·The Sales Institute · Specialist Course

Key Account
Management

Build high-value relationships with your most important customers

Duration

12 Hours

Format

Cohort-based

Delivery

On-site/virtual

Programme includes

Cape Town · Johannesburg · Durban

12 hours

Across 7 practical modules

Cohort-based learning

Learn alongside peers from your industry

On-site or virtual

Flexible delivery across South Africa

Account Managers

Tailored for your role and context

"Develop the planning, relationship and business case skills needed to grow high-value strategic accounts."

Programme structure

Programme overview

Eight modules covering the full channel management lifecycle, from fundamentals through to strategic influence.

What is KAM?

Introduces the purpose of key account management, best-practice principles and the account manager’s role in growing strategic customer relationships.

Shows how to evaluate where to invest time and resources by weighing return, strengths, available resources and the customer’s business environment.

Provides a structured approach to account planning, including account potential, value chains, long-term development, threats and clear objectives.

Explains how to co-create joint solutions that combine capabilities, use a shared process and create value for both organisations.

Focuses on mapping power and influence inside the account, managing multiple stakeholders and coaching advocates to build support.

Shows how to coordinate internal teams around qualified opportunities through preparation, kick-off meetings, practice and debriefs.

Develops the ability to build and present business cases that link value, risk, stakeholder priorities and closing strategy.

Covers collaborative negotiation planning, personality management, objection handling and value creation that reduces pressure on price.

What you will be able to do

6 outcomes. Protect strategic customer value.

The secret to sales growth: Build strategic relationships with high-value customers. Designed to provide the skills and resources to develop and sustain long-term strategic customer relationships for mutual growth, profitability, trust, loyalty, innovation, and risk management.

1

Build your account plan: Plan for how you will enable growth through business improvement.

2

Develop relationships: Map out the needs of all stakeholders and use commercial coaching enable consensus.

3

Co-create solutions: Work together to create solutions that benefit both parties.

4

Lead your team: Co-ordinate with your internal team and other stakeholders to ensure outcomes are achieved.

5

Present a business case: Help decision makers evaluate solutions against strategic objectives.

6

Negotiate to close: Use collaborative negotiations to enable both parties achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.

Is this programme for you?

Who should attend

Account Managers who have been tasked with growing revenue with large strategic and key accounts

I have attended lots a sales courses in the past, but they were very generic. This is the first programme that gave me skills I can actually use.