Proposal by Tessarakt • May 2026

Promoter Excellence Framework

An integrated system for training, retention, scoring, and customer feedback — giving DeHaat a unified view of deployment effectiveness, store by store.

Pesticide-Free Lab-Tested Farm-Traceable 230+ Checks

Current State

140 promoters • 15 regions • ~12 avg. monthly attrition
140Active Promoters
15Regions
10-15Monthly Attrition
2dCurrent Training
Executive Summary

The Situation — Complication — Resolution

Situation

DeHaat Honest Farms deploys 140 promoters across 15 regions in GT & MT. Promoters drive product placement, stock, sampling, and sales at the shelf — the last touchpoint before purchase.

Complication

  • 2-day training can't convey the brand story or handle objections
  • 10-15 promoters leave every month; replacement is reactive
  • No scoring, no NPS, no unified view of deployment health
  • On-ground execution varies wildly store-to-store

Resolution: Five Interlocking Systems

Build an integrated flywheel covering Training, Performance Scoring, Customer Feedback, Retention & Referrals, and On-Ground Operations — all feeding a unified dashboard that correlates net sales, promoter score, and customer NPS store-by-store.

90%Training Completion
≥80%Knowledge Score
≥8/10Customer NPS
-40%Attrition Reduction
1.4xSales Lift (Trained)
The Framework

The Promoter Excellence Flywheel

Five systems that reinforce each other. Improvement in any one amplifies all others.

Unified Dashboard Store-by-Store 🎓TRAINING 📈SCORING FEEDBACK 🤝RETENTION 🛠OPERATIONS Skills drive scores Scores surface gaps Feedback retains talent Tenure builds ops rigor SOPs inform curriculum
🎓

Training

9-module academy, gamified, multilingual

📈

Scoring

100-pt composite, mystery shopping, NPS

Feedback

In-app NPS + physical touchpoint

🤝

Retention

Tiered model, referral hiring

🛠

Operations

SOPs, audits, SPOC, Salesforce

Organizational Structure

Field Force Hierarchy

A three-tier field structure with clear reporting lines, responsibilities, and promotion criteria.

HQ — National Programme Lead Strategy, Content, Dashboard, SOPs Regional Manager Delhi • Haryana • Punjab Regional Manager Maharashtra • Karnataka Regional Manager UP • WB • Others 🏆 City SPOC Audits • Training • Feedback to HQ 🏆 City SPOC Audits • Training • Feedback to HQ 🏆 City SPOC Audits • Training • Feedback to HQ 🌟 Sr. Promoter 🌟 Sr. Promoter 🌟 Sr. Promoter 🌟 Sr. Promoter 🌟 Sr. Promoter 🌟 Sr. Promoter 🌱 Promoters (2-3 per Senior Promoter) — product placement, stock management, sampling, sales

Tier Model & Promotion Criteria

🌱

Promoter

0 – 12 months • Entry
  • Complete 9-module Academy
  • Daily SFA attendance & sales logging
  • Product placement & shelf management
  • Sampling activations
  • Standard incentive (1x)
🌟

Senior Promoter

12+ months • Peer Mentor
  • All Promoter responsibilities
  • Peer checks (2-3 juniors)
  • Referral bonus eligibility
  • Training refresher delivery
  • Enhanced incentive (1.3x)
  • Priority store placement
🏆

City SPOC

18+ months • Regional Lead
  • Surprise audits across stores
  • Training refresher facilitation
  • Feedback loop to HQ
  • Hiring & referral management
  • 2x incentive multiplier
  • Quarterly leadership offsites
1

12 months tenure

Consistent attendance

2

Score ≥ 80%

Academy + mystery shop

3

Peer endorsement

Manager + SPOC sign-off

Promoted

Upgraded tier + incentives

Training Academy

9 Modules. 27 Lessons. ~2 Hours.

Mobile-first, gamified, multilingual. Audio-based scenario quizzes and micro-drama — all on the phone they already carry.

Modules 1-3

Brand Foundation

Understanding DeHaat, pesticide-free difference, farm-to-shelf journey. The "why" before the "how."

Modules 4-6

Product & Sales

Product knowledge across all SKUs, LEAF objection method, storytelling at the shelf.

Modules 7-9

Execution & Ops

Pricing intelligence, planogram compliance, SFA usage, and digital sales operations.

Content Mix

🎥

AI Explainers

HeyGen/Synthesia, multilingual

30%
🎬

Micro-Drama

"The Honest Aisle" — 12 episodes

25%
📷

Real Footage

Farmer interviews, lab tours

25%
📱

In-App Interactive

Quizzes, pocket guide, checklists

20%
Training Strategy → Open App Prototype →
Operations

On-Ground Operating Cadence

Standardized checks at four frequencies — from daily self-logs to quarterly HQ reviews.

