Sales management

The course provides comprehensive knowledge in the field of sales, from the role of markets and customers to digital sales strategies and processes to topics that specifically cover sales management, such as personal development and employee management.
  • Certificates: Sales management" certificate
  • Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeit mit Abschlusspräsentation
  • 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: 4 Weeks

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 knowledge of sales is a prerequisite.

After completing the course, you will be familiar with markets and customer groups, develop suitable sales strategies and implement them operationally. You will 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.

Specialists from sales, distribution and customer management as well as prospective managers who would like to take on sales responsibility in the future.

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

Your meaningful certificate provides a detailed insight into the qualifications you have acquired and improves your career prospects.

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 lessons 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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0800 3456-500 Mon. - Fri. from 8 am to 5 pm
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We will gladly advise you free of charge. 0800 3456-500 Mon. - Fri. from 8 am to 5 pm free of charge from all German networks.