SalesForce Effectiveness

As the economy begins to roll again after a slowdown, some sales organizations find they are caught in low gear. What’s holding them back? Stale sales strategies that don’t work for emerging market segments? Reward plans mismatched to today’s growth opportunities? Overstretched or underperforming sales teams? Fierce new competitors? More demanding customers. It’s a complex problem with no one right answer.

Many moving parts

When a sales organization is not running smoothly, it can be difficult to figure out what’s broken, much less how to fix it. It is important to examine markets, competition, channels, organizational structure, talent, compensation – the list goes on. It’s not easy, but with an effective combination of strategy, people, processes, organization, rewards, and technology, many organizations find that average performers beat expectations, and already strong salespeople achieve extraordinary results.

How we can help?

Deloitte helps organizations improve sales force effectiveness with services that span the following areas:

• Strategic planning: Develop sales strategies, market segmentation, and sales processes that support the business strategy
• Organization: Align the sales force structure with channel partners, and leverage sales force resources to improve performance
• Motivation: Develop quotas, compensation plans, and performance management systems to reinforce and reward selling behaviors that achieve sales goals
• Support: Deploy tactical tools, develop processes, and provide training and reinforcement to stimulate sales force adoption

Bottom-line benefits

Deloitte’s services are designed to help organizations achieve measurable benefits. We have assisted our clients to:

• Boost sales productivity and deliver high-quality results by establishing consistent, controlled, and repeatable sales processes
• Create a more capable sales force by identifying and teaching the behaviors demonstrated by top performers