Sales Officer - Ahmedabad

Relaxo; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 300,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Relaxo in AHMEDABAD is seeking a Sales Officer to drive secondary sales and act as the interface between distributors and retailers to grow market share for our footwear products. The role requires 2–9 years of sales experience, preferably in footwear, FMCG or FMCD sectors, with a graduation being the minimum education.

Travel to trade outlets is expected. You will support ASM in demand capture, help resolve distributor and retailer issues, and drive stock availability and visibility at retail.

Qualifications

• 2-9 years of sales experience, with exposure to Retail Sales and Distribution in Footwear, FMCG or FMCD industries.
• Educational qualification is any graduation.
• Experience in distribution management and trade relations is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Sharing in-demand/not-in-stock details with the ASM and assisting in primary planning based on demand capture for focus NPDs and focus articles.
• Managing and timely resolution of trade partner claims.
• Helping liquidate low-demand stock with distributors and ensuring retailer demand fulfillment.
• Sharing market service feedback with ASM and resolving retailer complaints with proposed solutions.
• Seeking ASM guidance to resolve distributor/retailer issues.
• Identifying new outlets and ensuring distributor coverage for added outlets.
• Communicating market information on promotions, NPDs and engagement programs to ASMs.
• Ensuring product availability, visibility and merchandising in retail outlets.
• Driving distributors to purchase articles aligned with market demand.

Skills

Selling skills

Analytical skills

Customer Orientation

Interpersonal skills

Education

Any Graduation

Job description

SALES OFFICER

Department: Sales

Work Location: AHMEDABAD

Grade: O1/O2

Travel Required: Yes

Reporting to: ASM

Functional

Minimum Job Requirements

Educational Qualification: Any Graduation

Experience: 2 -9 yrs. in sales with exposure to Retail Sales and Distribution management in Footwear, FMCG or FMCD industry.

Purpose of the Position (Job Summary)

• To drive secondary sales and act as interface between distributor and retailers and increase market share for our product at end user

Key Roles and Responsibilities

Financial

• Sharing the in-demand not-in-stock details with the ASM and assisting ASM in planning for primary based on demand capture of focus NPDs and focus articles
• Management and timely resolution of the claims received by the company from the trade partners

Customer Oriented

• Assisting distributor to liquidate stock of low demand articles/sizes and following up with distributor to ensure retailer demand fulfillment and helping distributor resolve outlet service gaps
• Sharing distributors market service feedback with ASM
• Resolving retailer complaints by investigating problems, developing solutions, preparing reports and making recommendations to ASM.

People Oriented

• Seeking ASMs counsel for resolving retailer/distributor complaints

Internal Business Process

• Identifying existing outlets not serviced by distributors and capturing new outlets added. Ensuring distributor coverage at these outlets
• Sharing information with ASM on prospective distributors, competitor information like Trade promotions, NPDs, engagement programs and reporting of market working
• Checking product availability & range and ensuring product visibility & merchandising utilization at Retail outlets
• Ensuring demand creation through product sampling for NPDs / Focus Articles and sharing the demand information with distributors and ASMs
• Ensuring retailer awareness on company products and trade promotions through market visits, catalogues / leaflets etc.
• Driving distributor to purchase articles with market demand and enhancing range selling

Competencies

Behavioral

• Selling skills
• Analytical skills
• Customer Orientation
• Interpersonal skills

Key Responsibility Areas

Qualitative

• % Revenue Contribution from NPDs in defined sales area
• Increase in Range Billing in defined sales area
• Incremental retail coverage
• Increase in % Demand Fulfillment of NPD / Focus Articles
• PJP adherence
• Timely Submission of Market Working reports
• Adherence to Market Working Norms
• Market intelligence & Relationship building

Key Stakeholder Management

External

• ASM
• MIS Admin team
• Distributors and Retailers