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A eight step introduction to Key Account Management. The insights and skills required to be an effective Key Account Manager based on industry best practice.
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PROGRAMME OVERVIEW
What can delegates expect?
- Role and purpose of effective customer contact
-An introduction to key account management and its role in the FMCG market – how have things changed.
-An outline of the typical roles and responsibilities of a KAM
-An overview of the expected skills of a KAM, from both a company and customer perspectives
- The Current Trading Environment
-Trends and dynamics currently influencing retailer behaviours
-Who’s Winning and Losing
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Know your business
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Customer Gap & Opportunity Analysis
-Know your customers business and the factors impacting their success
-Understand your customers needs
-Investigate what Business Intelligence is available to you
-Develop strategies to deliver account objectives that meet your customers needs (Customer gap and opportunity analysis)
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Effective Customer Business Planning
- The importance of an effective customer business plan and what it looks like
- From customer strategy to field operations execution – translating the plan into action -
Key Account Management across the Channels
-So what’s different?
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Basic Trade Maths & Trading Terms Principles
-Know the metrics KAM’s have to influence profitability (and how to calculate them)
-Understand the role of Trading Terms – their definitions and commercial impact -
Planning for successful, effective Customer Meetings
- Building a Roapmap for
An effective customer contact strategy
Developing winning customer proposals
Pre-meeting preparation
MODULE OBJECTIVES
- To give delegates a clear view of what effective Key Account Management (KAM) involves
- To expose delegates to the customer business planning process
- To give delegates an understanding of Trade Maths and Trading Term principles
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To help delegates prepare for effective Customer Engagement
LEARNING Outcomes
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An understanding of the skills required to be an effective KAM in the FMCG industry
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An overview of the strategic focus areas of the major Retailers in the FMCG market
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An understanding of how to prepare for effective customer contact
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Understand basic Trade Maths, and the definitions and commercial impact of Trading Terms
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Understand your Retail Customer’s business. Their challenges, the opportunities they present to you, and the knowledge and intelligence required to effectively trade and engage
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Knowledge to interface more strategically with your retail customers
Who should attend?
- New entrants into Key Account Management roles
DURATION & FACILITATION
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2 full days in workroom Part 1 of Effective Customer Contact
- Retail Analyst facilitated
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