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Turning lemons into lemonade: Five ways to reset on customer management fundamentals in a post-pandemic world

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By Dave Duke, Co-Founder and CCO, MetaCX, and Joel Schaafsma, Research General Manager, SAMA. Once you’ve established which customers have the highest likelihood of strategic success, you need to structure your organization around the needs of the customer and create a customer-centric organization that drives co-created innovation.

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Ten insights on the future of SAM

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Panelists: Jennifer Stanley, Partner, McKinsey & Co.; Shifting from focus on shareholder value only to stakeholder value as well – and a broadening understanding of what stakeholder value means. Make sure your internal stakeholders understand the value your program brings to customers and, through them, to the firm.

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ALIGNING A MULTIFUNCTIONAL TEAM TO SOLVE A HEALTHCARE CUSTOMER’S LONG- STANDING PAIN POINT

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Pfizer is the winner of the 2021 SAMA Excellence Award for “Innovative Value Co-Creation.” While this customer’s staff demonstrated both passion and expertise, to make this process a reality, they needed a project focused on innovative thinking, data-driven insights, stakeholder connectivity and patient/provider resources.

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How Aramex’s Young SAM Program Provides Strategic Value and Impact

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Form an organizational capability around co-creating products and solutions with our customers Redesign our philosophy around our customers’ needs Make a positive business impact on our customers’ operations Ingrain a deeply customer-centric vision and mission for sales. Its mission is to handle defined strategic key accounts.

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Key Account Manager or Strategic Ecosystem Leader?

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The KAM must manage a program and lead the business strategy across internal stakeholders and the value co-creation with the stakeholders at their key accounts – not a trivial endeavor. Follow us on LinkedIn to get all the newest perspectives and insights around strategic relationship management and sales innovation.

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Account Based Marketing interview by Pfizer COE

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Organizational change requires a fundamental shift in mindset, away from the traditional brand-driven focus, to an account-centric approach that centers on Key Accounts as sophisticated institutions with multiple stakeholders and complex decision-making and organizational systems. CO-ORCHESTRATION AND CO-CREATION .

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Key Takeaways From SAMA 2023 Annual Conference

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Success in modern account planning and management has to do with combinations of value co-creation (past, present, future), aligning (internally, externally), and trust-based relationships. Let’s continue to adapt, innovate, and elevate the field of sales and strategic account management. 30% of customers actually agree.