Behzad Rahigh, Field Sales Manager

Behzad Rahigh

Field Sales Manager

Walkers Crisps

Location
Iran
Education
Master's degree, Sales and Marketing
Experience
20 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 2 Months

Field Sales Manager at Walkers Crisps
  • United Kingdom
  • My current job since September 2015

I am responsible for zones 1, 2, and 3 in London with 2 senior supervisors, 6 supervisors and 24 sales representatives in order to profitable achievement of sales objectives and productivity by running an efficient sales team to have the greatest overall impact on company results.

Regional Sales Manager at Savola Group
  • Iran
  • December 2014 to September 2015

"I was responsible for North region of Iran containing Gilan, Mazandaran, Gorgan, Khorasan, and Semnan. North region with 5 branch managers, 11 supervisors, 50 salesmen, and total number of 160 employee contributes almost %25 of total business. All 5 branch managers were reporting to me and 5 days a week I had branch visits and one day in Tehran head office.
Weekly meetings with sales team, controlling dedicated sales KPIs for each salesmen and SV, market visits, and each branches costs and benefits were the key elements in the region.
Achievements: For the last 8 months except August, North was the top region in total Iran under my supervision in terms of volume and other KPIs."

Sales Manager (Wholesales) at Savola Group
  • Iran
  • February 2012 to December 2014

I was responsible for the wholesales business national wise reporting to GM. I had 5 supervisors, 2 senior supervisors and one coordinator/assistant who were dealing with 11 ROI agents and 200 top WS customers out of 4500 all around Iran. WS is almost %55 of total Savola business in Iran.

Senior Sales Supervisor (Tehran Branch) at Savola Group
  • Iran
  • May 2010 to February 2012

I used to have 3 supervisors and 15 salesmen responsible for areas 1 to 12 in Tehran in Retail.There were 2 other senior supervisors in the branch, one for WS and HRC and one for the rest of Tehran all reporting to the branch manager.

Regional Sales Supervisor (Northwest Region) at Savola Group
  • Iran
  • August 2008 to May 2010

At the time of speaking, Savola used to work with BP Co. as distributor and I was Northwest region supervisor acting as RSM and reporting to him. East Azarbayjan, West Azarbayjan, Ardebil, and Zanjan provinces were under my supervision.Practically BP Co. was responsible for the whole sales and finance processes and me, as Savola's representative was responsible to follow up all sales KPIs and to make sure that BP Co. is performing up to Savola's standards.

Sales Supervisor at Mahan Food Industries
  • United Kingdom
  • July 2006 to June 2008

I used to be grade A supervisor and 12 salesmen and 3 grade B supervisors were working under my supervision in Zones 3 and 4. We were dealing with almost 700 customers in these two zones who had Mahan's baskets and shelves in their shops. We were responsible to check these shelves on a weekly basis to refill them with agreed SKUs.

Sales Coordinator at Mahan Food Industries
  • United Kingdom
  • March 2004 to July 2006

Coordination sales team with other departments like warehouse, logistics, and finance and GM interpreter.

Education

Master's degree, Sales and Marketing
  • at University of West Minster
  • November 2008
Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering
  • at Islamic Azad University (Tehran South)
  • October 2000

Specialties & Skills

Sales Management
Business Development
Strategic Planning
Team Management
Negotiation
SAP Business Object
MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, Power Point)
MS Office Project 2013
All Windows based operating systems
Internet and email

Languages

Turkish
Native Speaker
Persian
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Business Management (Training)
Training Institute:
TAFSE
Date Attended:
May 2014
Duration:
20 hours
Negotiation Simplifies (Training)
Training Institute:
TAFSE
Date Attended:
August 2011
Duration:
16 hours
Merchandising Principles (Training)
Training Institute:
TAFSE
Date Attended:
May 2013
Duration:
8 hours
Marketing Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Reckitt Benckiser
Date Attended:
September 2009
Duration:
12 hours
Sales Excelence (Training)
Training Institute:
Reckitt Benckiser
Date Attended:
April 2008
Duration:
12 hours
Distribution Mastering (Training)
Training Institute:
TAFSE
Date Attended:
August 2012
Duration:
20 hours