Insight into KAM culture and authority
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Sarah Petrelli’s Masters thesis (USI, Lugano) explores some of the less well-defined areas of KAM, which are, nevertheless, critical to key account managers’ success. This report on 20 interviews with working key account managers finds revealing differences in culture and levels of authority given to key account managers. Not surprisingly, the maturity of the KAM programme is…
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Steering the customer experience
Steering the customer experience It’s in your own interest Working as Key Account Managers means that you are constantly moving your scope from the bigger picture, to the smaller. You need to manage the long-term strategy as well as tactical and operational challenges in order to keep a smooth partnership with your customers. Many people…
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Transitioning to KAM (1): the different phases of KAM development
Any organisation needs to take much the same actions to develop and establish key account management as any other. A ‘rough and ready’ assessment from internal sources can show far the company has progressed along the KAM transitioning curve, by identifying which essential actions for KAM development have been taken, and to what extent. Valuable…
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