Sales Manager: Definition and additional resources from BNET
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Business Definition for: Sales Manager

  • the manager directly responsible for the planning, organization, and performance of the sales force

Additional Resources

Three Greatest Traits Of A Sales Manager
Today’s Sales Manager is part trainer, part motivator and part communicator. Managers are under constant pressure to bring in the sales number and develop the sales staff. This article discuss three greatest traits of a sales manager. These include: Sales Manager as Trainer, Sales Manager as Motivator and Sales Manager...
Tags: Sales Manager, Trait, Sales Strategy, Sales, Sales Force Management
White papers 2003-01-01
Poll: Presidential Candidates As Sales Managers
I don't know all much about politics, but I do know about business. Whenever I see a political candidate, I try to imagine what they'd be like doing the kind of things that I really know about. Like sales or sales management. Anyway, it occurred...
Tags: Sales Manager, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Geoffrey James
Blog posts 2008-08-25
You Are Allowed to Lie to Your Boss
Your sales manager thinks he knows everything about selling and isn't likely to be dissuaded from that opinion by the facts. And since your sales manager is a friend of the president, going to the president is just going to get you in trouble. Rest assured that your...
Tags: President, Sales Manager, Sales Strategy, Recruitment & Selection, Sales Force Management, Sales, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Geoffrey James
Blog posts 2008-09-16
Coaching Is Key To Sales Training
It is not a cakewalk being a salesperson. The process calls for going through an intensive sales training session. However, it has been observed that sales managers do not focus on the skills being taught to the people during training. Hence, it is important for sales manager to possess the...
Tags: Sales, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sales Manager, Sales Training
White papers 2003-01-01
The Emerging Role of the Sales Manager
Companies are implementing processes and technology in the hopes of creating effective, efficient, predictable sales forces. Until now, the focus has been on how these changes affect the individual sales person. This paper explore the emerging role of the sales manager, what that role exactly entails, what hinders the sales...
Tags: Sales, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sales Manager
White papers 2003-01-01
Advice for the Novice Sales Manager
This morning's post, "The Seven Myths of Sales Management" discussed the difficult job of being a sales manager.  I thought it would be helpful to round out that discussion with this truly fabulous video where a top sales coach and author, Keith Rosen of ProfitBuilders, actually coaches a real-life beginning...
Tags: Sales Manager, Rosen, Corporate Communications, Sales Strategy, Recruitment & Selection, Sales Force Management, Marketing, Sales, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Geoffrey James
Blog posts 2008-09-02
Better Sales Manager: Obama or McCain?
Better Sales Manager: Obama or McCain?I only have one thing to say to that,Wow.RE: Better Sales Manager: Obama or McCain?Wow is right... would I really want McCain as a Sales Manager when a situation came up that made him hot under the collar? Pretty sure I wouldn't want him...
Tags: Obama
Discussion threads 2008-08-26
Are You Working With Sales Losers?
When sales are lacking, look to the sales manager. When asked about their own performance, sales managers often state that "you can see a reflection of my abilities and standards as a manager in my best performers." That is a myth. The reality is that a manager's worth and ability...
Tags: Sales Manager, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Geoffrey James
Blog posts 2008-08-18
The Sales Manager: Areas of Expertise
The job of the sales manager is not to grow sales; instead the job of the sales manager is not to grow sales. The sales manager sets the course for the most efficient system of selling the company's goods. By the statements and actions, the successful sales manager inspires the...
Tags: Workforce Management, Human Resources, Sales Force Management, Recruitment & Selection, Sales Strategy, Sales Manager, Job, Sales
White papers 2003-01-01
Why Consider ~Sales Prospecting~ as a Sales Management Training Course
The last thing a sales manager wants to do is to go through a certification course in 'Sales Prospecting'. They've been there and they've done that, or they'd not have been promoted to a sales manager level. After all, that's up to the sales rep. That's why they are hired...
