Area Sales Manager

About Marut Drones

Marut Drones is India's leading Industrial Drone Manufacturer based in Hyderabad. Known for our powerful and innovative drones, we have developed popular models like Agricopter for precision agriculture, Hepicopter for long-range deliveries, Seed copter for afforestation, and Marut ZAP for mosquito eradication and disease prediction.

Marut Drones has been recognized with numerous prestigious awards for its innovation and contributions to various sectors. These accolades include the FICCI Award for Sustainable Agriculture, the Telangana State Industries Award 2022 for Best Startup, the NASSCOM Emerging Technology Award for Drones and AI, and the South India Business Award. These awards highlight the company's commitment to excellence, sustainability, and its transformative impact across industries.

Role Overview

Marut is seeking a dynamic and results-driven Sales Manager to lead our sales team and drive business growth. The ideal candidate will be responsible for building strong client relationships, achieving sales targets, and expanding our distribution network. With a focus on strategic planning, team management, and performance monitoring, you will play a crucial role in enhancing our market presence and ensuring the success of our sales operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Arranging sales visits with prospective clients
• Giving product demonstrations
• Maintaining proper sales and performance records
• Participating in trade exhibitions, conferences, etc.
• Negotiating sales contracts and designing packages
• Achieving sales targets
• Planning daily /monthly sales activities for Sales Officers
• Daily monitoring of sales progress- lead generation, customer meetings, closures
• Capability to Develop new distribution network by Appointing new dealers & distributers and managing existing distribution network.
• General administration and team management.
• Capable to expand company customer base and ensure its strong presence by adopting new strategies.
• To support and drive the sales team and monitor their calls & conversion on daily basis.

Knowledge and Skills Required

• Excellent sales skills with a proven track record of achieving sales targets and managing dealer, distributor networks
• Experience in institutional drone sales is a plus, but not required
• Strong understanding of your region and surrounding areas where Dealers & Customers for Marut AGRI Drones can be identified.
• Ability to work independently and as a team player
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Marketing, or related field
• Good communication/managerial/analytical & leadership skills.

Qualifications

• BE / B-Tech or / and MBA with marketing / PG Diploma in sales and marketing
• 05 - 08 years of experience and minimum 03 years of working as Area Sales Manager or Territory Sales Manager.
• Proactive & result oriented
• Able to communicate extremely well and relate to, at all levels in the organization.
• Team Player
• Preferred Industry if any, Channel Development, Agri Tractors, Farm Machinery

Compensation

Competitive and we are open to discuss.