Account Management Skills

APRIL 20, 2021

This is the top 10 tips to be successful in agency account management. And she said, good account management makes everything run smoothly. But great account management is what transforms the relationship from a client supplier to one of a real partnership. Welcome to Episode 27.

Account Management 52

Account Management Management Procurement Decision-making 52

Account Manager Tips

JUNE 29, 2021

Capture Strategy Tips A capture strategy identifies how to position organizations as the supplier of choice and convince clients to renew without considering alternatives. Your job as a key account manager is to deliver the kind of value that convinces your clients to stay in the loop. Suppliers submit proposals to provide them.

Suppliers 246

Suppliers Shareholders Stakeholders Decision-making 246

Account Management Skills

JUNE 8, 2021

One of the things that account managers who come on my Account Accelerator programme tell me is that they have a barrier to growing existing business, because they don’t feel like they’re talking to the decision maker. The second one is to decide whether you have a good relationship with the procurement department.

Procurement 40

Procurement Decision-making Account Management Investors 40

Account Management Skills

MAY 22, 2023

In this episode, I chat to Mike Lander, CEO of Piscari, a former procurement director who now assists sales teams in negotiating with procurement departments. We also dive into a five-step framework to help you negotiate more effectively and shed light on some questionable tactics employed by less experienced procurement professionals.

Procurement 52

Procurement Negotiation Supply Chain Insurance 52

Account Management Skills

JANUARY 11, 2022

’ that kind of bias supplier relationship, then you start from the wrong place. So there’s this buyer/supplier relationship. This wrong mindset of seeing ourselves as this supplier, I’m here to do and implement. I remember reading, I think he was a procurement director, global procurement Director at P&G.

Client Relationships 52

Client Relationships Profitability Procurement Negotiation 52

Farland Group

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

We wanted to look at how important some accounts are to businesses, and how to create a kind of extraordinary focus on those accounts that really drives long-term value for both companies. In sales, we’ve seen account management—putting senior people on your top customers.

Co-Creation 52

Co-Creation Marketing Management Suppliers 52

Mike Kunkle

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Sellers sometimes work with professional procurement leaders and company executives who work together frequently and have processes and policies to guide their purchase pursuits. The most commonly supported activities for commercial methodologies include prospecting and opportunity management.

B2B 198

B2B Sales Decision-making Negotiation 198

Account Manager Tips

JUNE 23, 2020

Phil is an account management and sales professional professional with a wealth of experience and wisdom he's distilled into The Tenets of Account Management. These guiding principles have served Phil well and I know they will help you find success as a key account manager. The Tenets of Account Management.

Key Account Management 182

Key Account Management Account Management Management Suppliers 182

Account Manager Tips

JULY 9, 2020

Your first 90 days in a new job as an account manager are the most challenging.and with the most at stake. A detailed list of all the activities you need to do to get settled into your new account management role, grouped into 30 day periods. Are you moving to account management from a different profession?

Account Management 130

Account Management Management Key Account Management Stakeholders 130

Account Management Skills

AUGUST 7, 2023

We also ran an AI for Account Managers webinar recently together with Roy Murphy and the recording has been asked for several times. So can you talk to us a bit about how basically guidelines for agencies and account managers in particular that might be using those tools? 35:32 Sharon Toerek Exactly.

Energy and Utilities 52

Energy and Utilities Negotiation Account Management Marketing 52

Strategic Account Management Association

MAY 7, 2021

As I write this, I am aware of several initiatives underway to better assess the sustainability of suppliers. The United Nations is sponsoring an initiative to develop a common supplier framework in the health industry. Procurement functions in different companies are looking at how to apply ESG metrics to their key suppliers.

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Supply Chain Investors Suppliers Government 878

Deep Insight

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Across many industry sectors and geographies, customers are shifting the ways in which they choose suppliers and service providers. They didn’t join to help CFOs and procurement professionals to cut costs but that’s what partners in law ?rms Clients’ Demands are Shifting. But are they truly client-centric?

Client Relationships 52

Client Relationships Leadership Decision-making Procurement 52

Deep Insight

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The client will always tell you price is a problem, and you know it’s going to be part of the conversation with a professional procurement team. • And if they're using third party suppliers, how responsive will they be in that project? But actually, the third cost which relates to ‘Engagement Efficiency’ is the key one.

Profitability 52

Profitability Procurement B2B Digital Transformation 52