Case Analysis 2 - A Salesforce Sales Admin Challenge The Scenario You're a Salesforce administrator for...

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Case Analysis 2 - A Salesforce Sales Admin Challenge The Scenario You're a Salesforce administrator for a multinational information technology company that manufactures and sells equipment hardware and related services globally. The company's go-to-market strategy for selling all its products has been to use technology resellers as a sales channel to the end-client. The company also has a global sales organization that supports its CRM strategy by nurturing and growing existing and new relationships with both the technology resellers and the end-customers directly. This strategy is supported by Salesforce. Sales and Marketing teams target end clients as well as resellers. The Problem Unfortunately, total sales with the firm's 3 largest technology reseller partners have been steadily declining for the past 6 quarters. The global VP - Sales is conducting a complete review of the current CRM strategy and has been given a mandate by the CEO to make any changes necessary to improve the sales results. As part of this global initiative, your manager has asked you to provide recommendations on how best to help the local sales team increase sales with these resellers. Some Relevant Facts The characteristics of your sales partners: Hardware and technology expertise Global coverage Strong distribution network The characteristics of your sales team: Doesn't use Salesforce as much as it could Employee feedback says the system is too difficult to use Was not trained on Salesforce Senior Management doesn't follow through on Salesforce usage, leading to team members not seeing value in the tool The current Salesforce configuration: A technical configuration for ease of use i.e., integration with email platform for client communication tracking and note keeping. Your Task ● Outline how you would determine the functionalities in Salesforce that would best support the sales team's effort with these partners. Provide examples of the configuration changes you would make within Salesforce. Why do you think your changes would be effective in driving increased sales figures with your resellers? Some Advice When responding to this post, consider the problem and your task. Use your imagination and creativity to add more context to the problem if you like. You can make some assumptions in your response if it helps you answer the prompt, but please clarify what those are. This allows the rest of us to follow your logic and thought process when reading your response. Case Analysis 2 - A Salesforce Sales Admin Challenge The Scenario You're a Salesforce administrator for a multinational information technology company that manufactures and sells equipment hardware and related services globally. The company's go-to-market strategy for selling all its products has been to use technology resellers as a sales channel to the end-client. The company also has a global sales organization that supports its CRM strategy by nurturing and growing existing and new relationships with both the technology resellers and the end-customers directly. This strategy is supported by Salesforce. Sales and Marketing teams target end clients as well as resellers. The Problem Unfortunately, total sales with the firm's 3 largest technology reseller partners have been steadily declining for the past 6 quarters. The global VP - Sales is conducting a complete review of the current CRM strategy and has been given a mandate by the CEO to make any changes necessary to improve the sales results. As part of this global initiative, your manager has asked you to provide recommendations on how best to help the local sales team increase sales with these resellers. Some Relevant Facts The characteristics of your sales partners: Hardware and technology expertise Global coverage Strong distribution network The characteristics of your sales team: Doesn't use Salesforce as much as it could Employee feedback says the system is too difficult to use Was not trained on Salesforce Senior Management doesn't follow through on Salesforce usage, leading to team members not seeing value in the tool The current Salesforce configuration: A technical configuration for ease of use i.e., integration with email platform for client communication tracking and note keeping. Your Task ● Outline how you would determine the functionalities in Salesforce that would best support the sales team's effort with these partners. Provide examples of the configuration changes you would make within Salesforce. Why do you think your changes would be effective in driving increased sales figures with your resellers? Some Advice When responding to this post, consider the problem and your task. Use your imagination and creativity to add more context to the problem if you like. You can make some assumptions in your response if it helps you answer the prompt, but please clarify what those are. This allows the rest of us to follow your logic and thought process when reading your response.

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The characteristics of your sales team are not explicitly mentioned in the scenario However based on the context provided the sales team likely includ... View the full answer