Sales Force Management Case Study
No sales person in an organization is an island. The concept of team selling has become the trend in today 's business environment because it is successful. Team selling utilizes each sales person 's strengths, enhances one 's contribution, increases productivity and reduces turnover. Success in sales happens as the result of planning and effective execution. Careful coordination o f many resources are required on the selling side and the customer 's side throughout the sales process. The goal of team-selling is establishing enduring profitable relationships between people, product and companies. Team-selling provides a fitting process for sales managers and specialists to work together to serve the customer. "The place and time to use team-selling is when customer solutions is more important than price" (Dalrymple et al 2006).
The Case StudyImaginative Staffing Inc. is a temporary services firm, formed in 1990 and has grown to $17 million in revenue. The CEO, Angie Roberts, is unhappy with the length of time it takes to close a sale once a prospect has been identified. Ms. Roberts has found the average length of time to close a sale with a major customer is six months. Ms. Roberts believes this six month time frame is unacceptable. Ms. Roberts met a marketing professor at a party and discussed the concept of team-selling. She now believes team-selling is just what Imaginative Staffing needs; she put it on the agenda of a meeting with the executive committee (Spiro et al 2003).
Imaginative Staffing is new to the temporary services market and relatively unknownMs. Roberts believes the sooner the sales force gets the potential customer comfortable with Imaginative Staffing the sooner the customer would come to trust and know the company. Ms. Roberts asked the sales director, Susan Borland, to set up a plan for training and creating a sales team. Susan agrees that team selling is a good idea for Imaginative Staffing. She has people in mind for the team, and
The Case StudyImaginative Staffing Inc. is a temporary services firm, formed in 1990 and has grown to $17 million in revenue. The CEO, Angie Roberts, is unhappy with the length of time it takes to close a sale once a prospect has been identified. Ms. Roberts has found the average length of time to close a sale with a major customer is six months. Ms. Roberts believes this six month time frame is unacceptable. Ms. Roberts met a marketing professor at a party and discussed the concept of team-selling. She now believes team-selling is just what Imaginative Staffing needs; she put it on the agenda of a meeting with the executive committee (Spiro et al 2003).
Imaginative Staffing is new to the temporary services market and relatively unknownMs. Roberts believes the sooner the sales force gets the potential customer comfortable with Imaginative Staffing the sooner the customer would come to trust and know the company. Ms. Roberts asked the sales director, Susan Borland, to set up a plan for training and creating a sales team. Susan agrees that team selling is a good idea for Imaginative Staffing. She has people in mind for the team, and
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