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Position Summary

The Sales Team Lead – Food & Beverage will be responsible for leading a team of Trade Marketers, executing sell-out strategies, and ensuring in-store compliance. The role will work closely with the Category Manager – Food & Beverage to ensure product availability, promotional compliance, and trade marketing excellence within the territory.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Territory Sell-Out Execution

  • Own and drive sell-out performance across the assigned Food & Beverage category territory.
  • Conduct structured daily/weekly outlet visits to monitor stock levels, shelf presence, pricing accuracy, promotional compliance, and FIFO adherence.
  • Trigger timely reorders at the outlet level and escalate availability challenges to the Category Manager.
  • Ensure all promotional pricing, activations, and POS materials are correctly implemented in-store.

In-Store Execution & Compliance

  • Ensure Food & Beverage products are correctly shelved, faced, priced, and fully compliant with planogram standards.
  • Enforce strict FIFO (First-In-First-Out) compliance and escalate non-compliance immediately.
  • Identify and action deviations from agreed shelf and merchandising standards, submitting weekly compliance reports with photographic evidence.

Trade Marketer Management

  • Plan, assign, and supervise Trade Marketers deployment across the territory, including daily routes and outlet coverage schedules.
  • Review Trade Marketer daily activity reports and escalate gaps to the Category Manager.
  • Ensure that all Trade Marketers are trained and certified on active Food & Beverage SKUs before deployment.
  • Conduct pre-activation briefings covering promotional objectives, mechanics, and execution standards.

Customer & Issue Management

  • Manage day-to-day outlet-level issues affecting execution, availability, and compliance.
  • Escalate all commercial disputes, customer complaints, or systemic challenges to the Category Manager immediately.

Reporting & Performance Monitoring

  • Prepare and submit the following reports:
    • Weekly Sell-Out Performance Report
    • Field Execution & Compliance Report
    • Trade Marketer Daily Activity & Deployment Report
    • Stock-Out & Reorder Monitoring Report
    • Promotional Execution & Activation Report
    • Outlet Visit Report with photographic evidence

Qualifications & Experience

  • Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Business AdministrationSalesMarketing, or a related field.
  • 3–5 years experience in FMCG salesmerchandising, or field execution roles, preferably in Food & Beverage categories.
  • Experience supervising field teams or Trade Marketers is required.
  • Strong exposure to modern trade and general trade retail environments.

Key Skills & Competencies

  • Strong field sales execution and retail merchandising capabilities.
  • Leadership and supervision skills with the ability to manage field teams.
  • Strong understanding of FMCG retail dynamics, especially Food & Beverage categories.
  • Excellent organizational and planning skills.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.
  • Ability to enforce disciplinecompliance, and execution standards.
  • Quick problem-solving and decision-making abilities in dynamic field environments.
  • High level of accountability, resilience, and results orientation.

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