Career Opportunities: Area Sales Manager I (Sales) (86269)

Almarai; Dammam; On-site; SAR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading dairy and food company in Dammam, Saudi Arabia is looking for an Area Sales Manager to lead their sales operations. The role includes achieving distribution targets, ensuring compliance with company policies, and identifying training needs for the team. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree in business and have strong communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills. This position offers a competitive package along with various benefits.

Benefits

Competitive package

Generous leave

Medical coverage

Discretionary bonus

Training and development

Qualifications

• Experience in budgetary preparation and planning.
• Ability to work as per business needs and implement new plans/routes.
• Familiar with FMCG industry work routine.

Responsibilities

• Achieve the distribution target on a week-to-week basis in all trade channels.
• Monitor orders of all products inline with market demand.
• Ensure all customers comply with company credit policy.
• Adhere to quality and safety policy.
• Identify training needs of Supervisors and provide necessary training.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Team management

Leadership skills

Initiative

Ability to work to target

Education

Bachelor's degree in business

Job description

Area Sales Manager | Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Almarai is the world’s largest vertically integrated dairy and the region’s largest food and beverage manufacturing and distribution company. Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Almarai Company is ranked as the #1 FMCG Brand in the MENA region and is a market leader in all its categories across the GCC. “Almarai currently employs over 40,000 employees servicing some 220,000 retail outlets across GCC, Egypt and Jordan and has reported net income of SAR 2.31 Billion on sales of SAR 20.97 Billion in 2024." For more details, please visit our website – www.almarai.com.

About the Role

Todirectcontrolandeffectivelymanageavansalesoperationofsalesareasinhisassignedterritorytoachievethebudgetedvolume&marginofAlmaraiproductsbycontinuouslymonitoringandreviewingteamperformance

Area of Responsibilities

• Achievethedistributiontargetonaweek-to-weekbasisinalltradechannelsaspertherecommendedproductportfoliotooptimizethesales&increasemarketshare.
• Monitorandensurethattheordersofallproductsareinlinewiththemarketdemandtocontrolwastage&optimizesales.
• Ensurethatallcustomerscomplywithcompanycreditpolicytoavoidanyfinancialloss.
• MakesureallemployeesadheretoAlmaraiquality&safetypolicytoensureproductquality&employeesafety.
• IdentifythetrainingneedsofSupervisors&provide/facilitatethetraininginputstoequipthemwiththerequiredskills&knowledge.

Requirements

• Holdingbachelor'sdegreeinbusiness.
• Experienceinbudgetarypreparation&planning.
• Excellentcommunication,interpersonalandwrittenEnglishskills.
• Abletoworkasperbusinessneeds&implementingnewplans/routes.
• FamiliarwithFMCGindustryworkroutine.
• Musthavecompetenciessuchas:Proficientinteammanagement,leadershipskills,displaysinitiative,canworktotarget&deadlines.

Benefits

Almaraioffersacompetitivepackage,generousleave,medicalcoverage,discretionarybonus,training,anddevelopmentetc.

Thisisagreatopportunitytojoinasuccessfulandexpandingglobalbusiness,offeringanexcellentremunerationandbenefitspackage.