THE MARKET-DRIVEN SALES ORGANIZATION

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THE MARKET-DRIVEN SALES ORGANIZATION CHAPTER 4 THE MARKET-DRIVEN SALES ORGANIZATION

LEARNING OBJECTIVES A sales force is a complex selling unit of the firm. Its organizational design and structure are built around its customers and markets. After studying this chapter, you should be able to explain: The type of markets in which salespeople work. The major job activities of salespeople. The various types of sales jobs. Why sales jobs are designed for an individual organization’s markets and customers. The various types of sales force organizational structures. Newer forms of organizations. How coordination and technology improve customer service.

FACTORS INFLUENCING ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN AND STRUCTURE Examine customers in each market. Determine the types of sales jobs needed to serve a market. Note the job activities salespeople must do. Design sales jobs around customers. Set up the sales force organizational structure, which includes the various sales jobs and geographic territories.

FIGURE 4.1 THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG MARKETS, JOBS, AND ACTIVITIES INFLUENCE SALES JOB DESIGN AND ORGANIZTATIONAL STRUCTURE

MARKETING AND MARKETS Marketing is the process of planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotions, and distribution of ideas, goods, and services to create exchanges that satisfy individual and organizational objectives.

SALESPEOPLE WORK IN TWO MARKETS Consumer Business

SALES JOBS ARE VARIED AND CAN BE CLASSIFIED Seven major categories: Category One – inside order taker. Category Two – deliverer. Category Three – an order taker but also works in the field. Category Four – is not expected or permitted to take an order but is asked only to build goodwill or to educate the actual or potential customer.

Seven major categories: Continued Category Five – major emphasis is placed on technical knowledge. Category Six – demands the creative (specialty) sale of tangibles. Category Seven – requires the creative sale of intangibles.

APPLICATIONS OF THE SALES JOB CLASSIFICATIONS Order takers – wait for the customer to order. The main problem with order takers is that they create only one distinction in the customer’s mind: price. Order getters – obtain, retain, and increase business with customers. This salesperson must often create discontent with what the prospect already has and has to overcome the most powerful and obstinate resistance.

Order getters build relationships. They develop relationships with customers. They listen more than talk. Their sales calls are more productive. They have an objective in mind. They evaluate and respond to the customer’s changing needs.

TRUE SALESPEOPLE ARE HARD TO FIND People with the prerequisite traits and attributes for success in creative sales are rare. Often, 100 to 150 or even more applicants must be interviewed to find one qualified candidate.

THE SALESPERSON’S JOB ACTIVITIES AS A TERRITORIAL MANAGER Provides solutions to customers’ problems. Provides services to customers. Sells to current and new customers. Helps customers resell products to their customers. Helps customers use products after purchase. Builds goodwill with customers. Provides company with market information.

SALES ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN Organizational design refers to the formal, coordinated process of communication, authority, and responsibility for sales groups and individuals.

PURPOSES AND IMPORTANCE OF JOB DESIGN Content Qualifications required to perform Returns and rewards for performance

SALES ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE Organizational structure is the relatively fixed, formally defined relationship among jobs within the firm.

THE LINE ORGANIZATION In the pure line organization, the chief executive – usually the president – does the decision making for the firm. The president has complete authority.

FIGURE 4.2 COMPUTE CORPORATION’S LINE ORGANIZATION

SPECIALIZED DESIGN Functional organizational design is the grouping of work according to its characteristics.

FIGURE 4.3 ALARM SYSTEM CORPORATION’S FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN

Staff Positions with Line Authority Line authority means that people in management positions have formal authority to direct and control immediate subordinates. Staff authority is narrower and includes the right to advise, recommend, and counsel in the staff specialists’ areas of expertise.

Geographic Specialization Many large corporations are organized by geographic territory. This type of organization is generally used by companies with more than strictly local distribution of their products.

FIGURE 4.4 TEXTRON CHEMICAL CORPORATION GEOGRAPIC SPECIALIZATION

Product Specialization Another common type of organization in large companies is based on the firm’s product. The entire company may be organized by product, with separate sales, advertising, marketing, and so on, along with staffs for each, or some functional units may remain centralized.

Customer Specialization Companies with several separate and distinct markets accounting for major portions of their sales often organize based on these markets or customers.

Combination of Design Elements Many companies organize on the basis of some combination of functional, geographic, product, or customer design.

FIGURE 4.5 MULTIPLE DESIGN FACTORS

ORGANIZING FOR SELLING TO MAJOR CUSTOMERS Companies use four basic organizational methods. A separate division to deal with major accounts. Select members of the current sales force. Sales managers. A combination of 1, 2, and 3.

NEW FORMS OF ORGANIZATIONS STRATEGIC ALLIANCES A strategic alliance is a formal relationship created with the purpose of joint pursuit of mutual goals.

FIGURE 4.6 CROSS-FUNCTIONAL SELLING TEAM

TEAM-BASED ORGANIZATIONS Many organizations are more responsive to their environment because they use work teams as their basic building blocks.

COORDINATION AND TECHNOLOGY Coordination refers to the quality of collaboration across groups.

INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION The most important methods for achieving coordination are information systems, task forces and teams, and integrating managers.

THE BOTTOM LINE Markets, job types, and job activities influence the design of the various sales jobs and, consequently, even the structure of the sales organization. Sales activities are very diverse and easier to understand if classified in one of seven categories. A salesperson’s job activities involve much more than person-to-person selling. Companies can structure their organizations in numerous ways.