Tags: Sales, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Training, Sales Manager
White papers 2006-05-29
Edmond auto dealership names new GM
George Hardwick, a 12-year veteran of the automotive industry, is the new general manager at Prestige Ford in Edmond. Nadar Sadehjy has been named general sales manager. He will oversee a sales team led by Roscoe Henderson, the new sales manager; Mickey Buseman and Kevin Kenworth, used-car sales managers; and...
Tags: General Motors Corp.
Research articles 2002-06-13
Video: Judge Judy Chews Out a Sales Manager
Video: Judge Judy Chews Out a Sales ManagerRE: Video: Judge Judy Chews Out a Sales ManagerQUOTE: No Video. What's up?Beats me. I've got it playing right now on Firefox and IE. It's just a YouTube vid. If you can play YouTube, it ought to play. In...
Tags: Corporate communications, Judy, video
Discussion threads 2008-08-26
Miller Heiman Announces Sales Access Manager for Salesforce.com; New Solution Integrates Sales Process for Improved Results
SAN FRANCISCO -- Miller Heiman, a global sales process consulting and training company, today announced Sales Access ManagerSM for salesforce.com. Debuting at Dreamforce 2004, salesforce.com's (NYSE:CRM) annual user and developer conference, Sales Access ManagerSM helps companies improve sales effectiveness by extending the reach and accessibility of an organization's sales process.
Tags: sales, sales process, Salesforce.com Inc.
Research articles 2004-11-01
Absolutely the Worst Sales Manager
I can't resist sharing this story with you. A few weeks ago, I ran a "worst sales manager" contest. You guys contributed some pretty wretched examples of the breed but nobody came even close to having a boss as terrible as this guy:What did he do? Well,...
Tags: Sales force management, General, Geoffrey James
Blog posts 2007-07-31
Sales Management Audit
There are a variety of group projects that can be used in the Sales Management class. One that I have found to be particularly educational for students is based on an article by Dubinsky and Hansen (1981). For this project, students form groups of three students. Their objective is for...
Tags: Sales Force Management, Sales, Sales Strategy, Sales Manager, Student, Georgia Southern University, Audit
White papers 2001-01-01
Sample Engineering Sales Manager Resume
This sample engineering sales manager resume will give you a quickstart on building an effective and optimized resume for your job application. Users can feel free to customize and edit this sample engineering sales manager resume as per their requirement for job application. This sample engineering sales manager resume will...
Tags: Job, Engineering, Sales Manager, Best Sample Resume, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management
Tools & templates 2008-01-01
SanDisk Expands Sales Organization
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 4, 1997--SanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ:SNDK), the world's largest supplier of flash data storage products, has expanded its growing sales organization by adding a North American distribution sales manager, a national retail sales manager and three regional sales managers.
Tags: sales, SanDisk Corp.
Research articles 1997-08-04
The No. 1 Reason Why Most Sales Managers Fail!
The most dominate reason for failing, as a sales manager is apparently invisible to most managers. Most manager's feel it, see it, experience it... they just don't recognize it! They can't see the forest for the trees. This article provides reason and the solution to make your business grow. ...
Tags: Sales Manager, Business Ethics, Salesperson, Leadership, Management
White papers 2002-05-02
Finding The Best Sales Manager Jobs
The range and variety of jobs available for sales managers is vast. Sales jobs can be incorporated into any business regardless of the type of product they sell or the service they offer. For a business to become successful they need to sell themselves well and every organisation benefits from...
Tags: Job, Sales Manager, Recruitment & Selection, Sales Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sales
White papers 2008-01-01
Medical Equipment Manufacturer
The sales organization of a leading medical equipment manufacturer realized its system for operating its sales force throughout the country was not working. Previous in-house incentive programs did not provide ways for the sales manager to communicate to each sales representative on an ongoing basis. The sales manager was also...
Tags: Medical Equipment, Sales, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy
Case studies
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