About Godrej Consumer Products

Godrej Consumer Products is a leading emerging markets company. As part of the 125-year young Godrej Group, we are fortunate to have a proud legacy built on the strong values of trust, integrity, and respect for others. At the same time, we are growing fast and have exciting, ambitious aspirations.

Today, our Group enjoys the patronage of 1.2 billion consumers globally, across different businesses. We rank among the largest Household Insecticide and Hair Care players in emerging markets. In Household Insecticides, we are the leader in India, the second largest player in Indonesia and are expanding our footprint in Africa. We are the leader in serving the Hair Care needs of women of African descent, the number one player in Hair Colour in India and Sub-Saharan Africa, and among the leading players in Latin America. We rank number two in Soaps in India and are the number one player in Air Fresheners and Wet Tissues in Indonesia.

But for us, it is very important that besides our strong financial performance and innovative, much-loved products, we remain a good company. Approximately 23 per cent of the promoter holding in our Group is held in trusts that invest in the environment, health, and education. We are also bringing together our passion and purpose to make a difference through our ‘Good &Green’ approach to create a more inclusive and greener India.

At the heart of all of this, is our talented team. We take much pride in fostering an inspiring workplace, with an agile and high-performance culture. We are also deeply committed to recognizing and valuing diversity across our teams.

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Designation: Manager

Location: Kolkata

Job Purpose:

The ASM role would be a key sales leadership role within sales divisional structure and lead the delivery of annual operating plan for the region. This role would report into the Head of Division.

Roles & Responsibilities:

1. Growth planning

• Own and lead the growth agenda for the area: analyse internal and external data to identify, create and execute growth plans through systematic planning
• Leverage trade marketing inputs (schemes/activations) effectively, with a focus on investment and the opportunity to grow.

2. Business partnering

• Develop strong win-win partnerships with channel and trade partners, including creating joint business plans with a medium to long-term view

3. Coaching and skilling

• Coach, skill, guide and inspire a team to implement the growth agenda, achieve stretch goals and drive best in class processes, while ensuring personal growth and development

4. Execution excellence

• Lead and track the execution of the growth agenda in the region, including key processes and pilot projects, with a focus on quality
• Ensure accurate monthly stock planning, logistics management and sales forecasting

Educational Qualification: Post Graduate degree (MBA) from a Tier 1 B school.

Experience: 1 – 2 years of experience as an Area Sales Manager or equivalent in FMCG or allied sectors Experience of leading a team and influencing senior leadership

Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal skills, including influencing, negotiation and communications skills to manage effective stakeholder relationships across teams; high on energy and driven.
• Proven track record of strong execution, systematic planning, commercial acumen and critical thinking.

An inclusive Godrej

Before you go, there is something important we want to highlight. There is no place for discrimination at Godrej. Diversity is the philosophy of who we are as a company. And has been for over a century. It’s not just in our DNA and nice to do. Being more diverse – especially having our team members reflect the diversity of our businesses and communities – helps us innovate better and grow faster. We hope this resonates with you.

We take pride in being an equal opportunities employer. We recognize merit and encourage diversity. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination on the basis of nationality, race, color, religion, caste, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, or marital status and ensure equal opportunities for all our team members.

If this sounds like a role for you, apply now!

We look forward to meeting you.