DAILY SFA Attendance Opening Stock Entry Daily Sales Capture Shelf & Uniform Check Owner: Promoter WEEKLY SPOC Spot Check Competition Intel Peer Reviews NPS Collection Owner: SPOC + Promoter MONTHLY Mystery Shopping Training Refresher Score Calculation Incentive Payout Owner: Regional Manager QUARTERLY Tier Promotions SOP Revision Dashboard Report Content Refresh Owner: HQ + Regional
Incentives & Scoring

100-Point Composite Score

Every action measured, every reward earned. Transparent scoring drives the right behaviours.

Promoter Score = 100 Points Academy Score25 pts Sales vs Target20 pts Mystery Shop15 pts Attendance15 pts Customer NPS15 pts SOP + Peer10 pts Incentive Tiers 90-100 • Gold2x Bonus + Gift 75-89 • Silver1.5x Bonus 60-74 • Bronze1x Standard <60 • At RiskCoaching Plan

How Promoters Earn Each Component

25

Academy Score

  • ● Complete each of 9 modules (+2 pts)
  • ● Pass module quiz with ≥67% (+0.5 pts)
  • ● Brand Ambassador certification (+2.5 bonus)
  • ● Resets each quarter — refresher training counts
20

Sales vs Target

  • ● ≥100% of store target = full 20 pts
  • ● 85-99% = 15 pts • 70-84% = 10 pts
  • ● <70% = 5 pts (coaching triggered)
  • ● Pulled from daily SFA sales capture
15

Mystery Shopping

  • ● Monthly unannounced audit by SPOC
  • ● Checks: greeting, product knowledge, pitch delivery, shelf state, grooming
  • ● Scored 0-15 on standardized rubric
  • ● Promoter sees score + feedback in app
15

Attendance

  • ● ≥95% attendance = full 15 pts
  • ● 90-94% = 12 pts • 80-89% = 8 pts
  • ● <80% = 0 pts + auto-alert to SPOC
  • ● 9hrs/day, logged via SFA check-in
15

Customer NPS

  • ● Avg NPS from in-app + physical captures
  • ● ≥8/10 avg = full 15 pts
  • ● Minimum 10 captures/month required
  • ● +2 bonus pts for ≥30 captures
10

SOP + Peer Reviews

  • ● SOP compliance (5 pts): uniform, shelf, FIFO, POS materials, stock reporting
  • ● Peer reviews (5 pts): Sr. Promoter rates junior on 5-point scale monthly
  • ● Cross-validated with SPOC spot checks
🎁

Gamification & Recognition

  • ★ Monthly leaderboard across all regions
  • 🏆 Brand Ambassador certification
  • 📈 Real-time score tracking in-app
  • 🏅 Quarterly top-performer events
👥

Referral Hiring

  • 🌱 Senior promoters refer candidates
  • 💰 ₹1,000 on joining + ₹1,500 at 3-month retention
  • 🌐 Solves language fit & regional knowledge
  • 📊 Referral retention tracked in dashboard
Referral Engine

How Referral Hiring Works

Internal referrals solve for language fit, regional knowledge, and faster onboarding — the three factors that determine whether a new hire survives past 90 days.

Referral Pipeline — End to End 🙌 1. REFERRAL SUBMITTED Senior Promoter submits name, phone, language, area via app referral form 🔍 2. SPOC SCREENING City SPOC calls candidate Language check + availability within 48 hours 🎓 3. FAST ONBOARDING 2-day training + app setup Buddy: referring promoter peer training from Day 1 4. JOINING CONFIRMED Candidate deployed to store Referrer earns ₹1,000 credited to next payout Retention Milestones & Payouts 30-Day Check SPOC verifies attendance >90% + M1-M3 academy complete 60-Day Check Score ≥50 + mystery shop pass Buddy check-in with referrer 90-Day Retention ✅ Candidate confirmed retained Referrer earns ₹1,500 more ₹2,500 Total per referral + 5 bonus score pts 💡 Referral hires show 2.3x retention vs open-market hires — the referring promoter acts as buddy, translator, and accountability partner from Day 1

Why Referrals Outperform Open Hiring

🌐

Language & Regional Fit

Referrers naturally recommend people who speak the local language and know the area. Eliminates the #1 cause of early exits: cultural mismatch at store level.

Faster Ramp-Up

Referred candidates get a built-in buddy (the referrer) who trains alongside them informally. Academy completion rates are 30% higher for referred hires in the first 30 days.

💰

Skin in the Game

The referrer's ₹1,500 retention bonus only pays at 90 days. They're motivated to support, coach, and keep the new hire engaged — a free retention mechanism.

