Key Account Management

It is estimated to be 7x easier to sell to an existing account than it is to open a new account. 

A company’s customers are their most critical asset and planning for their success is critical.  Revenue concentration, whereby a small number of accounts contribute the majority of the revenue, is the norm in today’s marketplace. These key account revenue streams need to be defended and expanded. sales geographies, other companies, even other industries.

Key Account Planning is focused on determining an account’s attractiveness score, performing an account opportunity assessment, recruiting the identified customers into a key account program, and growing the revenue, profits, and satisfaction levels with this set of customers.

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Key Account Programs Produce the following Benefits:

  1. Higher customer loyalty
  2. An increase in revenue from key accounts
  3. Lower customer churn
  4. Better product mix

I have spent 20 years building benchmarking businesses for KPMG, The Hackett Group and Deloitte Consulting. Many Fortune 100 executives have benchmarked finance, information technology, human resources and procurement. It is now time to benchmark sales productivity. Read the book, Making the Number, by Sales Benchmark Index, to learn how to unlock hidden opportunities to accelerate revenue growth and reduce selling expenses.

Richard T. Roth,
Principal, Global Benchmarking Center, Deloitte Consulting