Sozialbank, Bank für Sozialwirtschaft, Grey Solutions GmbH
Project: change management, sales development for selected financial services
Involved staff: >20 (CEOs, heads of innovation, heads of business development, bank advisors, corporate consultants, wealth advisors, product specialists)
Developed and implemented effective pre-sales activities for new client acquisition
Developed and implemented best practice conversation strategies
Process development and optimization
KPI measurement, regular communication
Coaching of involved sales staff and managers
On-the-job phone trainings with "showing" in customer conversations
On-the-job sales coaching with "showing" in customer conversations
Change management of pre-sales activities
Jan 2016 - Present
9 years 9 months
Germany
Interim Manager, Consultant, Coach, Trainer
VW Autohaus von Keitz GmbH & Co. KG
Project: increase sales and after sales revenue (3 locations)
Involved staff: 25 (CEOs, service managers, sales managers, service advisors, service assistants, B2B field sales reps, parts staff, dialog marketing, BDC)
3 years interim build-up, development, leadership of customer service and BDC with professional and disciplinary management, relevant KPIs, motivation and steering to achieve targets and improve results for sales & after sales
Consulting and restructuring of service processes for various services
Restructuring leadership and control of B2B field sales
Restructuring sales KPIs and regular communication for management and sales leadership, including field sales control
Build-up, development and coaching of dialog marketing
Acquisition training for B2B field sales reps
Sales manager training for motivating field sales with sales KPIs
Phone trainings for sales, after sales, parts, dialog marketing
On-the-job sales coaching for sales, after sales, parts with "showing"
Potential coaching with clear status, gaps and development steps for sales reps and managers
Sales training with emotional benefit arguments
Project management for group-wide implementation discipline
Results: ~€50 revenue increase per vehicle invoice with full service package; >900% sales increase in AC maintenance from 50 to 500 p.a.; >200 units sales annually of newly introduced AC cleaning services from 0 to 200
Jan 2014 - Dec 2021
8 years
Germany
Interim Manager, Consultant, Coach, Trainer
Mehrmarken Autohausgruppe DRESEN
Project: increase sales and after sales revenue, build in-house dialog marketing (20 locations)
Involved staff: >100 (shareholders, CEOs, executive assistants, location managers, service managers, sales managers, parts managers, service advisors, service assistants, sales consultants, B2B field sales, parts staff, dialog marketing, BDC)
5 years interim build-up, development, leadership of customer service and BDC with professional and disciplinary management, relevant KPIs, motivation and steering to achieve targets and improve results for sales & after sales and B2B sales
Restructuring leadership and control of B2B field sales
Restructuring sales KPIs and regular communication for management and sales leadership, including field sales control
Acquisition training for B2B field sales reps
Sales manager training for motivating field sales with sales KPIs
Consulting, identifying and restructuring sales processes in sales & after sales, especially customer focus
Introduction of AC cleaning services
Acquisition and sales training in B2B segment
Customer orientation training "The customer for life"
Phone trainings for sales, after sales, parts, dialog marketing
On-the-job sales coaching for sales, after sales, parts
On-the-job sales coaching with "showing" in customer conversations
Consulting, identifying sales potential in existing customers in sales & after sales and realizing potential
Potential coaching with clear status, gaps and development steps for sales reps and managers
Interim B2B sales leadership with professional and disciplinary management and involvement in recruitment
Restructuring warranties, insurance and loyalty instruments for revenue growth and longer retention
Consulting implementation support for GDPR compliance
Staff trainings for GDPR implementation
Compensating revenue declines from e-mobility by underused service offerings
Project management for group-wide implementation discipline, coordination and monitoring of information from departments and external providers
Results: >€8,740,000 after sales revenue increase 2014-2020; >6,700 service appointments p.a. from reminder follow-up with over 26% booking rate and >€2,100,000 revenue; >400% sales increase in AC maintenance from 1,000 to 5,000 p.a.; 5,000 units sales p.a. of newly introduced AC cleanings
Jan 2010 - Present
15 years 9 months
Germany
Interim Manager, Consultant, Coach, Trainer
Mehrmarken Autohausgruppe Schönauen
Project: increase sales and after sales revenue, build in-house dialog marketing (7 locations)
