Purposes of Sales Organization
To permit the development of specialists
To assure that all necessary activities are
performed
To achieve coordination or balance
To define authority
To economize on execution time
Setting Up a Sales Organization
Defining Objectives
Determination of Activities and their Volume
of Performance
Grouping activities into positions
Assignment of Personnel to positions
Provisions for coordination and control
Line and Staff Sales Organization
President
VP (Marketing)
Advertising Manager Manager (Marketing Research)General Sales Manager
Director (Sales and Training)
Director of Dealer and
Distribution Relations
Sales Promotion Manager
Assistant to General
Sales Manager
Assistant General
Sales Manager
District Sales Managers
Branch Sales Managers
Sales Personnel
Sales Personnel Director
Functional Type of Sales Organization
Director
of
Sales
Administration
Installation
and
Service
Manager
Manager of
Dealer and
Distribution
Networks
Manager
of
Sales
Personnel
Manager
of
Sales
Promotion
Manager of
Sales
Supervision
Manager
of
Sales
Training
Salesperson Salesperson Salesperson Salesperson Salesperson Salesperson
Schemes for Dividing the Line
Authority in the Sales Organization
Geographic Division of Line Authority
General
Sales
Manager
Sales
Personnel
Director
Western
Division
Sales
Manager
Director of
Sales
Analysis
Director
of
Sales
Promotion
Central
Division
Sales
Manager
Director of
Sales and
Training
Eastern
Division
Sales
Manager
Branch
Sales
Managers
Branch
Sales
Managers
Branch
Sales
Managers
Sales
Personnel
Sales
Personnel
Sales
Personnel
Product Division of Line Authority
General
Sales
Manager
Sales
Manager
Product 1
Director of
Sales
Analysis
Director
of
Sales
Promotion
Director of
Sales and
Training
Sales
Personnel
Director
Sales
Manager
Product 2
Sales
Personnel
Product 1
Sales
Manager
Product 1
Customer Division of Line Authority
General
Sales
Manager
Director
Product
R and D
Manager,
Mining
Industry
Sales
Director of
Sales
Promotion and
Advertising
Director
of
Sales
Training
Manager,
Construction
Industry
Sales
Director of
Sales
Planning
Manager,
Lumber
Industry
Sales
Branch
Sales
Managers
Branch
Sales
Managers
Branch
Sales
Managers
Sales
Personnel
Sales
Personnel
Sales
Personnel
Marketing Channel Division of Line
Authority
General
Sales
Manager
Sales
Personnel
Director
Advertising
Manager
Director of
Customer
Relations
Sales
Promotion
Manager
Director of
Sales
Planning
Sales Manager
Institutional Sales
Sales Personnel
Sales Manager
Wholesale Sales
Sales Personnel
Export
Sales Manager
Sales Personnel
Sales Manager
Chain Store Sales
Sales Personnel