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Keep distributors, outlets and institutional buyers in one record you can search.

A CRM for an FMCG or beverage brand is a shared record of every distributor, wholesaler, outlet and bulk buyer, with the conversations, schemes, claims and orders attached to each. It replaces the notebook of the sales officer and the sheet on the owner's laptop. GullySales sets up the record around your beats and your billing, and works on getting the sales team to fill it.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What CRM means

A CRM is the record where every enquiry, call and quote is kept against a customer, replacing separate notebooks, spreadsheets and memory. GullySales sets up or cleans an existing CRM and reports from it by enquiry outcome rather than by activity logged.

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Sales and marketing for FMCG and beverage brands, the overview.

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For FMCG and beverage brands

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “The relationship sits in the sales officer's phone”

    When a sales officer leaves, the knowledge of which distributor is unhappy about a pending claim leaves too. A record kept by the company holds the history of each distributor and each key outlet, and the next person starts from it.

  • “A distributor's invoice is not an outlet”

    The brand knows what it billed a distributor. It does not know which shops bought from the distributor, which bought once, and which cooler outlets went quiet. The record needs a row for the outlet, not only for the distributor, or repeat buying stays invisible.

  • “Claims and schemes need a home beside the account”

    Scheme, damage and display claims sit in emails and on paper. When the same list is open beside the distributor's record, the person who calls the distributor knows what is pending before saying hello, and the longest wait is dealt with first.

  • “Leads from events and enquiries get lost between seasons”

    A caterer asks for a case rate in the wedding months, a canteen contractor asks for a sample, a distributor from another district enquires. Without a place to log them, the enquiry that came in May is forgotten by October.

What we do

What we deliver for FMCG and beverage brands.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. Account structure

    Super-stockist, distributor, sub-stockist, wholesaler, outlet and institutional buyer set up as linked records, with the beat and the salesman attached.

    Result: Any outlet can be traced to its distributor and its beat.

  2. Fields that match your trade

    Cooler or rack placed, SKUs taken, scheme enrolled, last order date, claims pending and credit terms, kept short enough that the field team fills them.

    Result: The record shows what an outlet buys, not just who it is.

  3. Claims and scheme log

    A list of scheme, damage and display claims per distributor, with the date raised and the status.

    Result: The oldest claim is visible before the distributor raises it.

  4. Pipeline for new distributors and bulk buyers

    Stages for district distributors, modern trade, canteens and event buyers, with the next step and the owner of each.

    Result: No enquiry sits unanswered because nobody owned it.

  5. Tool choice and field adoption

    A comparison of a distributor management system, a sales app and a plain shared sheet against your size, and a simple routine for the sales team to update the record.

    Result: You use a tool the salesmen and distributor staff will open.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries logged in the CRM
  • Data completeness
  • Reports generated from CRM data

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

Read the full CRM implementation and customisation page

Fields worth keeping

The fields that matter when your customers are distributors and outlets.

Distributor and super-stockist link
Filled by the sales officer at setup. It lets you trace any outlet back to the distributor who serves it, and see who is affected when one leaves.
Cooler or rack placed
Filled by the salesman on the beat. It tells you which outlets hold your branded space and which are due for a check.
SKUs taken in the last order
Pulled from distributor billing where available. It shows which outlets never took the new flavour and who to pitch it to.
Scheme enrolled
Filled by the sales officer. It lets you match a claim to the scheme that was agreed, so a dispute starts from a record.
Claims pending with date raised
Filled by the accounts clerk. It flags the distributors waiting longest before a sales officer pushes a new scheme on them.
Credit terms agreed
Filled by the owner or sales head. It stops a salesman promising cash terms the company has not approved.

Who it is for

This is written for these FMCG and beverage brands.

  • Packaged drinking water and 20-litre can brands
  • Regional soft drink, soda and goli soda bottlers
  • Juice, fruit drink and nectar brands
  • Energy, sports and electrolyte drink brands
  • Packaged tea and coffee powder brands
  • Flavoured milk, buttermilk and lassi brands
  • Home care brands: detergent, dishwash, floor cleaner and phenyl
  • Personal care and pooja brands: soap, hair oil and agarbatti

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Your distributors will not share outlet billing, so the record would hold distributor totals and show no outlet detail.
  • Your salesmen work on feature phones with no data, so a mobile entry system would be left empty.
  • No one will own the claims log, so the record would drift out of date within one scheme.

How it works

How the CRM work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Map the sales process

    We sit with the people who sell and write down how a deal moves from enquiry to payment, including where it stalls.

  2. 2

    Agree stages, fields and owners

    Each stage gets a name your team already uses and a proof that the deal has left it. We agree which fields are required at which stage, and who may change what.

  3. 3

    Build on a copy

    Pipeline, fields and views are built on a trial copy where the CRM offers one, or in a separate pipeline where the plan allows. Live work stays untouched.

  4. 4

    Connect channels, then switch on automations

    Channels are connected first. Each automation is then switched on separately, so a misfiring rule is easy to find.

  5. 5

    Test with real deals

    The people who will use the CRM run open deals through it. Gaps are fixed before the whole team switches over.

  6. 6

    Switch over and trim

    Once real use shows which fields stay empty and which stages nobody uses, those are cut and the handover record is updated.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales management. A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3 · you are here

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Is a spreadsheet enough to begin?
Yes, if it has one row per outlet and one row per distributor and everybody updates the same file. Move to a CRM or a distributor management system when the sheet is out of date on the day you need it. The habit of recording matters more than the software.
How do we get salesmen to fill it in?
Keep the fields few and make the record the basis for the beat plan and the incentive review, so the entry pays back the salesman. Let them enter by phone on the beat, in the local language where the tool allows it.
Whose data is the outlet data, ours or the distributor's?
Agree it with the distributor in writing before the system starts. Say what outlet details the distributor shares, how they are used and who can see them. Customer data rules apply to personal details, so check your obligations with your own adviser.
Can the CRM hold distributor data that the distributor owns?
Hold only what the distributor has agreed to share, and write the agreement down. Outlet lists and billing belong in the relationship, but a distributor may refuse to release them. Keep the fields you can defend, and check the data terms in your distributor contract with your adviser.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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