Senior Sales Officer - Assam

Nestle SA; Kolkata District; On-site; INR 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Nestlé is seeking a Field Sales professional for channel sales in FMCG across the Kolkata region. The role focuses on custodianship of Nestlé business, achieving monthly and yearly targets, and ensuring product availability across all relevant channels with strong distributor collaboration.

You will drive trade activations, manage distribution and secondary sales, and work with cross-functional teams to deliver on sales objectives.

Qualifications

• Must have strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to analyze market data and adapt strategies.
• Flexible and resourceful in dynamic FMCG channels.
• Demonstrates innovativeness in trade marketing and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Set and monitor monthly/ quarterly targets for the region's distributors.
• Ensure product availability across relevant channels via distributor sales force.
• Develop and maintain trade relationships; manage distribution set-up and secondary sales.
• Coordinate activations, merchandising, and visibility programs per guidelines.
• Provide timely feedback and ensure execution of all operational programs in the area.

Skills

Communication Skills

Analytical Approach

Flexible and Resourceful

Innovativeness

Poise & Confidence

Education

Any Graduate

Job description

Work Exp: 1-5 yrs experience in Field Sales – Channel sales within FMCG/FMCD/Telecom

Qualification: Any Graduate

Reports to: Area Sales Manager

Job Description

Custodian of Nestle business in the assigned territory

Ensure product availability at all relevant channels

Solely responsible for planning & achieving monthly/ yearly target

Maintain and enhance trade relations

In charge of distribution set up and secondary sales force set up

Network with other functions for achieving overall sales objective and extends support

through secondary sales set up for implementation of all activities.

Implement all activations (Trade / Consumer) & merchandising (Visibility) programs.

Facilitate timely and quality feedback for all activities as per guidelines

Overall accountable for all operational programs in the assigned area.

Market Working

• Set monthly, quarterly and yearly target for each Distributor for your region
• Achievement & monitor progress of Redistribution value and volume targets
• Ensure product availability at all relevant channels through the distributor’s sales force

per Company guideline

• Ensure continuous development of the assigned area and addition of new outlets.

Distributor Handling

• Ensure compliance of Distributors with their respective roles & responsibilities
• Manage and develop individual distributor in an active and profitable manner
• Ensure the proper and correct execution of sales, discount and trading terms

determined by the company

• Monitor and minimize the level of Bad goods returns
• Ensure distributor’s efficient and effective support for the market coverage
• Monitor Distributor’s overhead expenses & profitability (ROI)
• Track on delivery from Distributor to consumers.
• Develop strong business relationship with distributors, trade and key account in their

territories

Control, Training and Communication

• Conduct performance evaluation of Secondary Sales Force.
• Accurate and timely reports on Market intelligence: competitor’s activity, price changes
• and promotional support.

• Ensure Secondary Sales Force is properly trained.
• Coordinate correspondence and communication between the team and Distributor
• management.

• Comply with all company policy, instruction and directives.
• Optimize expenditure of secondary sales force.

Key Skills

• Communication Skills
• Analytical Approach
• Flexible and Resourceful
• Innovativeness
• Poise & Confidence