Objective
The objective of the program was to drive ‘best-in-class’ execution across 5000 retail stores through a competent field force comprising of Area Managers, Sales Representatives, Trainers (Master and Field), Promoters and Visual Merchandisers across following retail channels:
- National Managed Retail
- Semi Managed Retail
- Breadth Retail
Approach
Key activities in program execution were as follows:
- Recruiting, training and managing 350+ field sales personnel
- Profiling of all the mapped stores by capturing key details like
Coordinates - Name, address, channel classification, number of promoters
Business Potential - Device shipment
Guideline Adherence - Number of devices on display, number of devices switched-on, internet connectivity details, etc.
- Driving the Business Development Team to understand and deliver the channel specific priorities
Outcome
The program was a success and the key highlights were as follows:
- Real time secondary as well as tertiary reporting using in-house field force automation solution - 1Channel
- Improved tracking of field force attendance via photographs and location coordinates
- Provision of actionable information to concerned stakeholders to improve overall employee productivity