Sales Manager (Domestic) - Spices

Date: 29 Jul 2025

Country: India

Function: Sales

Sub-Function: Front End / Customer Facing

About Us

We are a global leader in food & beverage ingredients. Pioneers at heart, we operate at the forefront of consumer trends to provide food & beverage manufacturers with products and ingredients that will delight their consumers. Making a positive impact on people and planet is all part of the delight. With a deep-rooted presence in the countries where our ingredients are grown, we are closer to farmers, enabling better quality, and more reliable, traceable and transparent supply. Supplying products and ingredients at scale is just the start. We add value through our unique, complementary portfolio of natural, delicious and nutritious products. With our fresh thinking, we help our customers unleash the sensory and functional attributes of cocoa, coffee, dairy, nuts and spices so they can create naturally good food & beverage products that meet consumer expectations. And whoever we’re with, whatever we’re doing, we always make it real.

Product Information

Spices

We’re one of the world largest global suppliers of spices and herbs, sourcing from all the primary growing regions and offering everything from onion, garlic and chiles to pepper, parsley and tropical spices. Provenance, taste, quality, color and texture – there's not a lot we don’t know about spices and the important role their attributes play in our favourite foods.

Job Description

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Sales Manager who can drive the growth of our Spices business in India. The ideal candidate will develop and execute sales strategies, manage customer accounts, and coordinate with internal stakeholders.

Deliverables

Universe Mapping:

Mapping Spices consumption across Industries (Western Snacks, HoReCa, Indian Savouries, etc) in the Domestic market particularly in tier 2 and 3 cities.
Analysis of market and individual opportunities to identify and manage these from lead generation to closure.

Customer acquisition

Developing, delighting, acquiring, and establishing Customers through services in terms of turnaround time for samples and commercial business.
Analysis of market and individual opportunities to identify and manage these from lead generation to closure.
Achieve Sales/acquisition targets set for the identified segments.
Focus on Modern trade needed, and Modern trade experience will be preferred.

Customer dossier

Maintain Customer details on products, demand, time of buying and price and competition benchmarking.
Engaging with the Customer at regular interval to establish company’s image as a top-class or preferred supplier for Spices.

GTM and product strategy development

Develop alternate sales channels for different products.
Communication to product team on the market developments to continuously revise plans.

Customer distribution to reduce risk

Minimize risk by developing a number of Customers to reduce the dependency on single account.

Soft Skills and Pre-requisites:

Position will be based in Mumbai.
Extensive travel required (8-10 days in a month)
Candidate should have good analytical skills
Smart enough to explore and tap opportunity in Sales
Good in communication

ofi is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, nationality, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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