Indian School of Business

Managing Sales Teams and Distribution Channels Programme

Indian School of Business

Marketing & Sales

About Programme

Sales environments are becoming more complex, with shifting customer expectations, expanding channels, and rising pressure to deliver growth efficiently. Leaders must balance existing relationships with new routes to market while controlling the cost of sales. The Managing Sales Teams and Distribution Channels programme equips professionals with the frameworks to decode the sales process, manage and motivate sales teams, and design customer-centric distribution strategies that align resources with emerging opportunities.

Programme Content

Examine evolving go-to-market landscapes and learn how to build a customer-centric distribution strategy. Explore behavioural economics to manage the cost of sales and gain insights into new customer value stacks that deliver differentiated benefits.

Understand the feeling economy and how stakeholder mapping strengthens competitive advantage. Learn innovative approaches to compensation, motivation, and sales enablement, and participate in a team activity to apply these concepts.

Identify challenges that hinder sales and distribution alignment and explore how to embrace change without disrupting effective legacy models. Apply concepts through hands-on activities and converge ideas to strengthen organisational agility.

Programme Audience

This programme is ideal for professionals driving sales growth and channel performance:

Suited for regional sales managers, channel managers, and key account leaders
Relevant for mid–senior managers overseeing business and go-to-market strategy

Beneficial for founders, entrepreneurs, and marketing or operations leaders managing revenue and partner networks

Beneficial for founders, entrepreneurs, and marketing or operations leaders managing revenue and partner networks

Programme Eligibility: Diploma/Bachelor’s degree (10+2+3/4) or equivalent from a recognised university; Minimum 5 years post-degree work experience.

Programme Benefits

The programme equips you to:

Create customer-centric distribution strategies tailored to your market
Use behavioural economics to understand and manage the cost of sales
Identify new customer value stacks and emerging growth opportunities
Strengthen stakeholder mapping to design effective competitive sales strategies

Testimonials

"I learnt to navigate the shift to digital engagement and gained a deeper understanding of leading modern sales teams and channels."

Rishikesh Sarma Nittala

Chief of Staff, Swop Engineering Pvt. Ltd.

"The programme offered a practical perspective for our shift to a brand-led business, with insights we can apply with impact."

Varun Ghai

Unicare Fire Safety India Pvt. Ltd.

"We gained future-focused sales tools and clear insight that relationship selling stays crucial even as sales shifts rapidly online."

Ashwin Menon

Director Business Development, Gasvigil Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

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