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ROLE PROFILE_

Job Title:
**Area Sales Manager
Reports to:
**Zonal Sales Manager**
- Role Summary:_

The Area Sales Manager achieves and exceeds value and volume sales and 4P objectives through an efficient and effective sales force within the budget, time, and policy parameters.

The Area Sales Manager reports to the Zonal Sales Manager and heads the Sales team in the zone. The role holder interacts continuously with the Marketing, Trade Marketing, Key Account, Finance and Supply team. Externally the role holder interacts with the distributors, wholesalers, retailers, stockholders, and third-party contractors.
- Responsibilities/Accountabilities:_

Finance
- Achieve monthly primary and secondary value sales target of the area for the entire product range.
- Implementing the company’s credit policy

People
- Forecast requirements of TSIs’ basic growth/ geographical areas and ensure timely recruitment in accordance with the company policy and always maintain full strength of TSI/ DBSR in the area.
- Ensure that the new TSIs are properly inducted into the systems as per the laid guidelines.
- Ensure and conduct effective communication meetings, adhere to market contact norm (50% of available maydays), train TSIs, DBSRs, communicate company policies and other relevant information and build enthusiasm.
- Maintain open communication with TSIs and ensure building & maintaining of enthusiasm and positive attitude.
- Set annual targets for all SOs, TSIs and distributors for each product based on trends and seasonality and communicate to them appropriately.
- Supervise, train, and motivate his/her team of SOs and TSIs to implement plans as per agreed levels and set up systems to monitor implementation and give appropriate feedback.
- Appraise periodically the performance of each TSI against set standards of performance. Identify areas of strength and improvement, develop & implement training plans in consultation with Sales Training Manager, HR and ZSM. Recommend timely confirmation, increments and rewards etc.
- Carry out timely disciplinary measures and separation procedures, as appropriate and within the company guidelines.
- Market Coverage:_
- Plan town-wise coverage basis their population, profile, number of outlets, business potentials etc.
- Ensure proper planning of area coverage plans & PJP’s their implementation of systematic coverage of the territory.
- Evaluate & modify the same at regular intervals keeping in mind the business growth, outlet expansion, and required coverage frequency & cost effectiveness.
- Identify gaps in coverage and develop appropriate plans to plug those gaps.
- Drive implementation of coverage plan by all team members through communication, monitoring and feedback.
- Direct and Indirect Presence & Placement:

- Prepare distribution targets for all brands for all TSIs and communicate these to all SOs.
- Ensure that TSI sets these targets for all his distributors and communicates it to them.
- Train TSIs and DBSRs on driving distribution growths as per the plan, identifies obstacles and develops innovative solutions to overcome them.
- Manage, activate, and drive the business in wholesale, maintaining a strict control on wholesale rates.
- Ensure proper coverage of all wholesalers by TSIs/DBSRs as per the coverage plan.
- Maintain adequate contacts in the wholesale markets to ensure their involvement.
- Train field force and motivate the TSIs to enhance visibility in wholesale markets to drive indirect distribution.
- Consciously drives range selling to ensure distribution continues to grow as per the plan.
- Trains & motivates SOs, and TSIs to maximize shelf space for the products as per the given objectives.
- Monitors and tracks the distribution and visibility monitor to ensure growths as per plans.
- Distributor/ Super Stockist Management:

- Through TSIs appointment, train, develop and retain distributors and their representatives in the territory to ensure that their contribution to the business is as per targets/ plan.
- Negotiate after necessary approvals, with distributors for services and investment in stock levels and market credits.
- Evaluate at regular intervals the services rendered, coverage and distribution gains, and financial status of the distributor.
- Develop systems to ensure timely settlements of distributor claims, timely delivery of stocks, and ensure proper service to the distributor to his satisfaction.
- Monitor constantly stock, sales and market credit of distributors/ super stockists and take corrective actions if and as required, to ensure that the business is healthy.
- Ensure the super stockists are providing timely service to his distributors and are covering them at the right frequency so that the total business potential in the sub-DB towns is fully realized.
- Managing Competition:

- Understand all competitive companies and their products, their strengths and weaknesses and ensure that all SOs and TSIs also understand the same.
- Monitor