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Stratix : Solution Selling Transformation. Today: Hardware Tomorrow: Total Solution. Goal: Shift from Hardware VAR Sales to Higher Margin, Total Solutions Positioning & Sales. Move to Solutions Team. Keepers. Validate existing. Deployed. Assessment. Leadership. SalesCheck ™. Item 1
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Today: Hardware Tomorrow: Total Solution Goal: Shift from Hardware VAR Sales to Higher Margin, Total Solutions Positioning & Sales
Move to Solutions Team Keepers Validate existing Deployed Assessment Leadership SalesCheck™ • Item 1 • Item 2 • Item 3 Hiring Profile Solution Sales Training Recruit
Process • Solution Selling Requires Different Tools • CRM Tuning • Pipeline/Forecast Oversights Leadership Changing Approach in Mid-Stream Build Dashboard and Key Metrics Sales Operations Oversight Goals Rewards New Market SWOT • People • Hiring Profile • Assessment • Spec • Berke process • Recruiting retained vs. Contingency • Sales Training • Complex Sale • Structure • Alignment • Solution • Hunters & Maintainers people leadership System Selling Transformation Hardware Solution Selling
Sales Transformation – Key Issues process people leadership System People • Create new solution seller profile • Assess current direct team • Keepers • Transfers • Backfill the Transfers and Growth • Recruiting based on profit • Accelerated Recruiting • Job Fair • Onboarding Program – Accelerate Effectiveness Ramp • Explore New Sales Channels
Sales Transformation – Key Issues process people leadership System Process • Create new training program • Tailored for Stratix Solutions • Selling to a Higher Level • On Coding Reinforcement • Tune the Sales Process Methodology • Revamp the CRM Process • Establish Sales Quotas and Structure
Sales Transformation – Key Issues process people leadership System Leadership Develop Rewards & Recognition Plan Create New Business Target List Develop New Marketplace Attack Plan Develop New Lead Generation Process
Assess Existing Sales Team - Berke • Cost: $3.5k • Time: 30 Days • Qualifying Sales Reps to new solution profile • Assessment profile becomes hiring profile Assessment
Qualifying Sales Reps Qualifying sales reps to new solution profile Assessment Profile becomes Hiring Profile
SalesCheck Sales engine diagnostic Survey up to 100 metrics/25 ideal Your actual KPIs vs. 4,000 company average Highlight improvement areas Benchmark to Solution Selling Co.’s
SalesCheck Focus • Develop Sales Engine Diagnostic • Rationale • Over 60% fail to meet their sales forecast • Promote use of data to drive decisions • Develop set of KPIs to bring insights to sales • Provide tools to get to problem areas • Benchmark KPIs to other companies • Linkage to TechCXO services (training, process improvement, strategy, fractional, etc.)
TalentCheck Focus • Retained searches for sales talent • Rationale • Strong competitive advantage (we have executed over 250 retained searches with a majority being for sales executives) • Highest churn rate • Highest compensation packages (higher fees) • Linkage to TechCXO services (training, process improvement, strategy, fractional, etc.) • Visibility
TalentCheck:Hiring/Recruiting Solution Reps • Cost: $30 k per rep • Retained search approach • Ongoing <90 Days Assessment Hiring Profile Recruit
The ProcessCrisply Executed with Weekly Updates • Establish search strategy, develop position specification • Identify and review candidates • Qualify and assess (test) candidates • Present recommended candidates/ insightful write-ups • Select/present offer; assist in offer creation/delivery; drive acceptance • Placement on boarding
TalentCheckPartners • Completed more than 250 searches • Best in class firm experience • Technology company focused • Quality award winners • Multiple search providers: 90% follow-on work • Best practice solutions • Industry leading reputations
Solution Sales Training • Opportunity Management and Account Management • Aligning with executives • 2 Day Sales Class for new team Solution Sales Training
Potential 2-Day Agenda • Day One • Introduction, Goal and Objectives • Opportunity Management (OM) • Understanding Changing Buyer Issues • Qualification Scorecard • Building Preference for Stratix by understanding Buyer Behavior (using the DiSC profile) • Understanding Customer Issues – using the Discovery Map • Understanding Power and Politics -determine the true Decision Process • Principals of Strategy and Competitive Counter-Strategies • Pulling it all together – Plan to Win • Day Two • Account Management • White Space Mapping • Collaborate with your customer using the Strategy Map • Relationship Mapping – getting to key executives • Strategic Account Planning • Opportunity Plan Review – Live Stratix Sales Opportunities
Potential Agenda Stratix Sales Tool Kit – powered by Revegy • Opportunity Management Tools: • Qualification Scorecard • Relationship Map • Discovery Map • Opportunity Briefing Report • Account Management Tools • Relationship Map • Strategy Map • Account Briefing Report
Sales Process and Tool Enablement Relationship Map Client Relationship Assessment Playbooks Opportunity Scorecard Opportunity Win Plan Product Whitespace Map Revegy, Inc. Confidential and Proprietary
Use a Discovery/Strategy Map as a visual Pain Chain to align solutions to pain and collaborate with your prospects
Whitespace Mapping – Which products of ours and our competitors does the customer have?
Training and Tools Pricing • Two day Opportunity/Account Mangement Onsite session - $12,000 • Revegy system integrated with SFDC • Initial Fees for configuration and integration with SFDC - $3,000--$9,000 (tbd based on customization requirements) • Per User - $40-60/month – based on OppMgt/Acct Mgt configuration (12 month subscription) (15 users = $7,200 - $10,800) • Total (est.) initial cost = $22,200 - $31,800
Why TechCXO: Top 10 Reasons Unique Total Solutions Offering – One-Stop Shopping Aligned to Your Need of Value, Cost, Speed SME in All Aspects of Sales Optimization Solutions Customized to Your Needs Proven Best-in-Class Components and Solutions Minimal Disruption to Your Daily Operation Highly Sustainable Solutions Prior Experience Leading Transformations Total Flexibility in Capability, Price, Timeframe and Delivery Significant Experience
Mike Allred • 30 years experience as salesman, sales manager, general manager, CEO and search consultant • Unique depth and breadth to the challenge of maximizing revenue generation • Xerox > Recognition Equipment > > VITec > EMASS > • SpencerStuart > Heidrick & Struggles “the grand master of sales. Mike really has it all: great sales experience in the legendary Xerox operation, an enviable track record as a general manager and exposure to a wide variety of organizations and situations as an executive search consultant.”
Rick Troberman • Sales, Sales Management (Salesman, Sales Manager, Regional Sales Manager, VP Sales, SVP Sales) • IBM, Nynex, Software Publishing, Ashton Tate, Bloc Development, Serius, Novell, Hubspan, Sterling Commerce • General Management (GM, President) • - Echo High Tech (President); Sterling Commerce (SVP & GM) • Talent Management (retained executive search, leadership assessment, fractional leadership provisioning) • Heidrick & Struggles (Managing Partner); Korn/Ferry International (Senior Client Partner); Lonergan Richards (Managing Partner) • Troberman & Associates (Managing Partner) • Talent Management focus areas: • Sales & Marketing • Enterprise Software
Brad Childress • President and COO of The Complex Sale, a global sales effectiveness consulting and training firm • EVP, Sales at nuBridges, an enterprise software company (acquired) • Vice President & General Manager, D&B Software
Timing & Cost • Phase 1 • Assess/Top Grade: $3.5k • Recruit $30k/rep • SalesCheck Benchmark $5k • Sales Training $32k • Phase 2 • Alignment TBD • Compensation • Process – Plan • CRM Tune • Dashboard