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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.

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Aspirational Account Planning – The Story

SalesGlobe

Unlocking the Growth Potential in Your Strategic Accounts Effective account planning is essential to growing the organization’s strategic accounts, which typically comprise most of the organization’s revenue and growth potential. What’s Aspirational Account Planning? Is not history, projected forward.

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9 Unexpected Reasons Why Key Account Management is Important

Account Manager Tips

Importance of key account management Existing business is cheaper and more profitable than new business. Account growth, renewals and advocacy are difficult for indirect suppliers because procurement focus on spend management. Key account management to the rescue! What is key account management? The answer?

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FROM EXECUTIVE SPONSORSHIP TO EXECUTIVE ENGAGEMENT

Strategic Account Management Association

Procurement leaders, chief financial officers and other senior leaders can be great sponsors if the fit is right. We need to consider the person’s willingness and personality fit with the customer account. Number two: The SAM needs to be part of the executive sponsor selection and be comfortable with the selected sponsor.

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How Relationship Maps Put the “R” Back Into CRM

Revegy

Revegy’s Relationship Maps take the blinders off of megadeals, and allow sales teams to do the following: Quickly and easily map contacts from your CRM and visually connect the dots – from coaches and stakeholders to decision-makers and procurement, organizational charts are easily built with drag and drop functionality.

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The Importance of Sales to CS Handoff

ProlifIQ

Large accounts typically come with a large number of stakeholders the seller must engage, as well as technical obstacles and red tape to get past. Organized sellers usually follow what they call an account plan , something designed to align internal team members on tasks to be completed throughout the sales cycle.

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Are You Letting Your Clients Slip Away? 12 Tips to Keep in Touch

Account Manager Tips

Too many clients, not enough time Key account managers have a lot of clients. From procurement, to executives, to end users and everything in between. How do you maintain those critical customer relationships, especially as you grow, get more accounts, launch more services, solve more issues? Worth a click Quote of the week.