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Mini cases | Declaring a KAM initiative is one thing, but has your company followed through with what that means, internally as well as externally? What happens if the key account manager doesn’t have the authority the job requires? You’ll probably recognise these two case studies by Dr Beth Rogers, but what should you do?…
Discover how having a strong advocate at the executive level can propel your initiatives forward and open doors to new opportunities. Thiery Josselin’s session, recorded as part of AKAM’s 5th annual conference, unveils the significance of executive sponsorship and explores resource-securing techniques, cross-functional support, and building strong key account relationships. Don’t miss out on this…
The automotive sector is so highly concentrated that excellent KAM is essential, not an option. So perhaps it’s not surprising that Thierry Josselin of Axcelis (AKAM Key Account Manager of the Year 2021) has ample experience of the great executive sponsorship which so many other companies fail to enact. In this short video he itemises…
Contrary common belief, GAM is not only for large corporations: it is also very relevant for medium-size businesses, as demonstrated brilliantly by the two other speakers of the day. John Bailey, Head of Global Accounts at Hiab, and Alistair Taylor talking about his experience at IMI both explained how the implementation of GAM became a game changer and transformation factor for their…
Alistair Taylor suspects a minority of companies operate executive sponsorship for KAM. Yet Rafi Habibian is clear that it’s essential to show the key account that the organisation is serious about their importance as well as demonstrating the role of KAM internally. But how does it work, what do good executive sponsors do – and…
In this workshop, Jerry Angrave of the Customer Experience Association and Empathyce shared his extensive knowledge and experience of mapping customer journeys. The workshop gave participants much-needed clarity in terminology in this area and showed them how to use a series of tools to explore the business and relationship as their customer sees it. Unfortunately,…
Carlos Ferrer Sotillo, BT Global Sales Director, delivered a presentation full of 28 inspirational ‘pills’. Drawing on a wide range of rousing and thoughtful messages, he challenged participants to take a handful of specific pills and use them to find ways of adding customer value. The audience was indeed inspired, and produced outputs ranging from…
Failure of the KAM programme is not often considered by suppliers setting out on such an initiative. By exposing his findings on situations where KAM has not been successful, Cedric Roesler caused a great deal of alarm among delegates and challenged them to examine whether their KAM programmes fell into any of his five failure scenarios. He showed…
Key account managers often fail to understand the customer’s buying journey and Procurement’s role in it. Jens Hentschel of Fivis uncovered Procurement’s perfectly legitimate questions and anxieties, showing that price is far from being the most important of them. Trying to avoid Procurement is a really bad idea – much better to understand and build…
Purchasers/Procurement have grown increasingly important for customers, but supplier key account managers continue to fail to understand how its strategic concerns, requirements and acquisition processes differ from traditional buying. Innovation, risk, dependency, compliance, cost savings and responsiveness are as – or even more – important than price. Dr. Bert Paesbrugghe of IESEG School of Management…
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