About the Role
The person will be responsible for end to end General Trade business of the defined territory. They will implement the overall strategic sales plan, targets and tools to monitor sales achievements.
Your Team
Candidates will manage a team of RSO/DSO/ISP in the defined territory.
Key Responsibilities
* Overall responsible for revenue through multiple Distribution & Retail channels in respective states of India assigned to them.
* Identifying and building strategic partnerships that can help in incremental growth with strong focus on margin.
* Building strong relationships with all General Trade Distributors and ensuring strong retail presence of all Harman Lifestyle SKUs.
* Sourcing SKUs strategically and distributing across channels.
* Maximizing Harman's revenue, growth and visibility.
* Participating in developing and updating Harman product choices for respective channels.
* Keeping updated with market and competition landscape.
* Taking complete ownership of service and replacements across channels and working with the support team towards minimizing the same.
* Liaising with marketing team to ensure all retail channels get required marketing support to sell Harman products.
* Ensuring consistent growth in market penetration & brand visibility across the region.
* Maintaining monthly reports of distributors' purchase & sales for internal sales analysis.
Requirements
* Bachelor's degree required, MBA preferred.
* 8-10 plus years of progressive experience in sales / business development roles in multiple markets.
* Ideal candidate should have proficient computer experience (Excel, Access, Word, Internet, PowerPoint).
* Excellent oral and written communication skills.
* Strong administrative proficiency and customer liaison skills.
* Strategically and operationally strong – Ability to synthesize complex information into a simple strategy and then execute and communicate against this strategy.
* Strong consumer products orientation – Keen understanding of consumer wants and needs, that can be applied to creating market-winning retail sales strategies.
* Solid planning and organization skills – Ability to manage complex projects and schedules necessary with this global retail operations role.
* Good collaboration skills – Ability to collaborate with people and teams from all functions within Harman plus full range of industry consumer customers.
* Demonstrated creativity and out-of-the-box thinking – Constantly pushing new ideas and programs to solve sales and market challenges.
* Business acumen – Solid business and financial background.
Nice to Have
* Extensive sales & distribution experience in multiple market sales, required. Preferred industries; electronics manufacturing, consumer electronics, computer hardware, automotive, and other relevant industries.
* Dynamic builder of relationships with customers, with track record of identifying new areas of opportunity and negotiating complex business deals for mutual benefit.
* Provides updated market feedback to the vertical market and target market specialists.
* Interfaces with sales & marketing to leverage their knowledge and efforts to maximize sales launches.
Eligibility
* Willing to travel up to 70%, domestic travel.
What We Offer
* Flexible work environment, allowing for full-time remote work globally for positions that can be performed outside a HARMAN or customer location.
* Access to employee discounts on world-class Harman and Samsung products (JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG, etc.).
* Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University.
* Competitive wellness benefits.
* Tuition reimbursement.
* Access to HARMAN Campus Fitness Center and Cafeteria.
* An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development.