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How Aramex’s Young SAM Program Provides Strategic Value and Impact

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Director Global Account Management, Aramex. Aramex services include international and domestic express delivery, freight forwarding, integrated logistics and supply chain management, and e-commerce solutions. By Shahaboddin Wahdatehagh, Sr. A new central commercial organization was born.

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9 Unexpected Reasons Why Key Account Management is Important

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Why is key account management important? Well, i f you don't have key account management in place, you could leave money on the table, be helpless to competitor threats and put your most valuable clients at risk of defection. Key account management is the secret to grow revenue and customer retention.

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Character Matters: Learn How to Become a Better SAM

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Responsibility leads to confidence in management. People take responsibility for their own choices and actions and embrace responsibility for the whole community and supply chain. The post Character Matters: Learn How to Become a Better SAM appeared first on Strategic Account Management Association blog.

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What is Key Account Management? (It’s Not What You Think)

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Definition of key account management. If you're not sure what key account management is, don't worry, you're not alone. Before we get to that, let me explain how key account management became a business strategy. Key account managers kept them. Key Account Management Concepts.

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The Future of SAM – Revisited

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From all this, we stress tested long-held views about strategic account management. Karen Passmore is Partner at the management consulting firm McKinsey and Company where she works on organizational design and go-to-market strategies with a focus on breaking down organizational silos. Panelists: the three experts of SAM.

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Turning lemons into lemonade: Five ways to reset on customer management fundamentals in a post-pandemic world

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At that time, customers told us they were less focused on price in negotiations and more focused on keeping the business running, with expectations including: Changes (increase or decrease) in supply chain deliveries Delays in payment schedules Changes in allocation of volume contracted. 2: Reset your shared success plan.

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People & Problems: The core of strategic account planning

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What I see from these dual worldviews is twofold: First, that the global pressures stemming from COVID and supply chain squeezes are throwing roadblocks in the path of us all. The post People & Problems: The core of strategic account planning appeared first on Strategic Account Management Association blog.