Suraj Somasekharan

Senior Sales Executive @ Nestlé | Business Administration and Management | Sales & Marketing | FMCG

Role
Senior Sales Executive at Nestlé
Location
Kochi, KL, IN
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Suraj Somasekharan

As a Senior Sales Executive at Nestlé, I have over 10 years of experience in managing and enhancing trade relations, implementing activations and merchandising programs, and ensuring product availability across various channels. I also manage the distributor point and secondary sales force, overseeing compliance, efficiency, and performance evaluation.In my previous roles at Danone and Biocon, I gained valuable experience in managing the field force, retail and institutional business areas, and launching new products in the market. I also acted as a contact between the company and its existing and potential markets, researching the market and related products, and presenting the product or service in a structured professional way. I hold an Executive Management Program from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and a Bachelor\'s degree in Physics from the University of Kerala. My skills include product marketing, pharmaceutical sales, and product promotion.

Experience

  1. Senior Sales Executive

    Nestlé

    Nov 2014 — Present · Kochi, IN

    Assist in ensuring product availability at all relevant channels. Assist for planning & achieving monthly/ yearly targets. Assist in maintaining and enhancing trade relations Assist in implement all activations (Trade/Consumer) & merchandising programs. Facilitate timely and quality feedback for all activities as per guidelines Overall accountable for all operational programs in the assigned area. Management of the Distributor point in terms of compliance, efficiency, track of delivery from distributor to consumer, manage distributors overhead expenses and ensure payments for the same. Management of the Secondary Sales Force in terms of compliance, Trainings, performance evaluation, coordination and communication between them and the distributor and optimization of their expenditure. Assist towards the market would include identifying opportunities and potential in the area, setting monthly, quarterly and yearly target for distributors and ensuring product availability and merchandising.

Education

  • University of Kerala

    Bsc, physics

    2005 — 2008

  • University of Kerala

    Bachelor's degree, Physics

  • Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

    Executive Management Program , Business Administration and Management, General

  • Cochin University of Science and Technology

    MBA, Marketing & Finance

    2008 — 2010

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