Job Description

Seller Acquistion Manager

Our Company:

nurture.farm is India\'s leading open digital platform that offers integrated solutions - farm digitization, mechanisation, advisory, agri-input e-commerce, financial solutions - helping secure sustainable outcomes & build for farmer resilience.

At nurture.farm, our mission is to make agriculture profitable, resilient and sustainable for generations to come. We have designed and deployed solutions across the agri value chain for India and are looking at strengthening our solutions and scaling them to other businesses globally within the UPL ecosystem.

As part of the OpenAgTM network, we are reimagining sustainability by bringing different players across the food system - from farmers to food producers to consumers - in the spirit of collaboration to change how the whole industry thinks, works and evolves.

The nurture.farm app, launched in April 2020, has over 2.5 million farmers onboard. The nurture.retail solution, a B2B e-commerce marketplace for agri-inputs, has also scaled significantly in over 10 states and has 80,000+ registered agri-input retailers across India.

We aspire to create a happy and productive workplace for our employees, that embodies respect and transparency in every part of the organisation. We have had an exciting 3 year journey and are now zealously working towards the path to profitability.

What you\'ll do: Drive Selection addition by acquiring new sellers in the field along with a Team and Feet on Street Agencies.

Role Summary:

- In this role, the person would be responsible for selection addition by acquiring new sellers through his team on ground and partners.

- This is a field sales role and the team leaders as well his/her entire Org is expected to be on the field/road acquiring sellers.

- The candidate would also be responsible to identify and onboard support partners to facilitate new seller acquisition and going live process like imaging/cataloguing/training/business improvement etc.

:

- Background in field sales in agri-input industry is mandatory - individual will have to be the kind who enjoys being on the field and convincing sellers to go online on Nurture.retail

- The role would require extensive travel in the nearby regions - Ex. If based in Bangalore, will be required to travel to any location where there is a seller/manufacturer base like Hyderabad, Chennai, Vijayawada etc.

- In order to be successful, the candidate should develop a thorough knowledge of relevant Nurture processes and support team in selection growth - his team will look upto him to solve operational and process-related problems to convince sellers to go online

- Develop and plan for bringing in the required selection and execute with urgency to add to sales

- Give seller and competitive inputs to internal teams like category, selection product and ops, onboarding, marketing etc. from time to time for improving internal processes and benchmarks

- Will be accountable for new sellers added/day - will be a strict sales-oriented role wherein the candidate has to be keep thinking about how he/she will achieve the daily sales number

- Candidate should be very comfortable with a target driven environment with daily reporting, calls etc.

- The role for South will be based in Bangalore, for North in Chandigarh and for central India in Indore with extensive regional travel.

What we\'re looking for:

- Post Graduate is preferred, Ag-input industry is mandatory

- Ability to manage operations involving external partner teams with good communication skills

- Program management skills, relationship management, interpersonal communication - ability to work with multiple cross-functional teams with an eye for detail

- Ability to multi-task and work independently and as a team

- Basic proficiency in MS applications e.g. Microsoft Word / Excel / Power point

Soft Skills : High energy - Persevering with a never-give-up attitude

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