Involved staff: >50 (shareholders, CEOs, exec assistants, service managers, sales managers, parts managers, service advisors, service assistants, sales consultants, B2B field sales, parts staff, dialog marketing, BDC)
4 years interim build-up, development, leadership of customer service and BDC with professional and disciplinary management, relevant KPIs, motivation and steering to achieve targets and improve results for sales & after sales
Restructuring leadership and control of B2B field sales
Restructuring sales KPIs and regular communication for management and sales leadership, including field sales control
Acquisition training for B2B field sales reps
Sales manager training for motivating field sales with sales KPIs
Mapping customer journey in existing CRM
Consulting, identifying and restructuring sales processes in sales & after sales, especially customer focus
Acquisition and sales training in B2B segment
Customer orientation training "The customer for life"
Phone trainings for sales, after sales, parts, dialog marketing
On-the-job sales coaching with "showing" in sales, after sales, parts
Consulting, identifying sales potential in existing customers in sales & after sales and realizing potential
Potential coaching with clear status, gaps and development steps for sales reps and managers
Interim B2C sales leadership with professional and disciplinary management and involvement in recruitment
Restructuring customer data management and satisfaction
Staff trainings for GDPR handling and implementation
Compensating revenue declines from e-mobility by underused service offerings
Project management for group-wide implementation discipline, coordination and monitoring of information from departments and external providers
Results: >€175,000 annual after sales revenue increase; >400% sales increase in AC maintenance from 200 to 1,000 p.a.; >500% sales increase in AC cleaning from 100 to 600 p.a.
Jan 2005 - Dec 2008
4 years
Germany
Consultant, Coach, Trainer
Adam Opel AG, MC Trademarketing GmbH
Project: Opel SME offensive for dealerships
Involved staff: >300 at >40 dealers (CEOs, sales managers, advisors, marketing heads, logistics heads, BDC, dialog marketing, after sales heads, service heads, parts heads)
Consulting and coaching for a holistic focus on commercial customers and small fleet segment
Adapting all processes to manufacturer guidelines: client acquisition, data management, product portfolio, pricing, finance options, vehicle ordering, codes, delivery, workshop service, marketing
Consulting, designing and implementing sales processes, management, KPI measurement, regular communication and contests
Acquisition training for B2B corporate sales advisors
On-the-job phone training with "showing" in customer conversations
On-the-job sales coaching with "showing" in customer conversations
Consulting, identifying sales potential in existing customers in sales & after sales and realizing potential
Further development of CRM for error-free customer service handling
Results: >10.4% market share, up from 7.6% among supported dealers
Jan 2004 - Present
21 years 9 months
Germany
Interim Manager, Consultant, Coach, Trainer
Soloplan GmbH
Project: boost sales and telesales performance
Involved staff: >20 (CEOs, sales heads, national & international key account managers, service staff, telesales staff, BDC)
Interim build-up, development, leadership of telesales with professional and disciplinary management, relevant KPIs, motivation and steering to achieve targets and improve results
Designing and updating call scripts with emotional benefit arguments for sales and telesales
Restructuring leadership and control of national and international field sales
Restructuring sales KPIs and regular communication for management and sales leadership, including field sales control
Consulting to optimize CRM for mapping customer journey
Acquisition training for KAMs and B2B field sales reps
Sales manager training for motivating field sales with sales KPIs
Potential coaching with clear status, gaps and development steps for sales reps and managers
Evolving sales strategy from product selling to consultative selling with process analysis and value selling
Phone trainings for sales, service and telesales in B2B segment
On-the-job sales coaching for sales and telesales in B2B segment
On-the-job sales coaching with "showing" in customer conversations in B2B segment
Evolving CRM for efficient and error-free customer service
Results: >40% increase in qualified leads in telesales; >25% increase in qualified customer appointments in sales
Germany
Interim Manager, Consultant, Coach
Autohandel Gebr. van Eupen GmbH
Project: change management sales: build B2B sales department
Involved staff: >10 (CEOs, B2B field sales, dialog marketing)
Build-up, development and coaching of car and commercial vehicle sales to corporate clients
Interim sales leadership of the department
