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Learn from the best: The 2020 SAMA Excellence Awards winners

Strategic Account Management Association

Most of all, they proved that getting strategic account management right unlocks huge benefits in terms of growth, profitability, customer satisfaction and attainment of strategic goals.

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

Strategic Account Management Association

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. Gross profit: The goal is to improve performance year over year.

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How to Identify Key Accounts: A Quick Guide to Getting it Right

Account Manager Tips

You're sitting on a goldmine of existing customers that: can deliver an above-average revenue growth; want to invest in your partnership; will co-create value in ways that neither of you could do alone. You'll select your key accounts with 15 criteria which are grouped into three categories: Growth, Harmony and Value Creation.

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10 Trends – Annual International Marketing Benchmark by PM Forum and Meridian West

Red Star Kim

Higher salary demands will put further pressure on profits/margins unless firms raise prices significantly (which some are doing). Whether the economy continues to decline (as expected) or starts to improve, I would have expected firms to be investing in ensuring future streams of clients, revenue and profits. The figures were 2.3%

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The many colours of B2B sales performance

KAM With Passion

First, truly complex sales , those where many stakeholders are involved with often contradictory expectations, where the proposed solution is co-constructed with the prospective customer. In addition, the stability and loyalty of the customer base are essential factors for profitability. Why does it matter? Why does it matter?

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Key Account Manager or Strategic Ecosystem Leader?

Arpedio

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. SAMA is a global non-profit organization with more than 15,000 members. Share on facebook. Share on linkedin. Share on email. um@arpedio.com.

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KPI Management: Open Innovation KPIs

Flevy

Co-Creation Project Success Rate Definition : Measures the percentage of open innovation projects developed in partnership with external entities that achieve their defined success criteria. Relevance : Provides insights into the profitability and effectiveness of open innovation efforts, guiding strategic investment decisions.