City Head(Sales & Marketing
Job Description
Job Description:
• Growth Strategy - Plan and build short-term and long-term supply for the city in conjunction with the business head. Responsible for supply growth in the city across products and categories.
• Supplier Management - Ensure long term and profitable relationships with business partners and supply retention through effective reward and recognition programs.
• Competitive Understanding - Keep a close watch on the competitive landscape of the city. Seize opportunities to adapt pricing, talent and business model.
• Building an A- Team - Responsible for hiring and managing a team that will consistently achieve / exceed growth targets.
• Forecasting - Manage and own metrics that objectively monitor the supply side of business. Balance inventory growth with demand to ensure optimization.
• Cross-functional approach - Directly coordinate with all support functions including product, marketing and analytics.
Skills
• Aptitude with strong analytical skills is essential. Have good reporting skills (MS Office)
• Should be able to think unconventionally, outside of the regular.
• Execution oriented - getting things done on ground. Has a go-getter attitude.
• Obsession to quality. Implementation of Six Sigma in the past can be an advantage.
• Passionate and owns up proactively. Should be a good salesman!
• Managed a closely-knit community of influencers (eg. Channel Partners / Agents / Drivers / etc.)
• Has effectively managed a large team in the past and is objective approach towards goal-setting and monitoring.
• Passionate and owns up proactively. Should be a good salesman!
Candidate background required (Education & Experience)
• Education/ Qualification - Graduate. MBA can be an advantage.
• Experience in managing a fast paced business on-ground preferably on the supply and procurement side - Eg. FMCG Supply Chain, Security Services, Telecom, Logistics etc.
• Prior experience managing cross-functional teams.
• Successfully executed business development opportunities and negotiated partnerships.
• Experience in early-stage startup environments would be an advantage.
