Genesis of a Sabunwali

How did I get here?

For the last 1.5 years I have been asking myself how exactly I landed up in sales and where do I go from here? Not in my wildest dreams had I imagined that after 2 years of MBA this is what I would be doing to earn a living! And then reflection takes me back to how a heart full of hope and the ignorance of youth catapulted me into this job that I have a torrid love hate relationship with.

My destiny seemed predetermined from the day I set foot in B-School. Finance and accounts were subjects far too advanced for my rudimentary and limited mental capacity. Ops bored me, and it was primarily to escape from IT that I had entered the hallowed portals of a B-School. Plus I was swayed by the 'glamour' of marketing, of bringing a brand to life, of pimping goods to consumers who most often desired but did not need them. A few trimesters into MBA and I was giddy with dreams of being a marketeer.I became the coordinator of the marketing club, editor of the marketing magazine, participated in and won marketing competitions, actually took the trouble to go through entire Kotler, the marketing bible for all B-Schools.

A marketing summer internship and a PPO later I was ready to enter the world of creating brands that work their magic on the psyche of the consumer but little did I know that the road to marketing is paved with years of slogging your ass off in the dirt and grime of sales if you do not come with an IIM A/B/C tag attached to your resume. And so it was that I was sucked into this vortex of FMCG sales and became a Sabunwali.........