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1. March 24, 2008
Focusing Sales Operations’
Productivity Impact
Panel Discussion:
Driving Immediate Productivity Improvement
May 10, 2011
2. Panel Agenda
Driving Immediate Productivity Improvement
Discussion on Recent Experiences – Yours and Ours
Questions….
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3. 3 Things to Drive Immediate Productivity…
1. Identify Highest Value Customers
2. Select the Right Channels
3. Use Metrics that Enable Active Performance Managment
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4. Identify Highest Value Customers
Growth rates vary significantly within an industries;
pinpointing the relative sales potential of segments within
markets is critical.
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5. Identify Highest Value Customers, cont’d
A great place to start is with MAP analysis of your own
account, then take a close look at the accessible market!
Maintain =
Acquire =
A
New
Penetrate =
Customers
Prospects
A
Current
M P
Current New
Products
Organic Strategies have a success rate of over 30%*
Source: Research by Bain Capital, 2009
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6. Identify Highest Value Customers , cont’d
Creating groups of customers with similar needs and
buying processes enables efficient and effective sales
coverage.
Four Dimensions for Segmenting Customers
1. Customer Descriptors/Demographics
2. Purchasing Behavior
3. Needs
4. Product Preferences
Treating all customers the same significantly reduces the
return on sales investments and inflates Opex/Revenue!
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7. Select the Right Channels
Manufacturer
Strong middle-market focus
as most large EUs and OEMs
prefer to buy factory-direct
(at least initially)
Most large EUs
and OEMs
prefer to deal
Company Sales Reps / Agents
factory direct
Distributors &
Catalogs
• Large distributors
& catalogs primarily provide Small/Mid
Large OEMs VAR / Integrator access to products vs. selling OEMs
Focus primarily • Regional / smaller distributors
on barcode & (such as Current) sell more
POS markets actively as a way to compete
OEM’s Channel against larger competitors OEM’s Channel
End User Customer
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8. Select the Right Channels, cont’d
Three factors guide channel selection: 1) Customer Preferences/Needs, 2) Cost,
and 3) Product Lifecycle
Market Size Direct Sales / Mfg Reps
($-value)
VARs / Integrators
Distributors / Hyper Efficient Distributors
Market Market Share Cost
Adoption Coverage Growth Reduction
Time
Emergence Growth Early Maturity Late Maturity
Selling Cost: ~30% ~20% ~10% ~<6%
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9. Use Metrics that Enable Active Performance
Management
The best dashboards of metrics:
Support Strategic Objectives
Provide Early Warning of Potential Trouble
Inform Decision Making
Strike a Balance between Internal and External Measures
Cover All Four Dimensions of Performance
Enable a Cadence of Active Sales Management!
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10. Use Metrics that Enable Active Performance
Management, cont’d
Does your Sales Organization use a full dashboard of metrics?
Performance = Capability x Productivity x Effectiveness x Efficiency
• Total Sales • Revenue or • Overall Close • Sales Cycle
Capacity Profit/Rep Rate Time/Stage
• % of Reps at • Opex/Sales • Close • Overall Cycle
Strategic • # of Deals Rate/Stage Time/Deal
Competence Closed/Mo, Qtr, • Close Rate by • Sales Expense
• % Time Spent Yr Target Segment Ratio
Selling • Avg. Deal Size • Cross-sell Ratio • $ Sales
• % Filled • # of Deals at • % Discount Support/Deal
Positions Each Sales • Net Promoter
• Level of FTE Stage Score
Engagement • $ of Deals at • % of Overall
Each Sales Goal
Stage • % of New Acct
Acquisition Goal
• % of Acct.
Penetration Goal
• % Acct.
Retention Goal
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12. Contact Information
Thomas G. Knight Erik G. Birkerts
Partner Partner
866-549-3191 landline 866-549-3191 landline
630-364-8805 mobile 224-554-9137 mobile
tknight@evergreengrowthadvisors.com ebirkerts@evergreengrowthadvisors.com
Mailing Address: 736 N. Western Avenue, Suite 253, Lake Forest, IL 60045
Website Address: www.evergreengrowthadvisors.com
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13. Thomas G. Knight, Partner
Expertise Professional Background
Tom has operational and consulting experience in all aspects of Tom has 20 years of Sales and General Management
sales strategy, sales operations, and sales management. Tom experience. He began his career in Sales with WilTel
has served clients in North America, Europe and Asia and is Communications Systems where he ultimately lead the firm’s
published and quoted on sales strategy and sales management National Account effort in the not-for-profit healthcare market.
issues. He specializes in aligning Sales Strategy with Sales After earning an MBA, Tom began his consulting career
Organization Structure and Performance Management Systems where he has held the role of Practice Leader and Managing
to increase the predictability and sustainability of revenue growth. Director with Sibson & Company and Mercer. He has
He has a strong strategic and implementation focus that serves served companies in numerous industries, including: medical
to engage senior management quickly in understanding and products, basic materials, high technology, insurance,
committing to proposed change. financial services, and durable goods manufacturing.
