Anwar Barayil spent 27 years with multinationals in the Gulf, including Gillette, P&G and Etisalat, then 20 years building his own businesses in the UAE and India. He is based in Chennai.
Anwar Barayil is a Chennai-based sales and goal-setting trainer. His first session after moving back to India was at SAFI Institute in Calicut, where 24 MBA and PGDM students rated the event 8.5 out of 10. He now offers talks, workshops and sales training to Kozhikode colleges and companies.
Kozhikode, also called Calicut, is the trading heart of Malabar. Timber, hardware, textiles, spices and gold have been sold here for generations, and the family-run shops and wholesalers around Mittai Theruvu and Palayam still set the pace of local business.
The city is also a student town. Management programmes, engineering colleges and the national institutes around Kozhikode send many graduates into sales, banking and distribution roles across Malabar and the Gulf.
Anwar knows this market from the inside. After his years in the Gulf he built his own distribution business across Kerala and Tamil Nadu, so he talks to Kozhikode traders and students as someone who has done the same work.
A guided exercise where every participant leaves with written goals and a first step.
Because he has already spoken in the city, many colleges here ask for a follow-up. The half-day goal-setting workshop works well after the career talk, since students move from "should I choose sales" to writing their own goals and a first step. Family businesses and distributors can ask for custom sales team training.
Why sales belongs beside engineering, medicine, law and accountancy, told through his own path from sales clerk to manager. Built for final-year business and management students.
Field sales, trade marketing and sales planning for FMCG, telecom and retail teams, built around the company.
Anwar travels from Chennai to Kozhikode by train or by air, and can combine the visit with other Malabar colleges and companies on the same trip so the host shares the travel effort.
Anywhere outside his first-preference southern states, the host covers travel, stay and fee.
Anwar Barayil, a Chennai-based sales trainer, offers career talks, goal-setting workshops and selling-skills training in Kozhikode. His first session after moving back to India was at SAFI Institute, Calicut.
At SAFI Institute, 24 MBA and PGDM students rated the overall event 8.5 out of 10, and 96% said they want to learn selling skills from him.
Yes. Sales team training is custom, covering field sales, trade marketing and sales planning, and it can be shaped around a wholesaler, distributor or retail business.
Call or WhatsApp +91 98402 44034, or email anwar.barayil@gmail.com, with your college or company name, group size and the session you want.
Send your college or company name, group size and the session you want. He replies himself.
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