Markets are continuously and rapidly evolving while Customers are radically changing their purchasing practices. With the objective to differentiate the offer and maintain high loyalty standards it is vital change commercial strategies for value creation with strategic accounts.
The Key Account Management Course is designed for sales professionals who aim to become the best consultants for their Key Account. The Course provides skills and application tools to better manage strategic customers, to understand their needs more and therefore establish profitable long-term relationships.
Investing into this type of training means improving the understanding of the value elements (driver) of key customers, their priorities, strategies and vision. The course is a practical guide to implement KAM projects through the creation of an ad hoc strategic plan for the chosen customer.
The course allows to share SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attack, Relevant, Timebound) objectives and to put them directly into practice as measurable Key Process Indicators. During the course, participants will learn and practice techniques, processes and skills set that would enable them to successfully drive the profitable, sustainable and collaborative business with the Key Accounts.
The Course put the focus on KA (Customer Centricity) which allows participants to better understand customers base and needs and therefore to offer concrete plans to create value. Among them:
- Opportunities to create development plans on KA’s real cases
- Opportunities to understand the KA’s needs in line with the changes in the target markets’ needs
- Opportunities to create value for KA, cement relationships and accelerate profitable and mutual growth
- Opportunities to understand how to align resources and skills within one’s organization and KA’s
- Opportunities to acquire the ability to use practical tools and processes to improve one’s relationship with the KA and ensure a durable and profitable relationship
- Opportunities to develop and put a strategic plan into practice for a KA of your own choice
Faculty members are offering more than 60 years of experience in managing organizations and top customers in multiple market segments B2B and B2C.
Accreditation
Bologna Business School is EQUIS – EFMD Quality Improvement System accredited, one of the most important international quality assessment and continuous improvement systems for Schools of Management and Business Administration.
Alessio Arcando
Executive Director
alessio.arcando@bbs.unibo.it
" Customer centricity, value creation, operating models, adapt Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) and much more: that is the the basics of Key Account Management. "
Structure
The course lasts 3 days and includes a mix of assessment, e-learning, classroom, exercises, project work, coaching.
The course has a part-time and online format.
The structure of the course is: 24 hours of online classroom lessons (8 hours each classroom) and e-learning activities.
The date of the sessions are:
- 6 June 2024 – ore 9.15 am – 5.45 pm – ONLINE
- 7 June 2024 – ore 9.15 am – 5.45 pm – ONLINE
- 8 June 2024 – ore 9.15 am – 5.45 pm – ONLINE
The course is addressed to: Key Account Managers, Key and Strategic account team members, Account executive or senior account managers, Sales managers or Sales director responsible for maintaining and growing business with key customers, Global Account Managers or International Account Managers.
Faculty members are offering more than 60 years of experience in managing organizations and top customers in multiple market segments B2B and B2C.
COURSES
- How sales rep role has been changing
- How to ensure support, engagement and participation of the Executive Sponsor
- How to structure and optimize value creation processes with Strategic Accounts and consequently create win/win/win solutions
- How to structure the Account Plan
- Key Account Manager: role, competencies and responsibilities
- KAM: selection process
- KAM: importance of coaching
- Customer Centricity
- How to structure the organization and choose the appropriate model
- Cultural blocks to be overcome in the new organization
- How to ensure alignment between the Company and KAM
- How to choose appropriate Key Performers Indicators (KPIs)
Learning approach
Through an interactive class session, participants will be exposed to hands-on methods, tools and processes that enable them to forge closer relationships with their most strategic customers and co-create new sources of sustainable, customer-driven growth. Questionnaires and case histories for a more practical learning will complete the course.
Faculty
Faculty members at Bologna Business School work together offering outstanding teaching standards. An international and interdisciplinary approach is guaranteed by a joint team of distinguished national core professors, adjunct, visiting professors, guest speakers and top managers.
Alumni
Elisabetta Maurizzi
Sales Manager - Henkel Italia
Key Account Management, year 2020, II edition
"I work for an important multinational company and one of my tasks is the management of key fundamental international customers. The course Key Account Management is one of the milestones of my professional carrier. I have deeply appreciate the teachers’ knowledge and their genuine passion for their work and for their role. Everything was a necessary fuel for leaning how to manage high-level clients, always keeping the focus on high quality sales. "
Networking
Networking takes place between students in the same class, between participants and lecturers, and with students from other courses or previous editions of the same program.
Alumni
Elisabetta Maurizzi
Sales Manager - Henkel Italia
Key Account Management, year 2020, II edition
"I work for an important multinational company and one of my tasks is the management of key fundamental international customers. The course Key Account Management is one of the milestones of my professional carrier. I have deeply appreciate the teachers’ knowledge and their genuine passion for their work and for their role. Everything was a necessary fuel for leaning how to manage high-level clients, always keeping the focus on high quality sales. "
COMPANIES
Over the years, our partners have been constantly involved in the various activities that make up the structure of our programs. Companies belonging to our network participate in project work and master classes; they actively contribute to introducing guest speakers and organizing company visits. Our partners are our first supporters: they sponsor various scholarships, host internships for students and provide professional opportunities for graduates. The partner companies of Bologna Business School are:
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FEES
The registration fee for enrollments from companies and institutions is 2.100 euros (plus VAT) to be paid by the start date of the course.
The registration fee for individual enrollments is 1.700 euros (plus VAT) to be paid by the start date of the course.
The fee includes attendance at the program, all study material available through the online platform and access to Bologna Business School services, which include Alma personal wi-fi account.
Discounts are available:
– for early registrations;
– for Business Network companies;
– for Alma and Profingest Alumni;
– for groups of at least 3 people.
INTERPROFESSIONAL FUNDS
Alumni and companies can check the availability of vouchers at the Interprofessional Fund of reference:
Fondimpresa – for middle managers / middle management
Fondo Dirigenti PMI – for managers of industrial SMEs
Fonditalia
Fondirigenti – for managers
Fon.Coop – for cooperative companies
REQUIREMENTS
The course is reserved for a maximum of 20 participants.
APPLICATION PROCESS
To register, simply download the registration form and send it by email.
FAQs
At the end of the course, a participation certificate is issued (upon reaching 80% of classroom hours).
The documents used in the classroom and any further reading or exercises will be uploaded to our platform, whose credentials will be delivered in the classroom.
Should a group of colleagues wish to participate in the program, it is possible to contact the Program Manager to evaluate an ad hoc participation price.
Our short courses do not require a specific course of study. It is important to have a few years of work experience behind you that can help you, inside the classroom, by bringing real cases dealt with and solutions adopted during your work.
