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Procurement & Sales: A Complex Relationship

Strategic Account Management Association

The relationship between procurement and sales teams has always been something of a power struggle. Here, Harvey Dunham and Christopher Jensen of the Strategic Account Management Association, give the sales slant on how procurement can genuinely become a customer of choice.

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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. As a supplier you need to adjust fast and build a foundation of trust. My old contact has been replaced First things first: find out what they want 10 steps to become a supplier of choice Check these out Quote of the week.

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3 Best Sales Podcasts for Key Account Managers

Account Manager Tips

The best sales podcasts key account managers should listen to Are you a key account manager? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then read on for my list of three of the best sales podcasts around, including one that might surprise you. What makes these sales podcasts the best? Do you sell? Do you listen to podcasts?

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Struggling With Procurement?

Whetstone

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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The Kraljic Matrix

Flevy

The procurement function in most organizations deserves more attention than it gets. Most executives associated with procurement lack the competencies and perspectives required to identify gaps and effectively manage the function. Collaborate with suppliers, or rivals, to manufacture critical components cost-effectively.

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Own Your Process to Stay Out of the Procurement Pit

Hubspot Sales

This is an excerpt from the book, " Sales Truth " by Mike Weinberg. Just because a customer asks for a demo or a sales pitch, does not mean that it benefits you to do so. And that is even more true when a customer instructs you to work through their procurement process or solicits a request for proposal (RFP).

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Sales Is Broken Part 2: Buyers Don’t Want to Talk With Sales Reps

PartnerTap

As I mentioned in Sales Is Broken Part 1 , traditional B2B sales is broken. Most sales reps didn’t hit their quota in 2023 and sales leaders were uniformly thrashed for failing to hit their targets. But there’s a more fundamental change causing the quota shortfall: buyers no longer want to talk with sales reps.