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Sales Expert II Continuing Education Program

From a Confident Sales Professional to a Persuasive Negotiator

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This training is held in German.
Professional sales expertise truly shines when conversations get challenging. Building on the “Top-sales person I / Sales Expert I” training program, you’ll further develop your negotiation and presentation skills in a targeted manner. You’ll enhance your personal impact, master complex pricing and negotiation situations, and develop your customers in a way that maximizes your potential. AI tools and LinkedIn support research, meeting preparation, and social selling. Real-world case studies and intensive video feedback will give you the confidence to handle challenging customers, make a compelling personal impression, and achieve lasting sales success. A win-win for you and your company: After completing this training, you’ll be able to confidently persuade others in complex decision-making situations and close even more successful deals.
Module 1: Classroom training
4 days
Negotiate with confidence. Present yourself convincingly. Close deals successfully.
Negotiate with confidence. Present yourself convincingly. Close deals successfully.
  • Analyze Your Personal Impact and Develop It in a Targeted Manner
  • Effective Communication in a Digital Sales Environment
  • Gaining an Even Better Understanding of Customers and Business Models
  • Systematically Develop Customers Based on Their Potential
  • Preparing for and Conducting Professional Negotiations
  • Convincingly Presenting Prices, Value, and Solutions
  • In-Depth Practical Application
Module 2: E-Learning
5
E-Library: Artificial Intelligence
E-Library: Artificial Intelligence

E-Library: Artificial Intelligence

You will receive 5 e-learnings Subject area of Artificial Intelligence free of charge for 12 months

  • Prompt Engineering
  • Optimize products and processes with AI
  • AI in Various Business Sectors – An Overview
  • Using artificial intelligence in everyday work
  • Digital change means change for me

Module 2: Negotiate with Confidence. Present Yourself Convincingly. Close Deals Successfully

Analyze Your Personal Impact and Develop It in a Targeted Manner

  • Application from Module 1: Reflect on your own development and make your progress visible.
  • Another performance in front of the video camera, followed by an analysis of personal impact, conversational skills, and persuasiveness.
  • Be mindful of the impression you make on others and work to develop it strategically—from a mere conveyor of information to a persuasive conversation partner on equal footing.
  • Identify individual development opportunities and devise specific measures to further enhance the impact of customer interactions.

Effective Communication in a Digital Sales Environment

  • Understand why personal communication is increasingly becoming a key factor for success in modern sales.
  • Make the most of the few opportunities for personal contact with decision makers and buying centers.
  • Understand and leverage the opportunities, risks, and limitations of using AI in sales communication.
  • Build trust, instill a sense of security, and customers win people over to solutions on an emotional level as well.
  • Use professional communication skills effectively in face-to-face conversations, phone calls, and online meetings.

customers and gain an even better understanding of business models

  • Integrate the business insights and relevant metrics gained through the use of AI into sales conversations and use them to conduct persuasive discussions with customers.
  • Understand the decision-making criteria of the purchasing department and business units and incorporate them into value propositions.
  • Use AI insights for market, customer, and competitive information efficiently and strategically during customer meetings.

customers Develop systematically with a focus on potential

  • customers Assess based on potential and develop individualized intervention strategies.
  • Prioritize and sustainably develop A, B, and C-customers s based on their potential.
  • Combine lead generation, social selling, and professional relationship management.
  • Use digital tools and AI-powered solutions to streamline sales operations.

Preparing for and Conducting Professional Negotiations

  • Understand proven B2B negotiation models and apply them appropriately at the negotiating table.
  • Move from product-based arguments to compelling arguments based on benefits and value.
  • Handle objections, resistance, and conflicting interests professionally.
  • Strategically prepare for negotiations and bring them to a successful conclusion.
  • Opportunities, Limitations, and Risks Associated with the Use of AI Tools in Live Negotiations.

Convincingly Presenting Prices, Value, and Solutions

  • Position your offerings professionally and focus on value rather than price.
  • Highlight the added value and present a compelling case.
  • Confidently navigate difficult price discussions and challenging negotiation situations.
  • Practice various conversation scenarios using real-world examples and AI-assisted preparation.

In-Depth Practical Application

  • Practice real-world negotiation scenarios and client cases.
  • Use video analysis to identify specific steps for improving your personal impact and success in conversations.
  • Reflect on communication behaviors and improve them in a targeted manner.

