Business Plan and Long-Term Business strategy,
• Lead and Motivate the Sales Leadership team of Zones / Divisions /Regional and Territory Business Managers to execute sales campaigns & business delivery in accordance with the Annual Business Plan and Long-term Strategy
• Collaborate with Key stakeholders viz. Marketing, Portfolio Management, Sourcing & Supply Chain, Account &Finance, Demand Generation & Product Evaluation, Branding & Communication for sustainable Business growth. It mainly includes
• Demand Generation and Marketing for aligning for Campaigns and Promotion Strategies, focus growth areas (crops/products/geographies)
• Portfolio Management Lead for faster product delivery in gap segments by product inclusions, achieving business objectives of portfolio management
• Product Evaluation for technical knowledge enhancement
• Sourcing and Supply Chain team for production and purchase planning, inventory, manufacturing, monitor supply and dispatch plans, sales and permissions and other state level compliances for sales operations
• Account & Finance team for streamlining business reports, analytics, financial controls, payables and receivables; Contribute and adhere to the commercial policies and pricing structures
• HR team for trained team in place to support business needs
• Reporting on the market & customer level trends and help identify new areas of growth – crop, products, geographies, channel, alternate business models to drive growth of new molecules
• De-risk business through contingency plans and new opportunities.
• Monitor and drive performances of Regional Offices and Channel partners (Distributors, Retailers)

Desired Candidate Profile

• B. Sc / M. Sc Agriculture and MBA
• Minimum 8 years of progressive experience in Channel sales within Crop Protection vertical for new molecules to be introduced in the market by designing and implementing suitable marketing and sales strategies.
• Excellent and fluent communication and presentation skills in English, Hindi and preferably Marathi / Kannada / Telugu.

KPIs

• Achievement of key financials viz sales & collections, contributions, portfolio mix, working capital of P&L of CP vertical: Review tools / forums: MCM, RCM, S&OP, Monthly estimates achievement
• Achievement of the key milestones of the KFA / initiatives of long-Term Business Strategy
• Achieve Growth objectives from new geographies and focus products