Development and implementation of relevant sales processes
Mapping customer journey in existing CRM
Operational management, steering and control of B2B field sales
Sales KPIs and regular communication for management
Acquisition training for B2B field sales reps
Consulting, designing and implementing sales processes, management, KPI measurement, regular communication and competitive analysis
On-the-job phone training with "showing" in customer conversations
On-the-job sales coaching with "showing" in customer conversations
Potential coaching with clear status, gaps and development steps for sales reps and managers
Consulting, identifying sales potential in existing customers in sales & after sales and realizing potential
Handover of sales leadership to successor
Results in 9 months: 25% sales increase vs prior year; 142 vehicles sold; 500 quotes from 1,400 personal and 1,200 phone contacts; 1,200 qualified leads from 4,300 contacts
Germany
Bank Clerk
Commerzbank AG
Stuttgart, Germany
Consultant, Coach
Daimler AG, Mercedes Benz Niederlassung Stuttgart
Project: stabilize after sales revenue due to expected declines from e-mobility
Involved staff: >10 (service heads, service assistants, reception heads, service advisors, service assistants)
Consulting and restructuring of service processes for AC disinfection, AC maintenance and safety inspection
Defining tools and meetings for sustainable staff management and motivation
Sales coaching of service advisors with "showing" in customer conversations
Results: >75% sales increase for relevant services
Germany
Consultant, Trainer
Elspass Autoland GmbH & Co. KG
Project: introduce CRM and systematic customer handling
Involved staff: >20 (CEOs, B2B field sales, in-house sales consultants)
Introducing a CRM with error analysis for flawless customer handling
Defining key data maintenance in CRM
Ongoing coordination with IT and CRM provider
User trainings for CRM usage
Mapping customer journey in existing CRM
Sales training for systematic customer approach and CRM data and contact maintenance
Germany
Consultant, Coach, Project Manager
Mercedes Benz Autohausgruppe
Project: stabilize after sales revenue during pandemic (7 locations)
Involved staff: >50 (after sales heads, assistant after sales heads, service heads, parts heads, service advisors, service assistants, phone marketing, BDC)
Consulting and designing processes to introduce AC disinfection
Defining tools and meetings for sustainable staff management and motivation
Implementation across the dealership group
Online sales trainings with all involved managers and service and dialog marketing staff, BDC
Follow-up phone coaching with all involved staff and managers to ensure ongoing implementation
Project management for group-wide implementation discipline
Consulting and restructuring in dialog marketing for B2B customer order handling
Designing call scripts with emotional benefit arguments
Phone trainings for B2B dialog marketing
On-the-job sales coaching with "showing" in B2B segment
Train-the-trainer for call center coaches on feedback and goal talks with agents and demonstrating effective calls
Consulting to optimize CRM for mapping customer journey
Training project managers on KPI measurement and management, recruiting suitable staff, regular communication
Results: >20% boost in lead generation; >40% boost in qualified leads with need and purchase timing
Germany
Consultant, Coach
Volvo Autohaus AutoNova
Project: boost after sales revenue and profitability (1 location)
Involved staff: >10 (CEOs, service advisors, service assistants, parts staff, workshop heads)
Consulting and restructuring of service processes for AC disinfection, AC maintenance and safety inspection
Identifying and leveraging unused potentials in full service packages
On-the-job sales coaching with "showing" in customer conversations
Sales training with emotional benefit arguments
Results: ~€200 revenue increase per leasing vehicle with Volvo full service package; >€51,000 annual revenue increase
Summary
Spark and ignite: spreading enthusiasm with growing sparks
Live and lead by example: inspiring role model with driving motivation
Adapt and connect: affinity with sensitive empathy
Delegate and lead: team player with transparent goal tracking
Act and do: burning passion with disciplined activity
Develop and plan: inspiration with movie-in-your-head for the heart
Perform and achieve: productivity with system efficiency
Think and aim: creative strategy with boundless vision
Sales coaching by "showing" for lasting behavior change: selective adoption of real customer sales conversations for motivating learning transfer without barriers using "real" sales performance
SALES BANG® method for sustained growth: creating performance coherence from technical-professional and matching energetic-emotional development
E-mobility in after sales: proven solutions to stabilize revenue against declines from e-mobility