 

E-Library: Artificial Intelligence

You'll receive 5 e-learning courses— Subject area s in artificial intelligence—free of charge for 12 months

  • Prompt engineering.
  • Optimizing products and processes with AI.
  • AI in Various Business Sectors — An Overview.
  • Using artificial intelligence in everyday work.
  • To me, digital transformation means change.

In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this training course once you have registered.

  • You'll reflect on your progress since Module 1 and identify specific areas where you can further improve your personal impact and sales performance.
  • You'll enhance your ability to persuade others and evolve from a mere conveyor of information into a confident discussion and negotiation partner on equal footing.
  • You’ll use in-person, phone, and digital touchpoints with decision makers and buying centers more thoughtfully and effectively.
  • You’ll gain an even better understanding of your clients’ business interests and will be able to effectively incorporate business contexts, key metrics, and market and client information into your arguments.
  • You systematically evaluate customers based on their potential and develop appropriate strategies for sustainable customer and business growth.
  • You will professionally prepare for challenging B2B negotiations and confidently steer them toward a successful outcome using a clear strategy.
  • You'll present prices, services, and solutions more persuasively, highlight the value of your offering, and reduce unnecessary price concessions.
  • You know and understand the principles of value selling and value pricing.
  • You handle objections, resistance, and conflicting interests with confidence and maintain control even in difficult negotiation situations.
  • You understand the opportunities, limitations, and risks of AI in customer communication and use digital tools strategically for research, preparation, and follow-up.
  • You'll practice using your own client and negotiation cases and use them to develop specific actions for your day-to-day sales work.
  • You'll receive 5 e-learning courses— Subject area s of Artificial Intelligence.
  • If you wish, you can demonstrate your advanced sales skills by taking the final exam and earning the university certificate “certified Top-sales person /Sales Expert” (BNR 42974).

Trainer input and facilitated discussions, analysis of knowledge transfer and reflection on experiences from Module 1, practical individual and group exercises, work on participants’ own client, proposal, and negotiation cases, development of individual client management and negotiation strategies, simulation of challenging B2B negotiations, exercises on pricing discussions, handling objections, and difficult negotiation situations, video recordings of selected conversation and negotiation scenarios with individual analysis, structured feedback on personal impact, communication skills, and persuasiveness, Use of selected AI tools for client research, negotiation preparation, and the development of argumentation scenarios; peer-led case discussions and exchange of experiences; development of personal action plans for sustainable application in practice; preparation for the final exam to become a “ certified ” Top-sales person , or Sales Expert.

This training program is intended exclusively for sales representatives who have already completed the “Top-sales person I / Sales Expert I” training program (BNR 42972), Module 1 of the “certified Top-sales person / Sales Expert” development program (BNR 42996), or the “certified Top-sales person I / Junior Sales Manager I” training program (BNR 30530). Since Module 2 builds upon the fundamentals taught in Module 1 in terms of both content and methodology, participation is not possible without having previously completed Module 1.

We recommend the comprehensive development program “certified : Top-sales person /Sales Expert” (BNR 42996) for ambitious sales professionals with at least one or more years of experience in B2B sales who want to further deepen their sales skills, confidently handle more challenging customer and sales situations, and prepare for greater responsibility in sales.

Similarly, the “certified Top-sales person /Sales Expert” (BNR 42996) development program is designed for high-potential employees with recognizable development potential who are to be specifically supported by their sales management and retained by the company over the long term.

Open Badges are recognized, digital certificates of participation. These verifiable credentials are the current standard for integration in career networks such as LinkedIn.

With them, you digitally demonstrate the competences you possess. After successful completion, you will receive an Open Badge from us.

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If you wish, you can document your advanced sales skills by taking the final exam and earning the university certificate in the “certified Top-sales person /Sales Expert” development program (BNR 42996).

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on June 1, 2027
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Negotiate with confidence. Present yourself convincingly. Close deals successfully.
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June 1–4, 2027
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Limited number of participants
Transfer coaching bookable
2 hours of transfer coaching - live and online with your trainer ensures that you can put what you have learnt into practice in your day-to-day work.
If you book at the same time as your training, you save 10 % on the price of the transfer coaching of € 390,- excl.
Booking number: 42973
€ 2.240,- plus VAT.
€ 2,665.60 incl. VAT.
Plan course
4 days
Limited number of participants
Transfer coaching bookable
2 hours of transfer coaching - live and online with your trainer ensures that you can put what you have learnt into practice in your day-to-day work.
If you book at the same time as your training, you save 10 % on the price of the transfer coaching of € 390,- excl.
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