Head of Retail Sales-Footwear

Job Description:
     • Responsible for developing and executing strategy for Retail / wholesale vertical ensuring attainment of company sales goals and profitability.     • Driving the Retail / Wholesale vertical, contributing to continuous growing Top-Line with positive healthy EBITDA.      • Translating Company Goals into targets for the Vertical and Regions.     • KPI Setting for direct reportees as per business plans for expansion, while ensuring achievement of vertical/ Zonal Sales/ Regional Sales     • Manpower Planning for growth.     • Build Sales-force Capability through internal and external trainings on best sales practices.     • Developing Sales Processes for organization to achieve Operational Excellence.     • Executing continuous business development with existing customers.     • Ensuring business growth through adding new customers every month for continuous growth of existing markets.     • Identify and initiate development of action plans to penetrate new markets      • Coordinating with Marketing, merchandising, product development, MIS, Accounts, Logistics, Production planning for best service to partners & customers     • Establishes productive, professional relationships with Customers.     • Proactively assesses, clarifies, and validates customer needs on an ongoing basis
Key Skills:
     • Monitoring the effectiveness of marketing campaigns & BTL activities.     • Steering S&D KPIs e.g. Outlet index / productivity score / sales processes.     • Monitoring & controlling distributor ROI, subsidy and incentives budget.     • Tracking competition / devising scheme strategy across nation / monitoring monthly payout on sales promotions.     • Facilitating monthly retail sales forecast as per regional, country sales targets.     • Responsible for overall management of merchandise in retail stores, shop in shops, franchisees for best customer service.      • Responsible for recruiting, developing sales professionals to meeting key accounts sales goals