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Your best route on sales may be your worst route on collection.

Sales management for a plumbing and sanitaryware distributor is the routine by which the owner or sales head looks at each route, quote and outstanding amount, and decides who to call. GullySales sets up the review sheet, the follow-up rules and the questions to ask each salesman, from the records you already keep.

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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 sales management means

Sales management is the ongoing work of reviewing a sales team's pipeline, calls and targets, and stepping in on deals that are stuck. GullySales sets the review rhythm and the reports a sales manager needs to run this without relying on gut feel.

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

  • “Route targets reward volume and say nothing about collection”

    The salesman who lifted the most material may be the one whose shops owe the most. A target written in quantity alone makes him push the next order on a shop that has not paid.

  • “The scheme date drives the push, not the retailer's need”

    Stock loaded on a shop in March to reach a slab can come back as a return in June. The review has to ask what the shop will sell, not only what it will take.

  • “Every lost order is put down to rate”

    Ask a salesman why an order went and the answer is the other distributor's price. The real reasons, stock, delivery, credit or a claim left open, never reach the owner.

  • “A new man inherits a route with no notes”

    The shops, their habits and their grievances were never written down. A replacement salesman rediscovers them one lost order at a time.

What we do

What we deliver for plumbing and sanitaryware distributors.

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

  1. A one-page review for each route

    Orders, quotations, lapsed shops and overdue amounts for one route and one salesman, drawn from the sales register and the ledger.

    Result: The owner reviews the same page for every route.

  2. A short list of reasons for a lost order

    Five or six fixed choices, such as no stock, late delivery, credit not given, rate, claim pending, bought elsewhere, picked by the salesman when he logs a loss.

    Result: The reasons you lose orders become visible.

  3. Follow-up rules for quotations

    Who rings after a builder's quotation is sent, on which date, and what is recorded when the answer is no.

    Result: A quotation is followed until it has an outcome.

  4. A lapsed-retailer call list for each salesman

    Shops past their usual gap between orders, with the last item they took, handed to the salesman who covers them.

    Result: Each salesman starts the day with shops to win back.

  5. A scheme and need check before a push

    A sheet that sets the scheme target beside what each shop sold through, so the push goes to shops that can sell the stock.

    Result: Fewer shops take stock they cannot move.

  6. A route handover note

    For each shop, the owner's name, usual items, habits and any open issue, kept so a new salesman can pick up the route.

    Result: A change of salesman does not restart the route.

How the result is measured

  • Target achievement
  • Pipeline coverage
  • Stuck deals resolved

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

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What the sales manager reviews

What the owner or sales head reviews on each route, and where to find it.

Orders and enquiries by route and salesman
Count them from the order register and the enquiry sheet. If enquiries are healthy and orders are thin, the problem is stock or follow-up. If both are thin, it is the route.
Retailers who have not ordered in their usual gap
Compare each shop's last invoice date with its own usual gap from the sales register. Give the list to the salesman, and ask for a reason at the next review.
Quotations sent and what happened
List each builder quotation with its callback date and outcome. Quotes with no outcome are the ones to ring first, and the lost ones tell you where the rate or the delivery fell short.
Reasons for lost orders
Read the short list of reasons logged by salesmen. If one reason dominates, such as no stock, the cure is in purchasing and not in selling.
Scheme position against need
Set the brand's slab target and the days left beside what each shop has sold through. Push the shops that can sell, and do not load the ones that will return stock.
Overdue amount beside new orders
Read the ledger's overdue list next to the order register for the same shop. Agree further material on credit only after the salesman and the accountant have looked at the same page.

Who it is for

This is written for these plumbing and sanitaryware distributors.

  • CPVC, UPVC and SWR pipe and fittings distributors
  • Sanitaryware and CP fittings distributors
  • Water tank and storage distributors
  • Multi-brand plumbing wholesalers supplying sub-dealers
  • Distributors with a bathroom showroom and a trade counter
  • Project suppliers to builders and contractors
  • Valve, pump and water heater stockists
  • District sub-distributors and stockists

How it works

From your first message to the first report.

No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.

  1. First

    Your brief

    You tell us what you need in a few short steps: your business, what you want, where enquiries come from and how they are handled.

  2. After the brief

    A conversation and a written scope

    We read it, then talk with whoever handles your enquiries. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come in writing, and nothing starts before you have read them.

  3. Before work starts

    Baseline recorded

    The numbers this work is meant to move, such as enquiries, quotations, orders, visits or renewals, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.

  4. After the baseline

    The first fix goes live

    The fix we agreed to start with is put in place and measured against the baseline, whether that is a reply, a follow-up, a page, a listing or the handover between marketing and sales.

  5. As agreed

    Report against the baseline

    What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words. How often you get it is set in writing before work starts.

  6. At renewal

    Renew on the numbers

    The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. The length is agreed in writing before anything starts.

How the sales management work runs

  1. 1

    Assess current management practice

    We look at what cadence, if any, currently exists and where it breaks down.

  2. 2

    Set the rhythm

    The touchpoints are agreed and scheduled in writing before the first review.

  3. 3

    Run or coach the cadence

    We either run the reviews and one-on-ones directly, or coach your manager to run them.

  4. 4

    Address performance directly

    Issues are raised as they appear, not left until a review period.

  5. 5

    Report to the owner

    A summary keeps ownership informed without needing to sit in every review.

Why us

Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.

  • Marketing and sales, as one job

    Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.

  • The person on the first call does the work

    No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.

  • A baseline before anything starts

    Your numbers are written down on day one, so every later report compares against something honest.

  • The fee in writing, split three ways

    Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.

  • No guarantees we cannot keep

    The term is agreed in writing and never a default twelve months. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.

  • One office, and we say so

    Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.

#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.

Your brief

Tell us what you need, and we will read it before we call.

Eight short steps about your business, what you want and who decides. Most questions are a tap, and you can skip any you would rather answer on the call.

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FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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How often should I sit with each salesman?
Pick a fixed day and a fixed length and keep to it, before the day's route and not after. A short meeting held reliably beats a long one held when you remember. Bring the route page and ask about three shops, not thirty.
Who should be at the review: the salesman, the accountant, the godown?
The salesman and the owner or sales head every time. Bring the accountant for the overdue list and the godown keeper when stock-outs are the issue. Too many people turns the review into a meeting about everyone's difficulties.
A salesman will not write anything down. What can we do?
Reduce what he has to write to three things: the shop, the reason if no order, and the date to return. Then let him see his own route list built from it. Refusal after that is a management question, not a systems one.
How do we set a target without last year's figures?
Start from your sales register and set the number of active retailers and orders per route, not only quantity. Adjust after a full season. A target set without records is a guess, and the salesman knows it.
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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