Territory Sales Manager-Mysore

HM.CLAUSE

Mysuru

On-site

INR 600,000 - 900,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

HM.CLAUSE in Mysore invites a sales professional to lead growth in the Mysore Territory. You will expand the distributor network, analyze customer needs, and drive promotions for new seed varieties.

You will coordinate with Product Development and Sales Management to plan trials, negotiate customer actions, and ensure on-time order execution and reporting. The role requires hands-on field work and strong market insights for success.

Responsibilities

Expand and maintain the distributor and customer base in Mysore territory.
Identify customer needs, prospect distributors, and analyze sales potential.
Plan and implement promotional activities for new seed varieties with local teams.
Take part in promotions, fairs, trials, and customer visits to support sales growth.
Propose and negotiate customer-specific sales actions to hit revenue targets.
Oversee order taking, sales execution, and follow-up with the Customer Service team.
Write and submit sales reports to the Sales Manager.
Coordinate credit management actions for past-due accounts and claims handling.

Skills

Accountability

Collaboration

Entrepreneurship

Respect

Sales Goals

Sales Skills

Sales Team Support

Territory Management

Initiative

Problem Solving/Analysis

Product Knowledge

Proficiency in the role

Project Management

Job description

Limagrain is a global company with deep local roots. Our parent company is an agricultural cooperative based in the Limagne-Val d’Allier plain, in the heart of Central France’s Auvergne region, while we are an international seed and agri-food group with some 9,600 employees working in 53 countries.

As the 4th largest seed company in the world, we achieved sales of 2.522 billion euros in 2023-2024, with additional sales of 729 million euros from activities carried out in collaboration with our strategic partners.

HM.CLAUSE is a business unit of Limagrain (https://www.limagrain.com/), an international co-operative agricultural group, specializing in field seeds, vegetable seeds and cereal products.

With a team of 2,800 professionals in over 30 countries, we are dedicated to the sustainable solutions for the land, successful products for our customers, and intensive research and innovations for the future. HM Clause is a leading vegetable seeds company with successful product development for more than 200 years. Headquartered in France we have operations across countries like Mexico, USA, France, Spain, Italy, India, Vietnam and Thailand. We have a diverse set of customers, across regions, who engage with us at various touchpoints, to gain more information about our products and benefits. Considering our products are launched after years of R&D and the impact on the customer’s life is significant, our communication has been largely product benefits-led. In India, we have been operating for last 10 years and are known for our commercial brand – Clause seeds.

Function

Sales

Main Goal

To develop sales in Mysore Territory

Job Description

CUSTOMER KNOWLEDGE –

To expand and maintain the company channel data base : Identify and collect customer needs ; prospect and analyse DISTRIBUTOR sales potential.

MARKET & COMPETITION INTELLIGENCE –

Maintain and update the market intelligence database for the defined area (including market review, pricing survey, seed technology watch, etc.) and convey market trends to the Sales Manager.

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT –

Support the Product Development team to set up trials & eventually to evaluate new varieties and provide opinion on variety advancement.

PROMOTIONAL ACTIVTIES PLAN & IMPLEMENTATION -

Propose, plan and implement promotion actions for the new varieties in the defined area jointly with the local sales and development team when necessary. Lead trials visits, fairs and other promotion events with the customers. Bring adapted technical advices and support to the customers (direct & indirect).

SALES CAMPAIGN & ACTIONS –

Propose and negotiate Customer specific sales actions validated by the management in order to reach the sales revenue target

ORDER TAKING, SALES EXECUTION & SALES FOLLOW UP -

Control that direct & indirect customers confirmed their orders to the Customer Service (eventually take directly the order from the customer).
Follow up the sales target completion & propose corrective actions when applicable.

REPORTING –

Write and submit sales reports to the Sales Manager.

CREDIT MANAGEMENT –

Propose account payment conditions review; for past due, realize money collection actions jointly with the Credit Management team.

CLAIMS & COMPLAINTS –

Manage the settlement of claims & complaints jointly with the support of the local Product Development Representative with validation of the manager.

Responsible for the turn over of the territory
- Responsible for the receivables & collections recovery.
- Responsible for the market & competitor intelligence reporting in the territory
- Responsible for Sales team development in the territory

Skills