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How to Launch a Global Account Management Program Without Getting Your Pockets Picked

SBI Growth

It is the start of 2020, a new year for your organization. You are just getting back from vacation, coming into a flurry of activity. Last year probably had some ups and downs, but you are ready for a new.

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Is your KAM Training approach strong enough?

KAM With Passion

KAM skills development is not only for Key Account Managers. I remember a very successful global medium-size industrial company who has appointed a few Global Account Managers chartered to manage the most strategic customers.

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Life After Key Account Management? What Happens Next?

Account Manager Tips

Some of your career options for key account managers: Strategic Account Manager. Look after bigger, more complex, more prestigious accounts. Global account manager. Manage accounts in multiple regions, where decision making and policies are centrally decided. Manager/Director. Have a great week.

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How to define a strong KAM Training Path

KAM With Passion

This article focuses on individual competencies, especially those of the Key Account Managers. Other articles on this blog explore the collective KAM capabilities an organisation must develop to be successful with KAM. Key Account Management is a rich and complex area and few practitioners write about it.

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Sales Leaders: Are You Executing These Five Q1 Must Do’s?

Revenue Storm

Even when I was leading a $400 million global accounts organization. For 20 years, I had a monthly sales quota. Rather than start the year 20 times, I actually started the “year” 240 times. Start with the numbers.

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The Business Review: a modern classic, so important also during difficult times

KAM With Passion

A good Key Account Plan is very specific on which relationships need to be created, developed and nurtured and why. For example, LafargeHolcim, a construction material company uses Business Reviews with its Global Accounts to drive collaboration in the field of R&D and to discuss long-term opportunities on major projects.

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Marketing Role in Creating Distinctive Business Value

Cosawi

Focusing on the right side, we can see some of the critical roles that Marketing needs to play for the success of the customercentric journey and what we have been exploring in this article. . The SAM is the explorer, diving deeply into the needs and goals of their accounts. Download the Article HERE. Previous Page.