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B2B Sales (2235.YR.015460.1)

General information

Type:

OPT

Curs:

1

Period:

S semester

ECTS Credits:

2 ECTS

Teaching Staff:

Group Teacher Department Language
Year 1 Elisabet Girvent Valls Marketing ENG

Prerequisites

No prerequisites needed

Previous Knowledge

Basic Business knowledge to understand and identify main challenges faced by companies.

Workload distribution

- Attendance and participation in the sessions, as specified in the calendar
- Individual preparation for the sessions: 6 hours (estimated)
- Group preparation for the group exercise: 3 hours (estimated)
- Individual preparation for the final role play: 5 hours (estimated)

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

This course offers a theoretical and practical approach to B2B Sales providing students the
knowledge and tools to effectively purchase a sales career, manage a sales team and set the right metrics to ensure a successful contribution to an organization.

Course Learning Objectives

Objectives of the course:
Understand the meaning of B2B Consultative sales. B2B Sales is about identifying and solving problems for our clients while taking a customer-centric approach and a consultative mindset.
Learn the full sales cycle, main actors and phases, with special focus on problem framing (discovery)
Identify the different roles in B2B Sales and the different R&R in each role. Understand the differences between "active? sales roles (i.e Account Manager) and business partners (i.e. Sales Operations). Sales business partner roles are very close to consulting roles.
Explore the main tools used in B2B Sales processes, and achieve a working level of using them.
Learn how to create a B2B Sales Strategy from the beginning. How to structure the department, define the right talent, define the right numerical targets and main KPIs and OKRs
B2B Sales lead generation and what are the most efficient tools and programs to achieve the best results.

Methodology

Teaching methods include, but are not limited to: (1) group exercises and plenum discussions of the key frameworks; (2) group workshops; and (3) continuous teacher-to-student and student-to-student feedback

Assessment criteria

In-class participation 40%
In-class practical exercises 30%
Final role play 30%

Timetable and sections

Group Teacher Department
Year 1 Elisabet Girvent Valls Marketing

Timetable Year 1

From 2024/5/2 to 2024/6/6:
Each Thursday from 8:00 to 9:30.
Each Thursday from 9:45 to 11:15.