Rethinking Sales Management - Rogers, Beth
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Rethinking Sales Management is a wake-up call for any sales manager interested in totally rethinking his or her technique. This is the first book to hold up the mirror to sales managers and allow them to see their sales strategy from the point of view of the user rather than the supplier-knowledge they can then use to categorize and better serve their own customers. The book is based on a well-known sales management technique called the 'customer portfolio matrix,' a version of which the author weaves throughout the book to enable sales managers to see their strategy from the customer's point…mehr

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Rethinking Sales Management is a wake-up call for any sales manager interested in totally rethinking his or her technique. This is the first book to hold up the mirror to sales managers and allow them to see their sales strategy from the point of view of the user rather than the supplier-knowledge they can then use to categorize and better serve their own customers. The book is based on a well-known sales management technique called the 'customer portfolio matrix,' a version of which the author weaves throughout the book to enable sales managers to see their strategy from the customer's point of view. Doing so will enable a sales manager to design new strategies that add value to a customer's own activities, set realistic objectives, avoid wasting time on price-oriented customers, and deploy resources where they are most productive.
This book is unashamedly focused on sales management as strategic. Where would businesses be without the top line of the profit and loss account - SALES? Many business people say that strategic sales management is "the next big thing" that companies needs to address. Chief Executives have recognized that the sales managers' responsibility for handling the customer interface can be the most important thing in generating company success. With inspired leadership and the right application of skills and systems, strategic relationship development can deliver competitive advantage.

No one can assume in business-to-business commercial relationships that supplier strategy drives customers to buy. Customers drive their own destiny. The "top line" competency for suppliers is to identify pathways for mutual gain. The greatest advocates for strategic sales management companies who are designing those pathways are their customers. Whether they long for low-touch, remote and transactional relationships with particular suppliers for particular goods and services, or whether they want joint venture with others, customers appreciate the suppliers who understand their needs and develop the capabilities to meet them.

"Boundary-spanning" - understanding the customer's point of view and reconciling it with the needs of the company for profitable growth - is a complex activity to manage. This book is here to facilitate the strategic thinking that sales managers have to apply in 21st century businesses to generate healthy "top line" growth.
Autorenporträt
Beth Rogers is regarded as a leading thinker on the topic of sales management, and is also sought out for her ability to provoke the thinking of others. She manages the primary postgraduate program for sales managers in Europe. Beth is also Research Director of the Institute of Sales and Marketing Management, and a Fellow of the Royal Society. She was elected Chair of the UK Government's National Sales Board in 2005, and was instrumental in the launch of National Occupation Standards for Sales in the UK. Her practical experience in both sales and marketing in the information technology sector has been supplemented by consultancy in a variety of organizations, together with research and teaching. She has worked with major corporations in Europe, the US, SE Asia and Australia, and with small businesses in the South and South-east of England, both in manufacturing and services. Beth is a popular author and speaker on sales management. Her previous books include co-authorship with Professor Malcolm McDonald of "Key account management - learning from supplier and customer perspectives". She has written many articles on sales and marketing related topics over the past eighteen years, and is a regular contributor to "Winning Edge". She has also provided comment for the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Times. Beth works with employers, her alumni, professional institutions and fellow experts to raise the profile of the sales profession.
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"...a serious, grown-up book on sales, full of relevant theory and practical examples of how sales can be more strategic and effective." (The Marketer, September 2007)

"an excellent, concise and well-written guide, full of examples and references, based on the author's deep and sustained experience". (B2B Marketing Online, Friday 7th September 2007)

"...helps sales teams become more successful by seeing the deal from the customer's view." (The Daily Telegraph, Tuesday 25th September 2007)

"Rogers uses copious box-outs and diagrams, and sources virtually all the latest evidence on business selling from around the world." (Salesforce, January 2008)

"...Rogers uses copious box-outs and diagrams and, as befits an academic, sources virtually all the latest evidence" (Winning Edge, December 2008)