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Background

COMPANY CUSTOMER COMPETIT CONTEXT


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• Worldwide Equipment Inc. is a • LCR Division - Corporate Offices. • Other Equipment • Edward Yu, country marketing manager for
UK based multinational in Shopping Malls, Hospitals, Manufacturers China and boss of Frank Wang (regional sales
heating, ventilation and air Workshops, Restaurants, manager of Beijing), sent a faxt noting sales
conditioning (HVAC) industry Contractors, original equipment performance of three sales offices in China for
manufacturers the first half of the year
• 3 products lines – residential
air conditioning systems • ICR Division – Industrie such as • Frank’s office had the lowest rankings
(RAC), light commercial pharmaceutical, textile,
refrigeration systems (LCR), electronics and petrochemicals • Frank attributed decline in performance due
and industrial chiller and to hiring of one particular sales engineer Li
refrigerator systems (ICR) Weimin

• By 2000, the company COLLABORA • Li Weimin was recommended by Edward Yu


emerged as the largest due to his high knowledge of textile industry
TOR & also because his uncle was a large potential
manufacturer of various types • Existing Customer Referrels
of chillers & refrigeratios - client for one of other sales offices in China
$2.5 billioin in revenue • Networking Platform
• 13,000 staff in 80 countries
What are the core competencies that a Sales Force must
develop in order to win in the Textile Industry?

Better presentation skills

Information about commercial and legal technicalities

Building customer relationships


Is Sales Management System at Worldwide Equipment
Effective? Is Wang a good manager? If you were Wang
what would you do?
 Sales Management System at Worldwide is not much  Wang may not be a good manager. The reasons are
efficient and effective
 Not able to motivate people
 Issues and changes with the current sales
management system  Not following his instinct – He hired Weimin
based on recommendation of his superior even
 Recruitment Criteria when Weimin did not have good selling skills

 Tender & Bidding Training  Focus only on sales and not on team building
Recommendation & Implications
Recommendation Implication

 Fire Li Wiemen as he hasn’t been able to add much value  Additional hiring and training cost for the new employee
to the organization, not just in sales but in other areas too
 May result in loss Weimen’s uncle business with the
company
Thank You!

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