Careers

One open role. Written honestly.

We are small enough that everyone here can point to what they built. Right now we need one person to get 11 Roots onto shelves and into hands — in person, store by store.

One open position

Nothing here that fits?

This is the only role open today, but we hire slowly and irregularly, and good applications get remembered. If you think there is something you could do for a young herbal brand in Kolkata, write to careers@11roots.in and say what it is.

We do not work with recruitment agencies, and we never charge a candidate anything at any stage. If someone asks you for money in our name, it is not us.

11 Roots hires on ability alone. We welcome applications regardless of gender, caste, religion, age, marital status, disability or background, and we are glad to adjust any part of the process if that helps you show us your best work — just tell us what you need.

Sales & Marketing Executive

Kolkata, full-time, field-based

This is a field role, not a desk one. You will spend most of your week walking into salons, chemists, beauty stores and boutique retailers across Kolkata, opening a jar, explaining what bhringraj actually does, and coming back with an order. When people meet 11 Roots for the first time, they will be meeting you.

Location
Kolkata, field-based
Type
Full-time
Experience
0–3 years
Start
As soon as we find the right person

What a Tuesday actually looks like

Field sales is described in job posts far more attractively than it is lived. So here is a real day, with the boring parts left in.

  1. 9:30 am

    Plan the route before you move. Six stops in one neighbourhood beats three across the city — two follow-ups, four cold.

  2. 10:30 am

    First store. The owner is busy and you have ninety seconds. You open the jar, they smell it, and either the conversation starts or it does not. Both are normal.

  3. 1:00 pm

    Two soft yeses, one flat no, and one owner asking why our amla costs more than the brand already on their shelf. That question is the job. You need a real answer, not a slogan.

  4. 3:00 pm

    A salon that stocked us last month has sold through six units and wants eight more. You take the order and ask what customers said.

  5. 5:30 pm

    Log everything — who you met, what they ordered, what they objected to. The unglamorous half of the role, and the half that compounds.

What you would own

  • Opening new stores Finding and pitching salons, chemists, beauty retailers and boutiques across Kolkata, then closing the first order.
  • Keeping them stocked Regular revisits and reorders before a store runs empty. A store that runs out quietly stops being a store that stocks you.
  • Explaining the product properly Training shop staff to talk about the herbs the way we would. If they cannot answer a customer's question, the jar stays on the shelf.
  • Bringing the market back to us What customers ask for, what they refuse to pay, which format sells. You will be our clearest view of the market.
  • Local marketing on the ground Sampling, in-store displays and small activations. Practical marketing that happens in a place, not in a spreadsheet.

Who this suits, and who it doesn't

This is for you if

  • You can walk into a shop unannounced and start a conversation
  • You sell comfortably in Bengali and Hindi, with workable English
  • You can hear no all morning and still be sharp at the sixth store
  • You are curious about the herbs, not just the targets
  • You keep your own records without being chased
  • You can move around Kolkata independently

This is not for you if

  • You want a fixed desk and a predictable calendar
  • You would rather run ads than talk to shopkeepers
  • You need a big brand name to open a conversation
  • You want a process handed to you — this one does not exist yet

How to apply

Email careers@11roots.in with the subject line Sales & Marketing — Kolkata. Attach a CV if you have one. If you do not, tell us what you have sold before and to whom.

Then answer one question in the email: name three shops in Kolkata you would walk into first, and why those three. Two or three sentences is plenty. That is the whole test.

After that, a call, then half a day visiting stores with us so you can see the work before committing to it. We reply either way within a week.

We read every application ourselves. Apply by email