MANA Manufacturer Seminar October 11-12, 2018

Best Practices With Reps, Planning With Intent

Your company’s decision to outsource field sales by teaming with manufacturers’ representatives has created many benefits such as cost savings and local market access. However, is this partnership maximizing the benefits for your company, you and all your manufacturers’ representatives? By developing a better understanding of your field sales force, how it functions, and techniques for better management, your sales team will become much more productive.

You’ll Learn:

• Sales and Marketing Tactics with Reps
• Leveraging Synergistic Products
• Selecting, Recruiting & Hiring the Rep
• Partnerships & Expectations
• Motivating Representatives
• Good Communication with Reps
• Planning, Pioneering & Performance
• Multi-line Conflicts

Who Should Attend?

• Small manufacturing businesses starting a rep sales force
• Manufacturers moving from a direct sales force to a rep sales force
• International manufacturers interested in developing a North American sales force
• Manufacturers needing to restructure their rep sales force
• Manufacturers who want quick access to new markets through reps

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Schedule:

• Day 1
  

  8:00		Breakfast
  8:30-12 noon		Seminar Program
  12:00-1:00 p.m.		Lunch
  1:00-4:00 p.m.		Seminar Program

• Day 2
  

  8:00		Breakfast
  8:30-12 noon		Seminar Program

Cost:

• MANA & Sister Association Members: $1,149
• Non-Members: $1,425

Location:

• Holiday Inn & Suites Chicago O’Hare – Rosemont, 10233 West Higgins Road, Rosemont, Illinois 60018
• Single King $159.00 + tax
• Last day to book at this rate is September 19, 2018, subject to availability.
  We recommend that you make your hotel reservation now and if necessary cancel your hotel room according to the hotel’s cancellation policy.
• Attendees should use one of these methods to book their guest rooms:
  1. Direct Link:
     Reserve group rate from this link.
     Select arrival October 10 or 11, departure October 11 or 12 only.
     Website will automatically apply Group Code HBA.
  2. Toll Free Reservation Line:
     Call 1-888-551-3843 to book using the group code HBA.

Seminar Instructors:

Henry P. Bergson has a 40 year career in the Electrical Industry as both a manufacturer and as the CEO of the National Electrical Manufacturers Representative Association (NEMRA). Hank currently works as a consultant, helping manufacturers enter the market place utilizing manufacturers’ representatives, providing expert witness testimony on rep matters and speaking about the value provided by going to market with manufacturers’ representatives. He was also one of the founders of Manufacturers’ Representatives Education Research Foundation (MRERF) and was honored by them for his contributions in 2008.

Kris Hefley has over 25 years of consulting experience working with manufacturers’ reps and manufacturers that utilize reps to go to market. He has worked with and taught seminars for the following rep associations: National Electrical Manufacturers Representative Association (NEMRA), Electronic Representatives Association (ERA), Manufacturers’ Agents for the Food Service Industry (MAFSI), Power-Motion Technology Representatives Association (PTRA) and the Manufacturers’ Representatives Education Research Foundation (MRERF). Kris is also an Associate Professor of Marketing at Johnson & Wales University in Denver where he specializes in B2B marketing and sales management.

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