Marketing 6240 Capstone Project Scenario ✓ Solved

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Develop a comprehensive salesforce leadership plan for a telecommunications firm in North West Ohio and South East Michigan, focusing on organization design, recruitment, training, motivation, and evaluation to achieve specific business objectives over three years.

You have recently been hired by a firm (provider of Telecommunication voice and data solutions) to design, build, develop, and manage a salesforce of 10 people. Your Sales Director has given you the following objectives:

• By the end of year 1, you will have fully staffed, trained, and assigned customers/territories to your salesforce.
• By the end of year 2, you will have gained 50% market share (of customer total telecommunication spending budget).
• By the end of year 3, you will have grown profit margins across your customer base by 10%.

The following are some facts to help you further assess your opportunity and challenge:

• Your company has recently finished building the infrastructure required to deliver service throughout North West Ohio and South East Michigan.
• Customers are considered major market – they represent significant revenue/profit potential and their needs are somewhat complex. On average, they spend about $1M annually in telecommunications.
• Customers cross all industries – the top 5 industries are manufacturing, retail, healthcare, education, and business services.
• Competition consists of 2 other major providers (3 in all now including your company).

Develop a comprehensive salesforce leadership plan to address the following:

1. Organization Design & Strategy Planning (10 pts)

a. Sales Channel Strategy (Integration of various selling channels e.g., Internet, Telemarketing, Industrial Distributors, Independent Representatives, etc.)

b. Salesforce Specialization

c. Territory Design and Account Assignment

2. Recruitment and Selection Plan (10 pts)

a. Planning: Job Analysis, Job Qualifications, Job Description, Recruiting Objectives, Recruiting Strategy

b. Recruiting: Sources, methods, cost justification

c. Selection: Interviewing methods, etc.

3. Training Plan (10 pts)

a. Objectives

b. Methods/Media

c. Budget

d. Evaluation Techniques

4. Motivation Plan (10 pts)

a. Compensation plan design

b. Incentive plans

5. Evaluation Plan (10 pts)

a. Coaching and Development

b. Performance Evaluation

c. Performance Improvement

Submit your Capstone Plan Document to the Bb by the date listed in the course schedule.

References

• Murphy, S. A., & Goyal, S. (2018). Sales Force Management: Leadership, Innovation, Technology. Routledge.
• Churchill, G. A., Ford, N. M., & Walker Jr, O. C. (2019). The Strategic Application of Selling: A Guide for Modern Sales. McGraw-Hill Education.
• Baldauf, A., Cravens, D. W., & Pemberton, J. (2020). Strategic Five Forces and Sales Force Strategy. Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management, 40(2), 133-150.
• Jobbers, D., & Lancaster, G. (2019). Selling and Sales Management. Pearson.
• Spillane, R., & Roberto, T. (2021). Designing Effective Sales Territories. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 36(5), 876-885.
• Reinartz, W., & Kumar, V. (2019). Customer Relationship Management: Strategy and Implementation. Springer.
• Homburg, C., & Krohmer, H. (2020). Marketing Management: A Contemporary Perspective. Routledge.
• Jaramillo, F., Mulki, J. P., & Boles, J. S. (2019). Bringing the Sales Force Back In: Perspectives on Managing the Evolving Sales Force. Journal of Marketing, 83(2), 8-27.
• Lehman, D. R., & Goolsby, J. R. (2020). Building the Sales Force of the Future. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 35(4), 633-645.
• Yim, R. C., & Lee, R. P. (2018). Strategic Sales Management. Wiley.

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