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Business Building & Strategy: Define and execute the go-to-market strategy for the snacks and packaged sweets category, from market entry through scale-up. Team Building: Build the sales and distribution organisation from scratch, including structure, roles, and reporting lines appropriate to a new vertical. Recruit, onboard, and lead a high-performing sales team across relevant geographies as the business scales. Sales & Distribution: Design and roll out the distribution network general trade, modern trade, and any relevant emerging channels for a new category launch. Own primary and secondary sales targets, distributor and retailer onboarding, and channel economics. Operating Rigour: Establish systems, processes, and reporting cadences (sales operations, MIS, incentive structures) suited to a fast-scaling new business. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with marketing, supply chain, finance, and other cross-functional teams to ensure the vertical is supported end-to-end. Stakeholder Management: Report directly to the Managing Director on business performance, market feedback, and scale-up milestones. Candidate Profile Experience: Approximately 15-20 years, with deep, hands-on experience in the snacks category. Track Record: Demonstrated track record of building and scaling a business or category, ideally from an early or pre-scale stage. Mindset: A strong entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to set up a business function from scratch and operate with founder-like ownership. Core Capabilities: Strong, demonstrated capability across sales, distribution, go-to-market strategy, and team building. Leadership: Experience building and leading sales teams in a growth or startup-like environment is strongly preferred. Location Preference: Candidates based in Bengal are preferred, given the location of the role. Seniority: This role is suited to a seasoned snacks industry leader rather than an early-career or junior profile. .
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WorkMundi's database shows 74,689 open sales positions globally. India leads with 17,483 jobs, followed by the US with 13,876. If you're open to geography, you have real options — but the sheer number means you need a filter. Don't apply to everything. Pick a country, a company size, and a sales model that matches what you actually want to do.
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