#131: Harvey Dunham - Drive Customers Down the Path to Co-Creation
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In this episode, my guest talks about how we need to drive customers down the path to mutual value co-creation. We talked about Strategic Account, or as we call it here in the UK, Key Account Management.
Harvey Dunham is the Managing Director and has led for 6 years the Strategic Account Management Association SAMA. Prior to this, he worked at Schneider Electric for 35 years, starting as a Sales Engineer and retiring as a Global Solutions VP for the Life Sciences and Retail segments.
0:00 Drive customers down the path to co-creation.
2:26 How to become essential to your largest and most important customers.
9:53 The main objective is to become the customer’s trusted advisor.
17:47 The effect of market share winners and losses last for 7-10 years, so partner with your key customers carefully and invest in them.
19:55 The pandemic has forced everyone in the key account management sector to learn new skills and connect with their customers virtually.
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