Key Account Manager with SAP and sales management

The course provides relevant specialist knowledge for the tasks of key account management: Sales and service strategies, professional customer handling, the mapping of sales processes with SAP and the creation of business plans and budgets from an economic point of view. This is supplemented by knowledge specifically for senior sales staff.
  • Certificates: Key Account Manager" certificate
    Sales management" certificate
  • Additional Certificates: Certificate "Digital sales and distribution management"
    Original SAP user certificate
    Certified Business Manager" certificate
  • Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
    SAP-Anwenderzertifizierung UC_SD_S42023
    Certified Business Manager:in
  • Teaching Times: Full-time
    Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
  • Language of Instruction: German
  • Duration: 20 Weeks

Digital distribution and sales management

Digital market strategies, customer journey and AI (approx. 5 days)

Fundamentals and future fields in digital sales

Trends in digital sales: platform economics, social commerce, omnichannel sales

Market analysis and competition: market positioning (USP), SWOT and buyer behavior

Target group analysis and persona development

Customer centricity and customer journey mapping

Digital sales strategies and sales channels

Use of digital tools for market analysis and competition monitoring

Support for research, idea development and strategy work using AI-supported tools


Successful selling and customer relationships (approx. 4 days)

Practical skills for the digital sales process

Structure and phases of the digital sales process

Sales psychology: needs analysis and buying motives

Conducting conversations in digital sales situations

Social selling and digital relationship management

Digital tools for preparing sales meetings and presentations

AI-supported analysis of customer needs and meeting preparation


New customer acquisition and acquisition - existing customer care (approx. 4 days)

Digital strategies for acquiring new customers

Inbound and outbound sales approaches

Lead generation and lead qualification

Sales funnel and pipeline management

AI-supported lead analysis and prioritization of sales opportunities

Key account management and strategic customer development

Sales pitches: structure, presentation and argumentation

Benefit argumentation and value selling

Differentiating features in competition

Conducting negotiations: principles, phases and price negotiations

Closing the sale and follow-up in digital sales

Customer experience (CX) & complaint management

CRM systems: use for customer management and care

Digital systems for sales automation and customer analysis


Sales controlling and law (approx. 4 days)

Success measurement and performance in sales

Sales controlling: objectives, tasks and instruments of sales controlling

Key figures and evaluation of sales data

Digital systems for reporting and forecasting

AI-supported sales forecasts and data analyses

Competition, trademark and commercial agency law

Drafting contracts: general terms and conditions (GTC) and relevant contractual elements

EU product safety regulation: General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR)

Data protection in digital sales (GDPR)


Project work (approx. 3 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results

SAP User Sales and Distribution (SD) with additional qualification in Materials Management (MM)

S4H00 SAP S/4HANA overview (approx. 4 days)

Navigation, SAP Fiori, SAP Business Client, SAP Logon

System-wide concepts with organizational units, master data and transactions

Overview of financial accounting and logistics modules, mapping of the respective processes in SAP

Reporting, system structure and migration

SAP service offerings


S4500 Business Processes Sourcing and Procurement (approx. 8 days)

Overview and navigation

Processes and corporate structure in procurement

Procurement process

Procurement master data

Stock material compared to consumables

Request via self-service

Extended transactions in procurement

Automated procurement process

Evaluations and analyses


S4600 Business Processes in Sales (approx. 8 days)

Navigation with Fiori

Company structures

Sales processes at a glance

Master data

Automatic data determination and scheduling

Availability check

Collective processing

Further processes in Sales

Complaints processing

Monitoring and sales analyses


S4605 Sales Processes in Sales (approx. 10 days)

Introduction to

Corporate structures in sales

Order processing

Control of sales documents

Data flow

Special business transactions

Incompleteness

Partner functions in sales

Outline agreements

Material substitution, listing and exclusion

Discount in kind

Sales workshop


S4610 Delivery processes (approx. 4 days)

Idea and function of the delivery document

Basic organizational units for the delivery process

Control of the delivery

Goods issue process based on the outbound delivery

Processes and functions based on the outbound delivery


Case study, certification preparation and SAP user certification sales (approx. 6 days)

Management and corporate planning

Management (approx. 1 day)

Hierarchy levels

Management methods

Planning horizons

Management functions

Management control loop

Management instruments


Objectives, methods and instruments of business plan preparation (approx. 3 days)

Basics of business plan preparation

Analysis and planning tools (SWOT analysis, scenario analysis, portfolio analysis,

creativity techniques)

