article thumbnail

10 Steps to Win Over Your Client’s New Procurement Team

Account Manager Tips

New procurement teams introduce big challenges and new opportunities into the customer relationship. My old contact has been replaced A new procurement team introduces fresh dynamics and relationships. The working environment will undoubtedly change from what you were used to with the previous procurement team.

article thumbnail

Re-framing Procurement Negotiations: From Buying and Selling to Decision Making

5600 Blue

Over ten years ago, after having spent more than 20 years a salesperson, VP sales and sales consultant, we secured our first contract to provide negotiation training for the procurement arm of a major US airline. By Procurement Magazine Let the panic set in….clearly they are making a decision.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Context and curiosity drive commerciality and pricing

Red Star Kim

Context and curiosity drive commerciality and pricing By exploring key themes in commerciality and entrepreneurship, we saw why risk management and anticipating return on investment (ROI) is critical when making the business case for marketing investment. Supply and demand underpins pricing decisions for markets and clients.

article thumbnail

3 Best Sales Podcasts for Key Account Managers

Account Manager Tips

Why selling is hard for key account managers Key Account Managers are busy making sure clients get the best from what they've already bought. You're only the local lead - decision makers are in other countries. What makes these sales podcasts the best? That frequently means stepping in to save the day when things go wrong.

article thumbnail

The Perplexing Power of Process & Methodology in Complex B2B Sales

Mike Kunkle

Sellers sometimes work with professional procurement leaders and company executives who work together frequently and have processes and policies to guide their purchase pursuits. click the image to see a larger version] This makes sense, right? Some committees hum; others are more like a ragtag band of misfits.

B2B 198
article thumbnail

How to (ethically) steal your prospect?s attention: 5 ultra-creative sales case studies

Nutshell

When GumGum , an AI image recognition software firm, wanted to reach decision-makers at T-mobile, they knew that traveling the beaten path of sending outbound emails wouldn’t work. . Collaborating with a creative team of editors, writers, and illustrators, they developed a custom, Batman-spoof style comic book called T-Man and Gums.

article thumbnail

Sales Targeting Toolbox for Professional Services Firms

Red Star Kim

In the highly regarded business strategy book “Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works” (by former leaders of Procter & Gamble Lafley and Roger) the strategy cascade process is broken down into five key questions. And targeting approaches and tools are helpful in promoting coaching conversations with fee-earners.