Job Title: State Manager for MP / Chhattisgarh (Crop Protection Industry)States: MP / Chhattisgarh (involving extensive travel within the state)Reports to: Managing DirectorExperience: Minimum 5 years of experience - Pasura Crop Care Private Limited is a major crop protection company in South India.- It markets an entire spectrum of products - from seeds, bio products, mulching sheets, WSFs, Pesticides and sprayers amongst others.- Pasura Crop Care Private Limited (www.pasura.com) wants to hire a State Manager - a leader responsible for generating and managing sales and marketing activities in the entire state.- The state marketing manager has to look after sales, marketing and R&D activities of the entire state.He must:- Achieve sales targets and possess strong ability to liquidate stocks- Ceate and manage budgets- Create and implement sales and marketing strategies- Lead a team of field force- Create a network of dealers / distributors in the entire state- Create an environment for promoting and adapting the products of the company within the state- Develop and implement marketing and brand promotional activities through farmer meets- Build good relationship with state agriculture officers- Create a good rapport with the team at the head office and with sales & marketing teams of other states- Maintain accurate records of expenses related to sales and marketing activities in that stateQualifications:- Preferably a Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture- Minimum 5 years of experience in managing operations in MP state / Chhattisgarh- Demonstrated skill in creating and managing a dealer / distributor network for MP state / Chhattisgarh state- Demonstrated track record of achieving sales targets for at least 5 consecutive years- Strong written and verbal skills- Ability to work independently and posses troubleshooting skills- Aptitude to create and manage a marketing field force - an entire team of Assistant Managers, Sales Officers and Field Agents in the assigned state- Demonstrated skill in handling marketing and other allied tasks- Demonstrated technical expertise in the regional agronomy practices- Demonstrated fluency in local languagesCompensation: Best in the industry (ref:updazz.com)