Job Description

GT/MT Sales Head - Food

NewVerse Foods is the country\'s first food platform that brings together digital-first brands, experiences and retail destinations that will influence and shape the narrative around food amongst India\'s most discerning consumers. The company is led by Ms Ashni Biyani and Ms Avni Biyani who had earlier conceived and operated Foodhall, the country\'s leading gourmet food retail chain.

Sorrentina, the company\'s first brand, was launched earlier this year. Best known for its namesake restaurant in Mumbai, Sorrentina now offers a range of fresh and packaged food products and FMCG range available through multiple digital platforms, marketplaces, its own D2C platform sorrentina.in and leading modern trade and gourmet stores in India. Built as a digital-first brand, Sorrentina is led by a team with deep experience and expertise in gourmet food, digital content, and commerce. The company\'s second brand will deliver an innovative, healthy, and flavourful range of snacking and munching options and is slated for launch later this year. A third brand, offering a unique range of pantry essentials, is currently under conception.

JD - Sales Head

- We are looking for a high-performing Sales Enthusiast to help us meet our customer acquisition and revenue growth targets.

- You will be responsible for drafting a sales strategy to maximize our sales potential in different markets.

- You will be responsible for actively exploring business opportunities to identify potential markets, sales channels, increase sales volume for account expansion & development to achieve sales targets.

What you\'ll be doing?

- Develop and strengthen General Trade channel of the Brand\'s distribution network with focus on the main assigned product line

- Lead nationwide sales team members to achieve sales targets

- Establish productive and professional relationships with key personnel in assigned customer accounts

- Develop and achieve / exceed the sales volume/revenue goals targets as defined in the Business Plan for the sales channels and control/monitor the Sales budget to ensure optimum allocation of resources

- Develop and maintain an efficient distribution network and efficient routing to ensure timely deliveries and superior levels of service to company customers

- Conduct regular market visits to check route coverage and availability of brand products in the market, competitor\'s activities and look for new business opportunities in order to safeguard the customer base and increase market share

- Increase the number of listing outlets and product visibility by frequent visits to store and wholesale network.

- Partner with the Marketing team to ensure marketing tools are provided to the trade to increase brand visibility and thereby achieve business objectives.

- Plan and execute marketing & promotional activities

- Analyse the impact of promotions on time to time basis

- Partner with Legal and Finance to ensure compliance is in place

What will you bring?

- 7+ yrs of Sales experience working for Food brand(s)

- Experience working with external events & promoter agencies and direct sales agents

- Able to work comfortably in a fast paced environment

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

- Analytical & Problem solving ability

- Proven ability to drive the sales process from plan to close

- Strong business sense and industry expertise

Brand Links :

You can check out more about the company at https://www.linkedin.com/company/think9tech

Also, sharing the details of some of our active brands:

- Fashion: Kingdom of white- white shirts for men. Offers more than 48 different styles in white shirts - from hoodie shirts to ones weaved from luxurious lines. (https://www.linkedin.com/company/kingdom-of-white-official/ , https://kingdomofwhite.com/ )

- Sorrentina - Honestly Italian brand -Italian fresh food-sauces, dips, snacks, DIY Pizzas https://www.sorrentina.in/

- BiE-beauty in everything- skincare regime based products. Partnered with Queenie Dhody, Ex Miss India & businesswoman & renowned skin care specialist Dinyar Boxwala (https://www.linkedin.com/company/beauty-by-bie/ , https://beautybybie.com/ )

- Furniture - Kids furniture and furnishing brand ( smartsters.in)

- The Good Bug - The Good Bug is a brand of Probiotic, Vitamin + Good Bacteria for Gut Health. - thegoodbug.com/

- Panchamrit - Ayurvedic Nutraceuticals Brand - https://panchamrit.co.in/

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