Sales & Marketing / Strategic Planning / Performance Improvement / Revenue & Profit Growth
I am a growth-focused and resourceful sales and marketing professional with a successful track record in increasing sales, improving profitability, developing new business, cultivating strategic partnerships, and managing product-line. Over ten years of sales, marketing, business development, key account management, new account development and customer services experience in combination with strong expertise in customer connectivity and the ability to focus energies on rapid analysis of market conditions. Expertise in creating and implementing value added sales strategies, building relationships, training, communicating, problem-solving and bringing profitable business to a close. Well versed in conducting research, assessing client needs, writing reports and sales copy, guiding marketing staff and monitoring outcomes of marketing campaigns. Leverage exceptional customer service and communication skills to deliver exceptional results.
My key skills includes Sales & Marketing Strategy, Sales Forecasting, Strategic/Tactical Planning, Negotiation Skills, Business Development, Distribution Management, Client Relations, Communication Skills, Key Account Management, New Account Development, Team Management and Microsoft Office
My professional background and great industrial exposure coupled with an excellent track record makes me an ideal candidate for executive roles. As such I would welcome a discussion regarding opportunities with your organization that fit my background.
Achieve organizational Business growth objectives. Ensure Primary & Secondary Sales Achievement. Ensure Revenue recovery against the primary sales. Plans, forecasts, and identifies the potential areas as well as weak areas for the growth of the business and achieving sales targets in the designated region. Responsible to develop & implement sales strategies for South region across all sale channels. Leads the Regional sales team and develops strong follow up of monitoring Evaluates the region and develops team to expand sales and business while optimizing resources and budgets Identify potential territories to develop and maintain business Making sure the team members are achieving the sales targets. Organizing sales meetings to analyze sales insights. Providing training to the sales team as well as motivating them. Ensures distribution team training and upskilling. Execution of marketing plans and activities as per the Sales Cycle Plan. Ensure Trade Marketing activities as per given plan Close liaison with Trade Marketing, Marketing & Sales operations
Responsible for the portfolio of Top LMTs across south region and signing their contracts as per company policy.
Designing the JBPs and planning budgets in order to achieve quarterly and yearly targets across all L’Oréal brands.
Leading a team of ASMs and TSMs.
Implement sales (in-store) fundamentals to ensure core distribution availability, contracted visibility and shelving shares, and suggest retail pricing.
Develop and issue suggested orders to customers according to their stocks and movement to ensure no out of stocks or overstocks
Develop and maintain strong and positive working relationships with customers
· Hold accountable to share daily sales report channel and brand wise with the team for taking timely corrective action.
· Surpass and achieve monthly volume targets by directing weighted outlets, numeric distribution and key accounts.
· Steer efforts towards ensuring diverse range of Molfix & Tissues in the market, highlight stock requirement at the Distributor-end to support primary sales also generate claim reports.
· Guide on consistent journey planning, develop a team of Supervisors / Order Bookers and actively devise major Key Performance Indicators for secondary sales.
· Rendered keen eye for details to produce detailed report DSR, OSA, share of shelf, share of display and share of features to facilitate the management in key decision-making process.
· Strategized merchandising resource for best visibility across all brands as per company planogram, executed trade marketing activities within Metro as per company strategy.
· Entrusted with the responsibility to report Electronic Sales of Point (EPOS) data, overall and channel wise value share P&G vs MCC category sales on national level.
· Exceeded targets for Metro with respect to category, brand and SKU. Received purchase orders by customer (Metro) and dispatched shipments as per lead time.
· Tasked to perform negotiations with the customer for bulk trade deals, displays & promotions offered.
· Exercised hands-on approach to develop all assigned accounts within a predefined territory relative to sales volume, revenue, market share, product distribution, space allocation and customer service.
· Spearheaded the sales functions and executed national and local promotions, solicited placement of incremental marketing equipment, displays and racks and replenishing product inventory.
· Served as a resource in all efforts to develop new outlets to increase volume within the territory and accomplishing availability and sales targets.
· Successfully maintained and increased shelf facings, and racks; clean shelving and racking; and rotated product.