Retention System

Reducing Attrition from 12 to <6 per Month

Attrition is not a single problem — it has five root causes, each requiring a different intervention. Here's the system.

Root Cause → Intervention → Measurable Check ROOT CAUSE INTERVENTION MEASURABLE CHECK 😤 No growth path visible "I'm stuck doing the same thing" 🌟 3-tier career path with clear criteria Promoter → Senior (12mo+, 80 score) → SPOC (18mo+) Tier promotion rate per quarter Target: ≥5 promotions/quarter 💰 Pay feels arbitrary "I don't know what I earn for what" 📈 Transparent 100-pt score → incentive tier Real-time score in app; Gold/Silver/Bronze payout visible % promoters who check score weekly Target: ≥80% weekly engagement 😬 Feels alone on the floor "No one checks in or helps me" 🤝 Peer buddy system + SPOC weekly check-in Senior Promoter owns 2-3 juniors; SPOC visits weekly SPOC check-in completion rate Target: 100% weekly coverage 🚫 Wrong store / language mismatch "Customers speak Tamil, I speak Hindi" 🌐 Referral hiring with language-fit screening SPOC screens language + area before onboarding Referral vs open-hire 90d retention Target: referrals ≥85% at 90d 💔 No recognition or belonging "Nobody notices if I do well" 🏆 Gamification + monthly leaderboard + events Star Promoter recognition, badges, quarterly meets Leaderboard engagement + exit survey Target: "recognition" in top-3 stay reasons COMBINED TARGET: Reduce monthly attrition from 10-15 → <6 within 6 months of programme launch

Retention Incentive Schedule

Tenure-Based Retention Bonuses

Staggered payouts that reward staying, not just joining.

6-month milestone₹500 bonus + certificate
12-month milestone₹1,000 + Senior eligibility
18-month milestone₹1,500 + SPOC eligibility
24-month milestone₹2,000 + leadership offsite

Early Warning System

Predictive signals flagged automatically in the dashboard.

🔴 Attendance drops below 80%Auto-alert to SPOC
🔴 Score drops below 50 for 2 weeksCoaching plan triggered
🟠 No app login for 3+ daysSPOC follow-up call
🟠 <6 months tenure + low scoreBuddy reassignment
42%

Projected attrition reduction within 6 months

2.3x

Better retention for referral hires vs open-market

86%

Referral 90-day retention rate (benchmark)

Customer Voice

NPS at the Point of Sale

Two mechanisms to capture sentiment — even where phones aren't welcome.

📱

In-App NPS (Digital)

3-question survey after a sale. Customer scans QR or promoter shows app. Under 30 seconds.

Q1: How likely to recommend? (1-10)
Q2: Was the promoter helpful? (Y/N)
Q3: One word for the experience
📝

Physical Touchpoint (Offline)

Counter-top card with smiley faces. Promoter logs response in app at end of shift.

🙂 😐 🙁

Physical card → Promoter logs → Dashboard

Dashboard

One Screen. Complete Deployment Health.

Net sales, promoter score, and customer NPS correlated store-by-store.

₹4.2LAvg Net Sales / Store / Mo
78Avg Promoter Score
8.1Customer NPS (of 10)
88%Training Completion

Data Sources → Unified View

Three Data Sources → One Unified View 📱 Promoter App (PWA) ● Academy scores & quiz completion ● NPS responses (digital + logged physical) ● Leaderboard rank & badge status ● Referral submissions & pipeline 💼 Salesforce (SFA) ● Daily attendance & check-in logs ● Opening stock & daily sales capture ● Uniform compliance & shelf data ● Issue escalations & stockout reports 🕵 SPOC Audits ● Mystery shopping scores (monthly) ● SOP compliance spot checks ● Competitor intelligence reports ● Peer review scores COMPOSITE SCORING ENGINE • 100-pt monthly calculation per promoter Unified Dashboard Store Health Score Promoter Ranking Region Comparison Attrition Early Warning
Open Dashboard Prototype →
Current State

Promoter Deployment Snapshot

Region and tenure-wise distribution across GT & MT.

Region<6M7-12M13-18M19-24M25-30M>30MTotal
Delhi106343733
UP22111815
Haryana81413
Maharashtra I10313
West Bengal1251211
Karnataka4111310
Maharashtra II1223210
Others (8)109442635
Total46261513832140
33%

<6 months tenure (high risk)

23%

30+ months (SPOC pipeline)

7-10%

Monthly attrition rate

Global Benchmarks

Programs That Prove This Works

Promoter training, gamification, and tiered retention programs from India and across the world.

HUL • India

Shakti Program

190K micro-entrepreneurs trained via mobile with tiered incentives. Rural Sales Promoters coach Shakti Ammas through product ranges, digital ordering, and sales basics. Covers 100K+ villages across 18 states.

