Gautam Unnikrishnan, Sales Executive

Gautam Unnikrishnan

Sales Executive

Farm Fresh

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Master's degree, Marketing and Operations
Experience
13 years, 2 Months

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Total years of experience :13 years, 2 Months

Sales Executive at Farm Fresh
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since July 2017

• Handled the sales of major brands like Seara (Poultry), McCain (Frozen Potato products), Ashirwad (Flour), Emborg (Frozen Vegetables), Brazilian, Australian and New Zealand (Meat- Frozen and Chilled), Mama Sita’s (Filipino Sauces/receipies), India Gate (Rice), Shan (Seasoning) and Farm fresh processed meat products (private label).
• Ensuring effective distribution to hotels; 4 star & 5 star hotels in Dubai with major focus on properties in and around Palm Jumeirah/JBR/Marina/Barsha/JLT/Jebel Ali/Deira
• Suggesting ideas to clients on customization of processed meat & poultry products.
• Market visits, addressing customer concerns and effective problem solving, payment collections.
• Maintaining effective margins with key focus being on commercial profitability.
• Building and managing contractual business.

Sales Executive at Farm Fresh
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since July 2017

• Handled the sales of major brands like Seara (Poultry), McCain (Frozen Potato products), Ashirwad (Flour), Emborg (Frozen Vegetables), Brazilian, Australian and New Zealand (Meat- Frozen and Chilled), Mama Sita’s (Filipino Sauces/receipies), India Gate (Rice), Shan (Seasoning) and Farm fresh processed meat products (private label).
• Ensuring effective distribution to hotels; 4 star & 5 star hotels in Dubai with major focus on properties in and around Palm Jumeirah/JBR/Marina/Barsha/JLT/Jebel Ali/Deira
• Suggesting ideas to clients on customization of processed meat & poultry products.
• Market visits, addressing customer concerns and effective problem solving, payment collections.
• Maintaining effective margins with key focus being on commercial profitability.
• Building and managing contractual business.

Sales Executive at Rashwell Co. LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2015 to June 2017

• Responsible for sales across Northern Emirates (RAK/FUJ/UAQ/Dhaid) and Sharjah.
• Responsible for sale of pulses, rice, dry fruits and spices
• Making appointments and meeting new customers
• Maintaining relationship with customers and generating new sales.
• Agreeing sales, prices, contracts and payments
• Meeting sales targets
• Promoting new products and any special deals
• Advising customers about delivery schedules and after-sales service
• Recording orders and sending details to the sales office
• Giving feedback on sales trend
• Credit collection within the designated time frame

Sales Executive at Pack and Mark Middle East
  • United Arab Emirates - Ajman
  • February 2014 to November 2015

Generating new business across U.A.E
 Assisting clients with after sales procedures
 Ensuring delivery of consumables and technical issues are dealt with immediate effect

Sales Executive at Al Aujan & Oasis
  • United Arab Emirates
  • January 2012 to January 2014

Handling retail markets in Al Ain
 Accountable for achieving sales targets
 Merchandising in retail outlets
 Deployment of all the SKU’s in the market
 Manage customer service & follow-up to maintain effective relationship
 Establishing new businesses
 Collection of credit payment within prescribed time
 Demonstrating/Presenting products for new business deals

Sales Coordinator at Al Aujan & Oasis
  • United Arab Emirates
  • April 2011 to January 2012

Making weekly reports to identify the weekly sales position of the branch in comparison to previous year’s
sales
 Identifying near expiry products twice in a month
 Making ‘sales lost due to Out Of Stock (OOS) reports monthly, to identify the sales lost due to each
brand/product.
 Handling Issue/Return/Repairs of coolers in Retail/OOH/Key Accounts sectors.
 Manually entering stock cardex
 File documentation
 Checking of inbound and outbound stocks
 Assisting warehouse manager in stock and inventory checking
 Handling petty cash & daily credit/cash collections of Retail/Wholesale/Key Accounts
 Preparing DCM on daily basis

Education

Master's degree, Marketing and Operations
  • at Amity University Dubai
  • November 2015
Bachelor's degree, Business Management
  • at CMS College of Science & CommerceBharathiya Vidya Bhavan
  • January 2010

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Specialties & Skills

Key Account Development
Marketing
Customer Focus
Business Development
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
CUSTOMER SERVICE
DELIVERY
DOCUMENTATION
MARKETING
MERCHANDISING
PRESENTATION SKILLS
negotiation
marketing research

Languages

English
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