2. • UNIT – 3: SALES FORCE MANAGEMENT
• Recruitment and selection of sales force;
Training, Motivating and Compensating the
sales force;
• Controlling the sales force
3. Sales force management
• Sales Force Management (SFM) is a
sub-system of marketing management. It is
Sales Management that translates the
marketing plan into marketing performance.
• Actually sales force management does much
more than serving as the muscle behind
marketing management.
4. • Personal selling is a very important
component of the marketing activity. The
success of a business concern depends
considerably upon the performance of its
salesperson.
• A salesperson not only communicates product
information to customers but also relays the
reactions of customers towards company and
its products to his employer.
8. Training,
• Training is teaching, or developing in oneself
or others, any skills and knowledge or fitness
that relate to specific useful competencies
9. Why is training salesman important?
• Sales training are beneficial in identifying the
weakness of the salespeople and
encouraging them to get back on track. For
sharpening the Skills of Sales force – Sales is all
about using right skills (be it communication
skills, relationship building or negotiation
skills) at the right time.