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Consultative Selling Tips: How to Sell to Procurement Managers

Brooks Group

Procurement managers have a reputation for focusing only on price. Or can sales professionals engage purchasing managers, buyers, and agents differently to have more success selling to them? Sales professionals who sell in a way that reflects their understanding of this concept will see more success and ultimately close more sales.

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Winning Over Buying Groups: How to Sell to Multiple B2B Decision Makers

Brooks Group

Your sales professionals are no longer presenting to a few players; theyre now performing for a panel of diverse stakeholderseach with their own expectations, requirements, and priorities. B2B Buying Group Stakeholders A successful sale starts with understanding the organization and how each department and stakeholder relates to the others.

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How To Go From Order Taker To Trusted Advisor

MTD Sales Training

You’ll be asked to pitch for work as part of a procurement process but any work that you’ve done or any relationship that you have with them counts for nothing as far as this is concerned. STAGE 3 – THE VALUE ADDED SALES PERSON. MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image at Bigstockphoto.com.

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Top Tactics for Selling to a Buying Committee

Brooks Group

Their choices directly shape the direction of the procurement process and determine which solutions are selected. Procurement managers : Professionals tasked with managing the procurement process, negotiating contracts, and ensuring compliance with organizational policies.

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How To Customise A Compelling Story For Your Sales Presentation

MTD Sales Training

Suppose, by contrast, you’re demonstrating that exact same software to a procurement manager. MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image courtesy of Big Stock Photo. The post How To Customise A Compelling Story For Your Sales Presentation appeared first on MTD Sales Training. Happy Selling!

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3 Tips To Ensure You’re Selling To The Decision Maker

MTD Sales Training

It’s easier for a person to say ‘I see the potential supplier first, then we discuss the next stages with a buying and procurement team’ than admit they’re not head honcho in the process. MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image courtesy of Big Stock Photo. Happy Selling! Sean McPheat. Managing Director.

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The Perplexing Power of Process & Methodology in Complex B2B Sales

Mike Kunkle

To the point of those who suggest that sales process is no longer linear, the root cause of that is the fact that the buyers are in control of their journey, timing, budgets, when they respond, and how they work together to decide. Some committees hum; others are more like a ragtag band of misfits.

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