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The Middlemen of Sales!

The Feet-on-Street Behind the Sale of Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)

The Feet-on-Street Behind the Sale of Fast MModern Trade commands an 8-10% premium over General Trade. Higher maturity and sophistication of clients (Walmart vs. Kirana store) requires better quality talent hence, higher salaries.

Compensation data also varies by roles (in the range of 5-15%) with DSR being paid the highest in General Trade and Beauty Advisors/ Shop-in-Shop promoters paid the highest in Modern Trade. General Trade and Modern Trade are two alternate channels of sales.

Source: Aon Hewitt FMCG Off-Roll Field Sales Force Study 2013
Median - 50th percentile; Average - Mean; Figures in `'000 per month
Apart from compensation, the other areas of focus for this study were Sales Force Productivity Metrics along with commonly measured KPIs, Sales Incentives design parameters, Travel & Daily Allowances (TADA) entitlements as well as insights on prevalent Operating Models.

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