Notable Achievements Education
• Implemented a new sales strategy and account management Tom has a Masters in Business Administration from Loyola
process for a private equity owned manufacturing company University and a Bachelor in Science in Commerce, with
which led to significant improvement in margins and revenue. special attainments, from Washington and Lee University.
• Analyzed the agency operations of captive independent Professional Affiliations/Published Works
agents of a large national insurance company and developed
an agent training and management processes to increase Tom has been published in MDDI Magazine, Sales and
effectiveness and efficiency. Marketing Magazine, and Selling Power. He is also
frequently quoted in sales and business publications Tom
• Developed a new go-to-market strategy and leaner sales has been a frequent speaker on Sales Effectiveness and was
organization structure for a large foreign beverage distributor,
formerly an instructor on Sales Compensation with the
increasing the available sales time high value markets by
25%. American Management Association. He is also a visiting
lecturer at Loyola and DePaul’s Graduate Schools of
• Conducted a custom survey of sales management practices Business and a member of the Sales Management
for a national diagnostic equipment manufacturer which lead Associations Board.
to sales process changes and a redeployment of the sales
force.
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14. Erik G. Birkerts, Partner
Expertise Professional Background
Erik has years of practical, hands-on experience centered on the Erik most recently served as Chief Operating Officer and Executive
design, implementation and/or repositioning of go-to-market strategies. Vice President of Orion Energy Systems (NASDAQ: OESX), a
In particular, he specializes in leveraging indirect channels and leading manufacturer of energy efficient, high-performance lighting
partnerships to achieve cost-effective market coverage and profitable systems and renewable technologies. Orion more than doubled
revenue growth. His experience as a public company operating its revenues and became publicly traded during his tenure. Erik
executive gives him unique insight on the challenges faced by was originally recruited to Orion after successfully consulting with
management teams and positions him to engage senior management to the company on the design of its indirect sales channel strategy,
work collaboratively towards high value outcomes. which now contributes nearly 50% of Orion’s revenues. Prior to
Orion, Erik had a successful consulting career as President of The
Notable Achievements Prairie Partners Group, a boutique consulting firm he co-founded.
Working with clients as diverse as Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard,
• Member of the senior management teams for two IPOs of venture Ingersoll Rand, DeVry University and numerous private equity and
capital backed companies. Raised and structured numerous private
equity financings. venture capital funded companies, Erik developed strategies to
capitalize on growth opportunities for clients. He began his career
• Designed and launched channel strategy that now contributes nearly
as a financial analyst and bank examiner at the Federal Reserve
50% of Orion Energy Systems (NASDAQ: OESX) revenue.
Managed channel sales and support team to deliver high double-digit Bank of New York, working on international banking transactions.
revenue growth with profit margins greater than those witnessed in
Education
the direct sales channel.
• Executed comprehensive channel audit of key resellers and VARS Erik earned his MBA at the University of Chicago Booth School of
for world’s largest software company. Analysis identified Business and his BA with honors in Economics and International
competencies, readiness to launch new product initiatives, “wallet Relations from Tufts University.
share” and levers for future growth.
Professional Affiliations/Published Works
• Created strategic roadmap for international expansion and M&A for a
publicly traded for-profit education company. Analysis culminated in Erik’s work has been featured in The Deal, Mergers & Acquisitions,
sizable acquisition in Brazil. The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun Times and cited by the
• Collaborated with turn-around firm to restructure sales and USDA. He is an Advisor to The Clean Energy Trust and guest
operations of a privately- held food company to position company for lectures at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He
sale to strategic acquirer. Deal awarded “2006 Transaction of the
is also a frequent speaker and panel participant on issues of sales,
Year” by the Turnaround Management Association and
“Manufacturing Deal of the Year” by The M&A Advisor. distribution and strategic growth at investor, clean technology and
venture capital conferences.
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