Use of AI for brainstorming and structuring business models

AI-supported creation and revision of business plan components

 


Contract law (approx. 1 day)

Declarations of intent

Warranty and guarantee

Types of contract and their disruptions

Law on contractual defects (subsequent performance, withdrawal, purchase price reduction, compensation)

General terms and conditions (AGB)


Commercial and company law (approx. 1 day)

Types of merchants

company forms

Commercial practices

Special features of commercial law

Commercial register and publicity

Introduction to insolvency law


Project planning (approx. 0.5 days)

basics

Resource planning

Planning steps

Errors in project planning


Environment analysis (approx. 0.5 days)

Company analysis

Industry analysis

Location analysis

Competition analysis

Use of AI to support market and competition analyses


Marketing (approx. 3 days)

Market analysis and market segmentation

Basics of market research

Instruments of the marketing mix

Advertising and supporting instruments

Use of AI to develop marketing ideas and address target groups

AI-supported creation of marketing content


Financial planning (approx. 1 day)

Overview of

Instruments


Planning investment calculation (approx. 2 days)

Basics

Investment calculation methods

Limits and problems of capital budgeting methods

Key figures


Financial planning (approx. 1 day)

Basics

Equity and debt financing

External and internal financing

Key figures


Controlling (approx. 1 day)

Tasks and objectives of controlling

Areas of controlling

Controlling instruments


Project work, certification preparation and certification examination (approx. 5 days)

Sales management

Strategy and digital marketing (approx. 4 days)

Foundation for sustainable sales management

Market analysis and trends: digitalization and USP

Customer centricity and customer journey

Channels and lead management: multichannel and omnichannel

Marketing-sales alignment

Collaboration between sales, marketing and customer success

Sales funnel and pipeline management

Digital tools and AI for market analysis and strategy


Sales performance and organization (approx. 5 days)

Efficient management and structuring of sales

Sales strategy 4.0

Organization and processes in sales

Territory and partner management

Controlling and KPIs

Data-driven sales and performance management

Sales forecasting and pipeline management

Forecast methods (bottom-up / top-down) and deal evaluation

CRM strategy and management of CRM systems

Customer management

AI-supported sales analyses and forecasts

AI for forecasting, lead scoring and sales management


Leadership and psychology in sales (approx. 4 days)

Core competencies for employee management and team dynamics

Leadership role and change in sales

Motivation and sales psychology

Employee development in sales

Feedback discussions and performance management in sales

Team dynamics and conflict management

Leading at a distance (remote leadership)


Personnel, negotiation and law (approx. 4 days)

Skills for recruiting, closing deals and legal security

Recruiting and onboarding in sales

Employee development and promotion

Consulting and solution sales

Negotiation and closing strategies

Presentation and communication

Sales law, GDPR and compliance


Project work (approx. 3 days)

To deepen the content learned

Presentation of the results



Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.

Basic commercial knowledge (balance sheet and income statement) is a prerequisite.

You are familiar with various sales and distribution strategies and can apply these in discussions with customers in order to retain existing customers and acquire new ones. You also handle sales-related processes competently and round off your professional profile with SAP user certification. You also know how to draw up business plans for projects and companies from an economic perspective and apply the most important economic planning and marketing tools.

You also know markets and customer groups, develop suitable sales strategies and implement them operationally. You define key figures, manage sales processes based on data and lead your team. You will use digital systems and AI-supported analysis tools to plan and optimize sales performance. You will master the basics of modern sales management - from strategy and organization to team leadership, negotiations and customer contact.

This course is suitable for anyone who wants to gain a professional foothold in sales and distribution. The course is also suitable for lateral entrants, e.g. from technical professions.

This course qualifies you for a career in sales or distribution and therefore for positions in all companies with a sales department.

In addition, you will acquire the globally standardized and recognized SAP certificate. It is considered one of the most important manufacturer certifications in the commercial sector. With your newly acquired knowledge and skills, you will improve your career opportunities across all sectors.

Training partner of SAP® Germany

In cooperation with the SAP training partner alfatraining Bildungszentrum GmbH, we will qualify you for a job in industry and business.

You are directly connected to the SAP® Germany servers and learn on the original SAP® training system (IDES) in the latest version. This gives you the necessary practical experience during the course.

All SAP user courses also conclude with the original SAP certification. Our SAP instructors are qualified SAP consultants who will provide you with intensive support and prepare you optimally for the certification exam.

 

Didactic concept

Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).

You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.

 

Virtual classroom alfaview®

Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face teaching via video technology.

The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).

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