trade management module 5 sales management model learning objectives: sales management ...
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Module 5 Sales Management Model Learning Objectives:
Sales Management Forecasting
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Sales Management ModelStructure • Customer Contact Process• Access (locating qualified customers)
• Identify (advertising, cold calls, referrals, trade shows)• Quantify
• Persuade • Present• Close
• Fulfill• Sales person• Engagement team
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Sales Management ModelStructure • Job Design (Front Office)• Income Producers
• Function of client base• Examples: RE Agent, Life Assurance Agent
• Direct Sales• Key account managers• Territory reps
• Indirect Sales• Channel sales reps• Employee of manufacturer
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Sales Management ModelStructure • Job Design (Back Office)• Business Development • Pre- Post Sales Support (Front & Back Office)
• Sales Engineer• Field Application Engineer• Installation
• Support staff• Administrative
• Assistants ( appointments)• Estimators- quotations• Research
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Selling Methods
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Sales Management ModelStructure • Resource Deployment ( impacts company profitability)• Factors• Market size• Cost of sales• Productivity- sales yield on cost of sales• Quality of sales (quantitative and qualitative assessment)• valuable customer paying high prices v discount demanding customers requiring a lot of support
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Sales Management ModelManagement • Sales Talent and Management• Sales Talent • Recruitment and Selection• Onboarding• Training
• Product• Sales Process• Customer
• Development and Career progression
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Sales Management ModelManagement • Sales Talent and Management• Management • Talent Management• Coaching• Management accountabilities
• Sales campaigns and field programs• Customer complaints• Legal compliance
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Sales Management ModelGeneral Principles of Measurement
• Measurement provide evaluative feedback to management initiatives
• Measurement communicates importance• Measurement increases engagement
• “what measures gets done”• Irrelevant measures distract• Too many measures confuse• Erroneous measures frustrate• Compliance measures belittle
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Sales Management ModelManagement • Performance Management• Performance Commitments• Job expectations – processes• Personal accountabilities• Following company values
• personal development• ethics• coworker relationships• personal demeanour
• Quotas• Compensation• base salaries• incentives Cost and Sales ROI
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Sales Management ModelSales Operations & Technologies(Front Office and Back Office)• Sales Operations • Measurement and Reporting• Talent Management• Accountability Management• Communication• Provisioning (Resources)• Sales Strategy Planning alignment with marketing
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Sales Management ModelSales Operations & Technologies(Front Office and Back Office)• Technologies • CRM• Order reporting• Customer service status reporting• Forecasting systems• Account assignment and quota allocation• Sales dashboard• Expense management system• Incentive compensation• Knowledge system
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Sales Management ModelPersonal Traits of Great Sales Leaders
• Be a visionary• Have high business acumen• Be an exceptional manager• Be innovative• Be courageous• Project personal authority• Instill commitment
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Sales Management ModelSegments (useful to focus sales management effort)
• Market/ Customer Segment• Product/Solution Segment• Channel/Sales Segment
Segment Selection Criteria• Segment Characteristics- growth rate, potential • Product Configuration- mix• Buyer Profile• Competitor Position
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Annual Strategic Sale PlanBenefits• Goal setting• Collaborative Input
• Field personnel• HQ staff• Key account holders
• Communication
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Sales Focus During Product GrowthMain Sections:• Phase 1 - Start up• Phase 2 - Volume growth• Phase 3 - Re-evaluation• Phase 4 - Optimization ( Maturity)
• Sales approach different • Move from Product to Customer to Channel focus
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Sales ForecastingMain Sections:• Market Potentials• Buying Power Index• Qualitative Sales Forecasting• Quantitative Sales Forecasting
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Sales ForecastingMarket Potentials:
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Sales ForecastingBuying Power Index:• Index combines estimate of population, income and retail
sales to give composite indicator of consumer demand• Review of industry use of equipment, estimate life cycle
of machinery to potential replacement
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Sales ForecastingQualitative Sales Forecasting:• Sales Force composite• Favoured by industrial concerns
• Jury of Executive Opinion• Fast• Allows inclusion of subjective factors : competition,
economic, climate, weather and union activity• Leading indicators• Stock market• Sales of houses• New building permits
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Sales ForecastingQuanititative Sales Forecasting:• Seasonal adjustments• Naïve forecasts• Moving averages• Exponential smoothing• Time-Series regression Y=a+bX• Use:• Needs historical data• Forecasting accuracy needs verifying Common method
is MAPE.