Project on Sales Management

Description
Sales manager is the typical title of someone whose role is sales management. The role typically involves talent development and leadership.

Sales Management – Programme



This program will provide you with a map that will help navigate and manage important ,large of complex account. The emphasis is on understanding the human element that determine the account trajectory and how you can influence the account dynamics. Individuals move on, by leaving organization or though promotions, one of the key goal of this program is to reduce the dependency on individuals private knowledge . The tools used during the program will form a coherence and effective summary of the main feature of the account with the minimum of difficulty and loose of relevant information This program is underpinning by the principals that relationship that are based on trust and respect are more likely to endure . These qualities demand a genuinely client -centric approach. This program will give you a practical frame for identifying and addressing the personal and professional need of the individual with whom you will interact in your work.







Program Overview……………………………………………. 1 Course Map……………………………………………………. 5 The power of structure …………………………………….. 6 The Decision making cycle (1) ……………………………… 9

Customer Business
Situational Analysis Opportunity Match

……………………………………… 11
……………………………………… 13 ……………………………………… 15

Opportunity Assessment Grid……………………………….. 17 Terrain Map : Account overview…………………………….. 19 Account Strategy……………………………………………… 21 The Decision Making Cycle (2) ……………………………… 23 Credibility Triangle…………………………………………... 25 Relationship Building…………………………………………. 27

Habits………………………………………………………….. 28
Contacts ……………………………………………………. 29

Course Map
Opportunity
• The power of Structure
• The Decision Making Cycle • Customer Business Star (Situational Analysis Star)

Strategy
*Opportunity Assessment Grid *Terrain Map *Account Strategy *Deal Strategy)

Engagement
* Credibility Building *Deal Diagnostic Document * Implementation * (Relationship Building)

• Internal Process Map
(Opportunity Match)

*(Strategy)
(Engagement)

(Review & Close)

The Power of Structure
•High performance is based upon mental frame work of maps that guide through and action in a clear consistent, and effective manner. •Maps are useful because they provide both an overview & specific details •Maps provide guidance and directions yet allow for flexibility . Individual can make informed choices at any point

Account Management Process
Opportunity ? Internal Problems ? External Threats ? Specific Projects Interactive ? Respect ? Trust

Concept

Specify

Unaware
Reason to Move

Relationship Building
Informal ? Proactive communication ? Additionals ? Personal support Structure ? Division ? Units Formal ? Delivery ? Review ? Complaints

Justify

Commit

The Decision Making Cycle

Decision to Move

Strategy

Uncertain

Credibility

Consider Options

Anxieties

Compare

Evidence ? Specificity

Conceptual ? Logical ? Intuitive

Action

Why?
Decision Makers ? Role ? Anxieties

Outcomes ? Products / Location ? Targets ? Nature of relationship

Points of Entry ? Who ? Role

STRATEGY

Terrain Map

Value to Client
OPPORTUNITY ASSESSMENT GRID

Threats ? Authority ? Timing ? Budget ? Blockers ? Competitors

Strategy

Approach ? Maintain ? Deepen ? Spread ? Activate ? Withdraw

HIGH

your company

Influencers ? Objectives ? Levels of influence

LOW Implement ation Difficulty

Benefits to Customer ? Relationship ? Cost ? Innovation ? Technical

Industry Changes ? Political ? Market ? Technical

Potential Opportunity

STRENGTHS: ? Product / Services ? Niche ? Differentiators

Strategic Initiatives ? New products ? Time to market ? Internal Process ? Innovation

SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS

Supplier Status ? Current situation ? Perceived value ? Impact

Competitors ? Who? ? Strengths ? Vulnerabiliti es

CUSTOMER BUSINESS

Vulnerabilities ? Market ? Technical ? People

Opportunity
Internal Process Maps Problems ? Technical ? Procedural ? Human resource ? Customers Performance ? Results ? Growth

Need Match

Capability

Customers ? Who? ? Requirements

Goals ? Markets ? Financial ? Strategic

The Decision Making Cycle
People dislike change because they wish to avoid the perceived discomfort that making decisions which leads to change brings. Customers will often stay with the status quo rather than change, even when that change will have a positive effect. The Decision Making Cycle takes you through the necessary steps that will allow you to influence the Change Cycle. It will identify the factors that underpin resistance to change and provide you with a framework to understand and deal with these factors using a simple, step-by-step process.

