Sales Manager- Packaged Gases

Air Liquide; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

Air Liquide in India seeks a Sales Manager to drive growth by planning, leading and coordinating sales activities in line with company policies. You will deploy marketing plans and national projects, review performance with the Business Manager and collaborate with cross-functional teams to target Pune region.

You will negotiate complex contracts, manage customers, and ensure timely deliveries while maintaining safety and compliance across operations.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in Marketing and/or Management preferred.
• Demonstrable, deep experience in sales management with 10-12 years.
• Sound knowledge of business and financial management.
• Strong financial and analytical skills.
• Experience working with Google Suite applications.

Responsibilities

• Plan, lead, organise, support, control and report on sales activities.
• Deploy marketing plans and national projects involving sales.
• Review monthly business performance with the Business Manager.
• Collaborate with teams to establish sales targets for Pune Region.
• Liaise with operations, CSD and distribution for timely deliveries.

Skills

Leadership

Negotiation

Strategic planning

Customer relations

Communication skills

Pricing strategy

Team collaboration

Education

MBA in Business Management

Tools

Google Suite

Job description

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

The purpose of the Sales Manager position is to manage in order to achieve the sales growth objectives of the Business. To plan, lead, organise, support, control and to report on the sales activities in line with the company’s policies. To effectively deploy marketing plans and national projects involving sales.

Leadership

Through leadership, ensure that the sales objectives are achieved as per business plan & company’s strategies and policies and effective and efficient use of the company’s assets.

Business

Prepare for monthly one to one business review with the Business Manager . Use this meeting to review in particular

• His/Her portfolio of opportunities in BAR+
• The progress of Active opportunities
• The contracts signed since the last meeting and those expected to be signed in the coming weeks.
• The overall activity [visits, overdue, price management…]

Collaboration

Work with the teams to prepare & establish sales target, Assist team on new customer development for Pune Region

Review Management

Review & refer back to Business Manager

• all customer creation and modification requests
• all Contract/pricing creation and modification requests
• all requests for new installations at Customers’ site, including request for capital when relevant.

Liasioning

Liaise closely with all other departments to the smooth and efficient operation of the region.

• To liaise with Operations , CSD & Distribution to ensure timely deliveries of supplies.
• Take responsibility for AR for all customers with CSD support.
• To track timely delivery of Invoice to Customers with the Distribution team.

Attend safety meetings and ensure all area managers work safely and promote safety to their customers

Decision Making

• Decisions

Day to day management of the sales

Pricing offers to customers within his authority by using Pricing Tool

Contract approval as per HO guidelines and within his authority

• Recommendations

Pricing offers to customers outside of his authority

Variation from policy

Contract modifications

Market events

Quantitative/Financial Data

Quantitative Data

Sales activity dashboard

Business Development Report (BDR)

• Financial Data

Reporting Sales results

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Competencies

Strong leadership capability

Ability to negotiate complex and high value contracts

Ability to develop collaborative working relationships internally and externally

Customer service orientation

Ability to foster and facilitate innovation

Excellent communication skills

Top level planning and controlling skills

Ability to influence and gain commitment, leading to desired outcomes

Minimum Qualification & Experience

Tertiary qualifications in Marketing and/or Management preferred

Demonstrable, deep and successful experience in sales management with an experience of 10-12 years.

Sound knowledge or experience in Business and Financial Management

Strong financial and analytical skills

Experience working with Google suite applications

Experience in an industrial environment is preferable

• Tech/ MBA in Business Management

Our Differences make our Performance

At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.