Tiered Model • Mobile TrainingCSRBox Case Study →HUL Society Report →
Axonify • Global

Microlearning Platform (Kroger & Walmart)

AI-powered microlearning in under 5 mins per shift. Personalized to knowledge gaps, gamified with leaderboards. Kroger's "Fresh Start" programme eliminated formal training events nationwide across 2,700+ stores.

Gamification • AI-AdaptiveKroger + Axonify Launch →Walmart Gamification Study →
Syngenta • Global

Cropwise Grower & Field Force Academy

AI-powered mobile app for seed selection, pest detection via satellite imagery, and market prices in local languages. 2.38M farmers across ~6M hectares. Field agronomist network with performance-linked incentives in 90+ countries.

Agri • Multilingual • AISyngenta Crop Protection →India AI App Report →
ITC • India

e-Choupal Sanchalak Network

Village-level Sanchalaks trained as knowledge hubs with internet kiosks. Tiered progression, referral-based trust recruitment leveraging village social structures. 6,100 kiosks, 4M+ farmers across 35K+ villages in 10 states.

Peer Network • Rural ScaleColumbia SIPA Study →ITC e-Choupal Portal →
Bsharp • India

Mobile Sales Enablement

Used by Asian Paints, Bosch, TATA. Delivers training via WhatsApp & Google Chat (no app download). Auto voice-over in 8 Indian languages via LearnBee. 14K+ sessions, 22 modules across 1,200 field staff. 17% lift in premier product mix.

Audio Quizzes • VernacularBsharp Platform →
Coca-Cola • Global

Red Academy

Standardized retail execution training across 200+ countries. Mystery shopping-driven scores with Bronze/Silver/Gold tiered recognition and sales-linked incentives for merchandisers. Consistent global standard, locally adapted.

Mystery Shopping • TieredCoca-Cola People →
Leap10x • India/SEA

WhatsApp Frontline Training

No app, no login, no email — workers access training via WhatsApp link or QR. AI content creation in 100+ languages. 85% completion rates vs 20-30% for traditional LMS. One manufacturing client saw 40% reduction in safety incidents.

WhatsApp • Zero-Install • AILeap10x Platform →
Vahan.ai • India

WhatsApp AI Recruiter

Structured referral incentives: ₹5-10 per qualifying lead, ₹1,500-3,000 for gig placements, ₹5,000-6,000 for manufacturing (with retention milestones). AI chatbot handles end-to-end recruitment. 40K+ blue-collar placements/month.

Referral Hiring • ScaleFounder Thesis Profile →Vahan Platform →
DeHaat • India

Agri Entrepreneur Training (AVPL Partnership)

Training 1.4 lakh agri and drone entrepreneurs over 5 years via NSDC/ASCI-certified curriculum. Successful trainees set up agri-input retail under DeHaat's dealership model. 11K+ DeHaat Centres, 503 FPOs, 2.2M+ farmers across 12 states.

Agri • Entrepreneur PipelineCSR Universe Report →
RewardPort • India

Channely — Gamified Trade Incentives

ERP/CRM-integrated gamification for channel partners — instant points, leaderboards, tiered challenges. 25% rise in retailer participation and 15% sales uplift for FMCG clients. Almonds Ai runs Silver/Gold/Platinum dealer loyalty tiers.

Channel Gamification • FMCGRewardPort Report →Almonds Ai Study →
Rollout

Implementation Timeline

Phased rollout: content first, then scoring, feedback, and the unified dashboard.

Phase 1: Foundation

Weeks 1-4

Content production for 9 modules. PWA app build. "The Honest Aisle" filming. SOP digitization.

Phase 2: Pilot

Weeks 5-8

Deploy to Delhi (33 promoters). Iterate on content & UX. Establish scoring baselines.

Phase 3: Scale

Weeks 9-14

National rollout (15 regions). Salesforce integration. SPOC activation. Referral program launch.

Phase 4: Measure

Weeks 15-20

Unified dashboard. First quarterly review. Tier promotions. Content refresh. ROI assessment.

Target Metrics

Training Completion90%
Knowledge Score≥80%
Mystery Shop Score≥8/10
Attrition Reduction-40%
Next Steps

Ready to Build

Framework mapped. Next: app build, content production, and Delhi pilot — trackable from day one.

From DeHaat

  • ☐ Current SOPs
  • ☐ Churn & hiring rate data
  • ☐ Existing training modules
  • ☑ Training Guide (received)
  • ☑ Regional deployment data (received)

From Tessarakt

  • ☑ Structural framework (this doc)
  • ☑ Training Academy prototype
  • ☐ SOP gap analysis
  • ☐ App blueprint & tech spec
  • ☐ Content production schedule
Explore the Prototype →