Concept
Unaware

Specify

Reason to Move Justify

Commit Anxieties

The Decision Making Cycle

Decision to Move Uncertain

Consider Options Compare

Action

Why?

Customer’s Business
Connections are always made at a personal level. This awareness implies that you are not only interested in their business but also in them as individuals. Customers like to feel that your are aware of the difficulties that they face when their particular business environment. It implies that you are interested, not only in their business but in them as an individual. That’s why good customer relationships are always customer centered. This tool provides you with the information you need to find out about your customer’s business, so that you can be of genuine service to them.
STRENGTHS: ? Product / Services ? Niche ? Differentiators

Competitors ? Who? ? Strengths ? Vulnerabilities

CUSTOMER BUSINESS

Vulnerabilities ? Market ? Technical ? People

Customers ? Who? ? Requirements

Goals ? Markets ? Financial ? Strategic

Situational Analysis

This tool helps provide you with a context for your customers business ie. The current trends, the environment, and other factors that influence their business. You cannot meet their needs until you have the necessary background information. Once you have an overview and some specific knowledge, you can provide meaningful solutions that are based on knoledge and sound preparation. This gives you and your company.

Industry Changes ? Political ? Market ? Technical

Strategic Initiatives ? New products ? Time to market ? Internal Process ? Innovation

SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS

Supplier Status ? Current situation ? Perceived value ? Impact

Problems ? Technical ? Procedural ? Human resource ? Customers

Performance ? Results ? Growth

Opportunity Match
Potential Opportunity

Being able to define your customer’s needs and then provide a match with your product or service is essential in establishing an opportunity for business.

Opportunity
Internal Process Maps

Need

Capability

Match

Opportunity Assessment Grid
STRATEGY

You may think that the business acquired is not of sufficient value to your company to continue the process. However, often a longer term view needs to be taken. Small amounts of business can become big in the future. Fulfilling a customer’s needs in the short term can provide significant long – term business opportunities. This tool helps clarify the opportunities presented and how they fit with your company’s ability to service them

Value to Client

OPPORTUNITY ASSESSMENT GRID

HIGH

VALUE TO
your company

LOW

Implementation Difficulty

Terrain Map : Account Over View
Even though decisions are mode by an individual there arre usually several influencers within the framework or terrain in which they are operating. This tool assists in providing clear pathways and an overview of the decision making process plus the factors that contribute to the final decision. Having this information opens up new pathways and new opportunities within an organisation, providing you with additional revenue streams.
Structure ? Division ? Units

Points of Entry ? Who ? Role

Terrain Map

Decision Makers ? Role ? Anxieties

Influencers ? Objectives ? Levels of influence

Account Strategy
Outcomes ? Products / Location ? Targets ? Nature of relationship

Being able to implement a comprehensive strategic approach to customer relationships allows you to be clear about what you wish to achieve and how to proceed. It will also help you ascertain the level of the relationship. It will also provide you with vital information about potential risks and how to address them.

Threats ? Authority ? Timing ? Budget ? Blockers ? Competitors

Strategy

Approach ? Maintain ? Deepen ? Spread ? Activate ? Withdraw

Benefits to Customer ? Relationship ? Cost ? Innovation ? Technical

Opportunity
? ? ? Internal Problems External Threats Specific Projects

Relationship Building

Informal
? ? ? Proactive communication Additionals Personal support

Formal
? ? ? Delivery Review Complaints

Interactive
? ? Respect Trust

Strategy

Credibility

Evidence
? Specificity

Conceptual
? ? Logical Intuitive

The Decision Making Cycle Concept
Unaware
Reason to Move Decision to Move

Specify

Justify

Commit

The Decision Making Cycle

Uncertain

Consider Options

Anxieties

Compare

Action

Why?

People dislike change because they wish to avoid the perceived discomfort that making decisions which leads to change brings. Customers will often stay with the status quo rather than change, even when that change will have a positive effect. The Decision Making Cycle takes you through the necessary steps that will allow you to influence the Change Cycle. It will identify the factors that underpin resistance to change and provide you with a framework to understand and deal with these factors using a simple, step-by-step process.

HABITS :
Effective Performance is not based on chance , its on effective habits

“It Takes 3 weeks of daily practice for a human to form a habit



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