Field Sales Executive – Tea, Coffee & FMCG Products
The Field Sales Executive will approach:
Retail outlets
Grocery stores
Minimarts and independent supermarkets
Bakeries
Cafés
Restaurants
Small hotels
Cafeterias and canteens
Corporate offices and pantry buyers
Suitable institutional customers
Large supermarket chains, hypermarkets and major institutional accounts will be handled along with the MD.
Key responsibilities
Visit potential customers within assigned Chennai territories.
Introduce Tulja Bhavani’s tea, coffee and food-product range.
Explain product varieties, pack sizes, prices, offers and customer benefits.
Identify suitable retail and institutional customers.
Generate trial orders from new customers.
Follow up until the order is confirmed and payment is received.
Maintain relationships with existing customers.
Follow up for repeat orders from assigned customers.
Reactivate customers who have stopped ordering.
Collect market feedback about competitors, prices and customer preferences.
Coordinate with the MD regarding product availability, order processing and delivery.
Collect payments only according to approved company procedures.
Maintain daily records of visits, leads, orders, payments and follow-up dates.
Submit a daily or weekly sales report through WhatsApp or the company’s prescribed format.
Work towards monthly new-customer and collected-sales targets.
Working arrangement
Field-based role in assigned Chennai areas.
Territory will be covered cluster by cluster to reduce travel.
Working hours and weekly holiday will be explained during the interview.
Initial three-month performance-review period.
Continuation and future compensation revision will depend on attendance, reporting discipline, customer development and sales performance.
Skills
Sales Executive
Additional Skills
Candidate requirements
• Comfortable speaking with customers in Tamil.
• Basic English communication ability.
• Previous field-sales experience is preferred.
• Experience in tea, coffee, FMCG, food products, grocery, bakery, beverages or retail sales will be an advantage.
• Freshers with confidence, local-market knowledge and strong communication skills may also apply.
• Own two-wheeler is strongly preferred.
• Valid driving licence is preferred.
• Smartphone with WhatsApp and Google Maps.
• Good knowledge of Chennai localities and routes.
• Comfortable travelling and meeting customers regularly.
• Good follow-up and customer-relationship skills.
• Honest, punctual, disciplined and target-oriented.
• Able to maintain simple sales and visit reports.