Critically review the sales performance. Is there an issue with sales targets for the sales representatives? Who is the star performer here? Jatin is considering leaving the organization as he feels overburdened and under- paid. What can the company do to retain him? What could be the territories of future growth? Do you want to revise the annual targets? If  yes, do suggest revised targets.

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DuNova Chemicals

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It was  the hot month of July when Janvi Batra joined as a sales manager   at the Chandigarh headquarters for DuNova Chemicals, a leading chemical products company with sales across the globe. Janvi’s predecessor, Aarti, and her team had achieved 103 percent of the sales target in the first six months of the year ( January–June) and earned a handsome incentive of `300,000. Aarti is now the zonal manager for Northern India. All sales representatives achieving 100 percent and more got an incentive of `100,000 and `125,000 respectively. They also won a trip to Singapore with their families as a team incentive for achieving more than 100 percent. Only one team member, Jatin, was not given any incentive as his performance was less than 100 percent. Details of the team performance for the January–June period are as follows:

 

 

Annual Target

Target (Jan-June)

Achievement (Jan-June)

 

% Achievement

 

Growth %

Name

Territory

(`000)

(`000)

(`000)

(Jan-June)

(Jan-June)

Mayank

Jalandhar

7715

4500

4525

101

12

Jatin

Ludhiana

8580

5000

4875

97.5

25

Brij

Amritsar

6857

4000

4250

106

16

Jabraj

Patiala

8142

4750

4800

101

11

Tanya

Ambala

6429

3750

3900

104

20

Vishesh

Chandigarh

6860

4000

4200

105

14

Manish

Bathinda

5143

3000

3400

113

12

Team

 

49726

29000

29950

103

15

1Name of the company and employees are disguised

Critically review the sales performance.

  1. Is there an issue with sales targets for the sales representatives?
  2. Who is the star performer here?
  3. Jatin is considering leaving the organization as he feels overburdened and under- paid. What can the company do to retain him?
  4. What could be the territories of future growth?
  5. Do you want to revise the annual targets? If  yes, do suggest revised targets.
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