Do you include rebate programs in your quoting, pricing and/or discounting processes? If not, you may be missing an opportunity to maximize your rebate ROI. Rebates are often considered a separate activity owned by marketing or channel sales, but there is power in incorporating them into a more comprehensive strategy, execution and communication. Attend this session to learn how to develop rebate programs that drive real business results.
5. As a Result of This Session, Attendees Can Expect to:
• Collect and organize rebates, discounts, and incentives
• Cross-functionally articulate a comprehensive rebate strategy using Apttus
• Incorporate the right mindset into rebate communication methods
B2H
(Business to Human)
6. Discounts are Scattered, but Sales Ops Can Rise to the Occasion
Payment Terms
Early Pay Discount
Price Protection
Y
Bank Rebate
Market Development
Channel Incentives
X
Mail-in Rebate
VMI Service
Shipping Terms
Free Expedites
Z
Sales
Ops
Price Masking
Volume Discount
Bundle Rebate
P
8. Synaptics – Advancing the Human Interface
Refining the relationship between people and intelligent devices
9. Discounts Are Scattered, but Sales Ops Can Rise to the Occasion
Action – Exercise Cross-Functional Leadership
Legal – Contracts, Payout
Sales – Opportunity Capture
Pricing – Quote Capabilities
Finance – Rev Rec & Accruals
Sales Operations
10. Action – Lead by Example by Rolling Up Your Sleeves with Apttus
Program Setup and
Configuration
Validation and
Classification
Approval Workflow
Integration
Performance Tracking Rebate AnalyticsRebate Accruals
12. Communicate Rebates to Create Customer Heroes
Action – Communicate the Comprehensive Data
13. Action – Let Your Customer Communicate ROI Internally
14. As a result of this session, attendees can expect to:
• Collect and organize rebates, discounts, and incentives
• Cross-functionally articulate a comprehensive rebate strategy
• Incorporate a B2H mindset into rebate communication methods
should be able
Internal Audit – Revenue Recognition most important.
Finance - Need proper accruals before first shipment, need to understand age of accrual
Legal - a legal agreement detailing how the rebate is calculated, what evidence is needed to pay it out, frequency of pay out, authorized buying channels, payout type: AR reduction or AP payment to customer
BU / Pricing Team – Ability to have flexible quoting capabilities, ensure visibility of net pricing and accurate implementation of rebate
Sales – System needed to capture Opportunity and get authorized pricing with rebate
Sales Operations – works to tie each Org’s concern into a comprehensive Rebate strategy through execution and communication
Ensure ERP system is capturing accrual at most conservative rate
Track the Rebate Accruals to ensure accuracy and understand age
Collect appropriate proof of purchase and get approvals for payment requests (BU, Finance)
Hold monthly meeting to understand what’s in the pipeline (new rebates w/.no formal agreement)
Make strategic decision to release accrual back to revenue if it will not be claimed or under-claimed
All of this can be done via spreadsheet (except the ERP system capturing the accrual)
Customer Heroes - Your Gross Price needs to be good enough to get onto the AVL, this allows your Purchasing contact to claim PPV each Quarter or as needed
Apttus’ rebate analytics allows us to measure the success of each rebate program by type of program, channel, region, and customer
Apttus allows us to Manage all Quote to Cash activities on one platform
Route and capture approvals for pricing including rebate program in SFDC
Fill out and route for approval standard Legal agreement directly in SFDC
Create a custom RFQ on company letterhead with standard Ts and Cs
Understand profitability by Opportunity within each Account
Deploy rebates at the Account level or Opportunity level
Have visibility of future cost reductions
Customer Heroes - Your Gross Price needs to be good enough to get onto the AVL, this allows your Purchasing contact to claim PPV each Quarter or as needed
Apttus’ rebate analytics allows us to measure the success of each rebate program by type of program, channel, region, and customer
Apttus allows us to Manage all Quote to Cash activities on one platform
Route and capture approvals for pricing including rebate program in SFDC
Fill out and route for approval standard Legal agreement directly in SFDC
Create a custom RFQ on company letterhead with standard Ts and Cs
Understand profitability by Opportunity within each Account
Deploy rebates at the Account level or Opportunity level
Have visibility of future cost reductions
Customer Heroes - Your Gross Price needs to be good enough to get onto the AVL, this allows your Purchasing contact to claim PPV each Quarter or as needed
Apttus’ rebate analytics allows us to measure the success of each rebate program by type of program, channel, region, and customer
Apttus allows us to Manage all Quote to Cash activities on one platform
Route and capture approvals for pricing including rebate program in SFDC
Fill out and route for approval standard Legal agreement directly in SFDC
Create a custom RFQ on company letterhead with standard Ts and Cs
Understand profitability by Opportunity within each Account
Deploy rebates at the Account level or Opportunity level
Have visibility of future cost reductions