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Commercial Director Placement for a Leading Sri Lankan FMCG Company

Client Background

The client is a major FMCG company operating in Sri Lanka, competing across both modern and general trade channels, two distinct distribution environments that demand different commercial approaches operating under one strategy. 

The Challenge

The company needed a Commercial Director to lead a sales and distribution transformation spanning both modern and general trade channels, a role requiring genuine command of two different commercial environments, not strength in one applied to the other. The company needed a leader capable of actually driving transformation, not simply managing existing sales structures, given the transformation the business had committed to. 

Our Approach

Formix ran a targeted headhunting search across our regional FMCG talent network, screening specifically for demonstrated commercial transformation experience across both modern and general trade channels, not commercial leadership experience in general. We worked closely with the client’s leadership to understand the specific distribution structure and transformation goals the role needed to deliver against. 

Every candidate was assessed for genuine channel-specific commercial acumen on both sides of the trade structure, since a Commercial Director strong in only one channel would have left a real capability gap. 

The Result

Formix delivered a shortlist of three qualified candidates within five business days through targeted headhunting across our regional FMCG talent network. The company successfully placed a Commercial Director equipped to lead its sales and distribution transformation across both trade channels, strengthening commercial leadership at a pivotal point in the business’s strategy.

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