Brooks Group

MARCH 7, 2024

Procurement managers have a reputation for focusing only on price. This post describes how you can use a consultative selling approach to understand the unique buying agenda of procurement managers and sell more effectively. This makes it far more likely they will listen to you—and that you’ll make the sale.

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Whetstone

MAY 9, 2023

Unfortunately, Procurement doesn’t! When you’re not allowed to differentiate your value and you are forced to compete solely on price, it can be difficult to close a sale, and if you do close the sale, you know it might not have been worth the effort. Here are four tips on how to effectively deal with procurement departments: 1.

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Procurement Suppliers Value Proposition Decision-making 40

Brooks Group

APRIL 9, 2024

Bigger deals usually mean bigger committees, which present unique challenges compared to selling to an individual decision maker or even a small group. Lack of clear authority, conflicting priorities, and the logistics of keeping 7, 10, or 12 people in the loop make the B2B buying process an increasingly tough sale.

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Revenue Storm

MARCH 14, 2023

Well, maybe not, because you may have been told one of the following buyer excuses: #1: “I am the decision maker.” – This is the classic of all deceptions. In a complex B2B sales cycle, there is rarely one decision maker. Remember, our mission is to find the other buyers and influencers and broaden our value proposition.

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Procurement Value Proposition Decision-making B2B 78

Flevy

MARCH 8, 2022

Most organizations struggle to find a true strategic fit between their Corporate Strategies and their Supply Chain Strategies. For most organizations, they operate within a highly complex and globally interconnected Supply Chain. Aligning Supply Chain solutions to support the organization’s strategies has become increasingly difficult.

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Revenue Storm

JULY 13, 2021

Researching and developing a point of view on what we believe to be business value is crucial. When responding to a known need, maybe through an RFP/RFI process, the project and procurement team charged with selecting a supplier must be convinced. But what about when we are aiming to create new business value for our client?

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Value Proposition Procurement Suppliers Profitability 78

Arpedio

MAY 31, 2024

Keynotes from thought leaders included Tom Derry, CEO of the Institute for Supply Management; Miguel Gonzalez, Chief Procurement Officer at DuPont; Dan Gardner, award-winning journalist and bestselling author; and Hitendra Wadhwa, professor at Columbia Business School, adding a spark that ignited engaging discussions and fresh perspectives.

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