Personal Selling
• Directcommunications between paid
representatives and prospects that lead to
transactions, customer satisfaction, account
development, and profitable relationships.
5.
Selling
• To Satisfya need/want with your product for
Mutual Benefits
• To identify/generate/influence a Need/Want
6.
Sales Manager Responsibilities
•Achieving or exceeding the goals established
for performance in the current period
• Developing the people reporting to them
7.
Marketplace Changes andSelling
Consequences
Competition
Global Competition
Shorter Production Cycles
Blurred Boundaries
Customers
Fewer Suppliers
Rising Expectations
Increasing Power
Selling Process
• Relationship Selling
• Sales Teams
• Inside Selling
• Productivity Metrics
Relationship Selling Model
Emphasis on general management
skills
Proactive innovation/opportunity
identification and offers
Value-based offers/organizational
enablers
Broaden to customers’ customer
Differentiation through people
Profit management focus/ share of
customer
Trusted business advisor and partner
Transactional Selling Model
Emphasis on sales skills
Respond to customer needs
Provide good products, price,
and service
Narrow customer focus
Differentiate through products
Sales/revenue focus
Traditional customer relationship
Productivity Metrics
• Salesvolume
• The amount of time necessary to complete
the sale
• The gross margins associated with the sale
• The amount of promotional support
• The amount of post-sale support
• The impact of future product sales
13.
Sales Management Process
Focusingthe
Big Picture
Role of the
sales force
Structuring the
sales force
Building sales
competencies
Leading the
sales force
Strategic Action Competency
•Understanding the Industry
Understands the history and general trends in the industry
and their implications for the future
Stays informed of and anticipates the actions of
competitors and strategic partners
Identifies attractive market segments and their buying
needs
16.
• Understanding theOrganization
Understands the vision, overall strategy, and goals
of the organization
Appreciates the distinctive competencies of the
organization with respect to market opportunities
and limitations
Understands how to marshal organizational
resources to meet the needs of the customers
17.
• Taking strategicactions
Assigns priorities and making decisions that are consistent with
the firm’s mission and strategic goals
Implements specific account selection, retention, and dominance
strategies
Develops an appropriate portfolio of account relationships
Considers the long-term implications of actions in order to sustain
and further develop the organization
Establishes tactical and operational goals that facilitate the firm’s
strategy implementation
18.
Coaching Competency
Providing VerbalFeedback:
Provides specific and continuous performance and
selling skills feedback
Builds a feeling of appreciation and recognition by
taking the time to acknowledge a job sell done, and
effort beyond the call of duty or an important victory
Reinforces successes and nice-tries to support
desirable behaviors
19.
Coaching Competency
Role Modeling:
Leads by example, rather than decree
Provides role models, either themselves or
others, and sharing best practices
Models professional attitudes and behaviors
20.
Trust Building:
Maintainsgood rapport with the sales team and
fosters open communications, collaboration,
creativity, initiative, and appropriate risk taking
Adds value through communicating relevant
selling experiences
Helps salespeople to “look good” through two-
way communications
21.
Team-Building
Designing Teams:
Implementsan organizational architecture that will
support teams
Creates a reward system that is fair within the context of
a team effort
Coordinates team goals with the overall goals of the
organization
Coordinates team activities with the requirements of
functional areas within the organization
22.
Creating a SupportiveEnvironment:
Hires people that will be successful in a team
environment
Trains programs that encourage teamwork
Integrates the individual members of the sales
team together to form a functioning
supportive team
23.
Managing Team Dynamics:
Understands the strengths and weakness of
team members and using their strengths to
accomplish tasks as a team
Facilitates cooperative behavior and keeps the
team moving towards its goals
24.
Self-Management
Fostering Integrity andEthical Conduct:
Has clear personal standards that serve as a
foundation for a sense of integrity and ethical
conduct by the sales team
Projects self-assurance and does not just tell
people what they want to hear
Willing to admit mistakes and accepts
responsibility for own actions
25.
Managing and BalancingPersonal Drive:
Seeks responsibility, works hard and is willing to take
risks
Shows perseverance in the face of obstacles and bounces
back from failure
Ambitious and motivated to achieve objectives, but does
not put personal ambition ahead of the organization’s
goals
Understands that goals are achieved through the success
and development of the salespeople
26.
Developing Self-Awareness and
ManagementSkills
Has clear personal and career goals and knows
own values, feelings and areas of strengths
and weaknesses
Analyzes and learns from work and life
experiences
Willing to continually unlearn and relearn as
changing situations call for new skills and
perspectives
27.
Global Perspective
Cultural Knowledgeand Sensitivity:
Stays informed of political, social, and economic
trends and events around the world
Recognizes the impact of global events on the market
and the organization
Sensitivity to cultural cues and ability to adapt
quickly in novel situations
Travels regularly and has a basic business vocabulary
in languages relevant to the position
28.
Adapting Global SellingProgram:
Adopts an appropriate sales force architecture for
global accounts
Appropriately adjusts sales force measurement,
competency creation and motivation systems to
the local culture
Appropriately adjusts own behavior when
interacting and managing people from various
national, ethnic and cultural backgrounds
29.
Technology Competency
Understanding ofNew Technology:
Awareness of the potential for technology to
increase sales force efficiency and
effectiveness
Experience in using new technology
Attitude toward adopting new technology
30.
Implementing Sales ForceAutomation:
Knows what is to be accomplished and the
benefits that are possible
Adapts personal management style and
procedures
Fosters sales force acceptance and use of
selling technology
31.
Career Paths atProcter and Gamble
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FUNCTION MANAGEMENT – GENERAL MANAGEMENT
DIRECTOR
MANAGER
Human
Resources
Customer
Business
Development
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Multi-Sector
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Human
Resources
Customer
Business
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Multi-Sector
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Sales
Merchandising
Geographic
or Team
Account Exec
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General Office
Roles
Operations
Manager
ACCOUNT MANAGER
Geographic
or Team
Account Exec
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General Office
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WORLDWIDE
ASSIGNMENTS
• Canada
• Latin
America
• Asia/Pacific
• Europe
• Middle East
& Africa
• U.S.
OTHER
FUNCTIONS
• Advertising
• Product
Supply
• Management
System
• Human
Resources
• Finance
• Other
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Career Paths atProcter and Gamble
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
FUNCTION MANAGEMENT – GENERAL MANAGEMENT
MANAGER
Human
Resources
Customer
Business
Development
Sector/
Multi-Sector
Sales
Human
Resources
Customer
Business
Development
Sector/
Multi-Sector
Bus. Devel
Sector
Sales
Merchandising
Geographic
or Team
Account Exec
Other Field or
General Office
Roles
Operations
Manager
ACCOUNT MANAGER
Geographic
or Team
Account Exec
Other Field or
General Office
Roles
Operations
Manager
WORLDWIDE
ASSIGNMENTS
• Canada
• Latin
America
• Asia/Pacific
• Europe
• Middle East
& Africa
• U.S.
OTHER
FUNCTIONS
• Advertising
• Product
Supply
• Management
System
• Human
Resources
• Finance
• Other