1. JAGJIT SINGH KANWAR Phone: 09999031904 (M)
E-mail: jagjits.kanwar@gmail.com
Seeking assignments in Business Development/ Channel Management
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A dynamic individual with experience of over 13+ years of experience in Business Development, retail &
Channel Management. Presently associated with Nilgai foods Pvt Ltd. as Area Sales Manager.
A keen planner with abilities in devising marketing activities & accelerating business growth.
Possess experience in training at NIS Sparta for 1 year in the telecom sector.
Demonstrated abilities in cementing healthy relationship with the clients for generating business & leading
workforce towards accomplishing business & corporate goals.
Proven skills in managing teams to work in sync with the corporate set parameters & motivating them for
achieving business & individual goals.
Possess excellent interpersonal, communication & analytical skills with demonstrated abilities in customer
relationship management.
Areas of Expertise
Business Development
Establishing short/ long term budgets in tune with corporate strategies for
achieving business targets.
Handling planning, forecasting & analysis of revenue potential in business
opportunities.
Conducting competitor analysis by keeping abreast of market trends &
achieving market share metrics.
Implementing pre/ post launch sales promotional activities for brand building &
market development.
Channel Management
Identifying & networking with financially strong & reliable dealers/ channel
partners, resulting in deeper market penetration.
Ensuring cost effective logistic operations & seamless materials movement to
ascertain sufficient inventory levels at each sales outlet/ distribution channel.
Key Account
Management
Developing relationships with key institutions in target organizations for
business development.
Evolving market segmentation & penetration strategies to achieve targets.
Managing activities pertaining to negotiating/ finalisation of deals (techno
commercial) for smooth execution of sales & order processing. Providing
technical service support to clients & resolving their issues/ concerns.
Credit control & timely remittances from market at initial stage.
Training
Determining training needs & conducting programmes to enhance efficiency in
overall operations towards the accomplishment of overall corporate objectives.
Evaluating the effectiveness of training programmes by constantly developing
& implementing pre and post assessment tools.
Organizing and developing, or obtaining, training procedure manuals and
guides and course materials such as handouts and visual materials.
Assessing the viability of trainings through a combination of pre and post
assessment tools.
2. Organisational Details
APR’14 till date at Nilgai foods PVT. Ltd. Area Sales Manager – Key Accounts - & General trade
Managing Gourmet Product (Food Products – Brand PICO)
The Company: India based company into Gourmet Food products.
Location: Delhi NCR
The Accountabilities:
• Establishing complete company setup from distributor appointment to marketing
• Responsible for the developing and implementation of the sales strategy regarding existing and potential
customers in gourmet market segment.
• Handling team deriving achievement of sales targets .
• Responsible for development of sales / Key accounts to achieve the business plan and budgeted targets.
• Responsible for identifying the market opportunities and new business opportunities.
• Making a strong sales presentation and developing the strong relation with the customer.
• Making impacts of new sales and marketing initiative in areas of responsibility and ability to read market
trends.
• Responsible for the existing and new product listing with Modern trade accounts.
• Negotiating with the M.T trade accounts for the listing chargers / Terms & Trade for the business.
• Planning for the BTL activities.
• Planning and assigning the targets to the sales team.
• Motivating & grooming the sales team as per the individual need of areas of development required.
• Communicate and negotiate internally and externally using appropriate methods to facilitate the
development of profitable business and sustainable relationships.
• Delivering on the job training to sales officers and distributor sales team.
• Evaluate training requirements for each division consulting with HR.
• Estimate costs of training operations and subsequently managed them in accordance with the budget to
ensure maximum return on investments.
NOV’11-AUG’13 at BRIGHTPOINT India Pvt. Ltd. (an IngramMicro company) As Territory Manager.
The Company: US MNC (Fortune100) and leaders in wireless (mobile phones) distribution
Location: Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad and rest of Haryana.
The Accountabilities:
• Responsible for achieving Budgeted Primary / Secondary sales targets.
• Managing, monitoring and supervising channel sales (Wholesale/Retail sales).
• Monitoring Outlet coverage & competitor activities.
• Responsible for developing, executing and monitoring sales and distribution plan in the zone
in order to ensure achievement of sales targets.
• Market potential assessment and Devising Local Promotional Activities.
• Improving the dealer & distribution network through monitoring performance
and Implementing all promotional strategies and campaigns.
• Managing the Marketplace, Monitor the Distribution Presence, Expand where
required.
• To monitor and report tactical moves from competition (price, discount,
scheme, special offers).
• Manage key Retail Relationships.
• Managing, Motivating, servicing a large Stockiest / Retail network.
• Generating, increasing the volume of Sales of all the SKU's by effective
retailing in the aspects of availability, visibility and off-take by
outlets.
• Implementing and supervising the Sales plans, Schemes, Motivating, training, assigning targets for
Distributor field staff.
• Distributor appointment for un-represented areas
DEC’07-MAR’11 at HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LTD. As Territory Sales Officer.
The Company: Leading FMCG Company
3. Location: Punjab Urban & Rural
The Accountabilities:
Develop short term and long term sales objectives through effective use of sales data.
Application of structured selling process and negotiation techniques to achieve the business targets.
Monitor hygiene in documentation, adherence to visibility templates etc.
Manage Distributor infrastructure (ROI, Coverage, Delivery Units, Godown Management, and Credit in Market
etc).
Ensure closure to grievances immediately.
Ensure adherence to stock policy in trade.
Developing customer organization.
Analyze how to improve the competitive position in the market through improved customer service for his
customers.
Negotiate with his RS and develop his people on managing customers to obtain more business by giving
excellent customer services in technical & product Range.
Monitor systematically the performance of the RS for his existing Customer , Assets and take corrective action
(infrastructure gaps) .
Key deliverables:
Identify growth opportunities in territory.
Ensure alignment of third Party goals to achieve with business plans.
Manage frequent change in SOP for coordinated Sales calls.
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Dec’06-DEC’07 at NIS Sparta Pvt. Ltd. as Sales Trainer
The Company: Leading Training Company.
Location: Chandigarh & Patiala.
The Accountabilities:
Coordinating project of HFCL CONNECT in Chandigarh.
Training the BSC (Broad Band Sales Consultant). Monitoring there performance enhancement, total BSC &
On rolls.
Delivering on the job and classroom training.
Jun’02-Nov’06 at Interscan Pvt. Ltd (Corporate selling) as Area Sales Manager, Chandigarh.
The Company: Solvent printing company.
Location: Punjab, Haryana, Himachal & J&K.
The Accountabilities
Organising road shows, finding sites for branding of products.
Handling corporate sales & giving presentation to the companies regarding the products
Looking after the sales team in the areas of Jammu, Himachal, Punjab & Haryana.
Interfacing with big corporate houses like HPCL, BPCL, IOCL, IBP, HUTCH & PEPSI
The Attainments
Handled Key clients inclsuing HPCL, Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum, Hutch & Tata Indicom.
Generated business volume generated worth Rs 2.25 crores.
4. Academia
B.A from Guru Nanak Dev University (DAV College, Amritsar) in 2002.
IT Skills
Operation system : Windows 95/98, Windows NT
Office Suites : Microsoft Office
Personal Details
Date of Birth : 14th February 1981
Address : H. No- 110, Jyoti Nagar, PinCode-144001, Jalandhar.
References and Any Other Details
Will be provided on request