Area Sales Manager - General Trade & Modern Trade, West Upcountry Market
About the job
- Contribute to a strong Environmental Health and Safety culture by following safety policies, identifying hazards, and engaging in continuous improvement.
- Provide education and work history through a resume or directly in the application fields.
- Implement, supervise, and improve frontline sales and distribution infrastructure, organization, metrics, processes, systems, plans, activities, and promotions to achieve business sales and distribution goals in the specified territory.
- Achieve the annual business plan for the assigned territory, channel, and outlets.
- Execute programs, demand-generation activities, visibility plans, and merchandising plans for the territory to achieve point-of-sale sell-out objectives.
- Monitor and improve distribution objectives, including range availability and product placement, with the sales team.
- Mine and analyze data and plan programs based on the analysis.
- Share and periodically update facts pertaining to the managed products.
- Identify channel and product insights and use them to design plans.
- Plan and execute selective programs for products in the utensil-cleaning-tools portfolio.
- Manage the quality and timely execution of critical programs.
- Ensure the right product is available at the right outlets.
- Maintain relationships with top outlets and directly handle top-outlet business.
- Spend 18 days in the market each month meeting outlets, training the team, and generating business.
- Remain in regular contact with the market to understand market realities.
- Manage demand-generation and off-take promotion activities at stores.
- Settle outlet and distributor financial claims within the stipulated timeframe.
- Train the sales and merchandising team on sales calls and processes.
- Ensure team adherence to planned calls and discipline.
- Ensure the accuracy and hygiene of business reports and operations.
- Achieve channel sales goals.
- Evaluate and execute all demand-generation activities.
- Manage trade-program budgets against spending.
- Settle channel financial claims.
About the company
3M is a diversified technology and manufacturing company that offers products across sectors such as adhesives, tapes, abrasives, personal protective equipment, healthcare, automotive, home improvement, and films. Its products rely on materials science and engineering to solve tasks, from bonding surfaces and finishing surfaces to protecting people and enabling diagnostics. It differentiates itself through a large patent portfolio, a broad applied-science focus across many industries, and scale, plus ongoing sustainability efforts. Its goal is to deliver reliable solutions that tackle real-world problems while driving environmental and social responsibility and creating value across its markets.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Founded
1902
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Q2 2026 adjusted organic sales rose 5.4%, and EPS increased 11%.
- 3M raised 2026 EPS guidance to $8.80-$8.95 after strong first-half execution.
- Cooling Film and AI data-center optics expand 3M into higher-growth niches.
What critics are saying
- Montana's PFAS firefighter-gear class action survived in 2026, increasing settlement pressure.
- Australia seeks over A$2 billion for PFAS foam damages, risking severe cash drains.
- PFAS liabilities can overwhelm turnaround gains and force years of capital diversion.
What makes 3M unique
- 3M's expanded-beam optics won Microsoft Azure certification in 2026.
- 3M's 100,000-plus patents support faster launches across adhesives, healthcare, and industrials.
- 3M's scale spans Safety, Industrial, Transportation, Electronics, and consumer channels worldwide.
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Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
Unlimited Paid Time Off
Paid Vacation
Paid Sick Leave
Paid Holidays
Hybrid Work Options
Remote Work Options
Relocation Assistance
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