Build a Profitable Revenue Growth Engine
Manage Ongoing Market Disruption Through a Profitable & Efficient Commercial Model
Automotive manufacturers and distributors are constantly challenged to satisfy customers with enhanced technology and the delivery of innovative products and solutions, all while adhering to environmental compliance regulations and dealing with supply chain constraints. The aerospace industry is no stranger to these challenges and must also factor in lengthy sales processes, aggressive delivery cycles, and the ebb and flow of customer traffic.
With the acceleration of digital technologies and artificial intelligence (AI), along with a lack of skilled workforce to manage new high-tech infrastructures, transportation providers are looking to make the right investments to achieve profitable growth. The solution ― developing an agile, responsive go-to-market plan that focuses on controllable commercial strategies to achieve efficient and high-level performance.
Target markets & segment customers: Use data to determine precisely where the organization can win and take share. Understanding buyers’ needs and preferences within each market and segment while tailoring your offerings and approach will provide the right value propositions to serve them.
Coverage, jobs & channels: Align resources against the opportunities by matching high-potential customers with a high-level of coverage while serving low-potential customer through inside of digital sales. Embrace new channels (digital, e-commerce, direct-to-consumer) in addition to traditional methods.
Quotas & compensation: Establish goals based on a formulaic approach that accounts for the potential of each end-market and the abilities of the seller to cover them. Use sales compensation programs to drive a pay-for-performance culture. Reward top performers and use it as a tool to recruit and retain top talent.
Alexander Group aligns evolving go-to-market models with the right investments to transform commercial teams into a focused, motivated and productive revenue growth engine.
How We Help
- Drive business transformation: Digital transformation has forced transportation providers to adjust business models and adapt to ever-changing market realities. Ensure your organization has innovative revenue growth capabilities to establish and scale new go-to-market strategies.
- Build & integrate digital capabilities: Navigate the transportation landscape by investing in the right technologies to unlock new customers, improve profitability and optimize marketing, sales and operations resource allocation.
- Enable data-driven decision making: Benchmarking and research enable fact-based decision-making for strategic and structural objectives. Provide actionable insights that drive growth and allow your firm to adjust go-to-market models to reflect changing demands.
- Increase sales productivity: Improving productivity contributes to higher revenue, better profit margins, a competitive edge and improved customer experiences. Ensure your team captures opportunities to maximize capacity.
- Invest in Revenue Operations: Expanding the scope of a typical commercial operations team, a strong revenue operations capability allows auto and aerospace manufacturers and distributors scale and increase productivity, creating a partnership, alignment and accountability across Marketing, Sales and Service.
- Align channel partners: Determining the partner strategy and building an effective partner program ecosystem to enhance customer experience and revenue potential.
- Build effective sales compensation programs: Using the right levers to drive the right selling behaviors, sales compensation programs must support strategic growth to recruit, retain and motivate top talent.
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Open Opportunities Briefing Offers- Advanced Practices for Commercial Talent Management Manufacturers and distributors achieve revenue and margin outperformance with a lower proportion of above-market pay compared to other industries. Over 60% of leading firms meet monthly to discuss performance with their commercial teams. What are the best practices for developing a talent management strategy that brings a competitive advantage?
- Digital Go-to-Customer Study Discover the industry trends, insights and frameworks on the digital impact on revenue growth, as well as recommendations for increased sales performance and growth in a digital environment.
- Digital Insights Study Digital means changing how companies engage with customers and enable their commercial teams. Determining where and when your customers interact with your products and solutions can impact your organization’s digital maturity and where to guide your investments.
- Manufacturing & Distribution Industry Trends Research: Strategies | Insights | Metrics Digital is altering the way customers interact and purchase your offerings. Integrating sales, marketing and service to provide customer value will differentiate your firm, command a premium and deliver sustainable growth. Compare your business processes and performance metrics to your competition to see if you’re hitting the mark.
- Manufacturing & Distribution Productivity Drivers Rising inflation, supply chain constraints and uncertain demand are just a few economic factors that are impacting commercial models. What drivers are manufacturers and distributors investing in to prioritize customer segments, protect margin, and maintain and grow market share?
- Marketing Insights Study Over 150 marketing executives were interviewed to determine the marketing initiatives being prioritized to maximize customer lifetime value. From marketing roles and resource allocation to marketing mix, channels and spend, get the latest insights on where marketing leaders are investing to advance their organization’s marketing maturity.
- Prioritizing Quality Over Quantity: An Analysis of Marketing Demand Generation Performance Leaders in manufacturing and distribution have increased demand generation investments by over 13%. Marketing now accounts for 33% of functional pipeline development. As marketers look to allocate resources between channels and initiatives to increase conversion rates while navigating costs and tracking ROI, how do you determine the best demand gen investment strategies?
- Redefine Excellence Through Customer Experience From executing a customer experience (CX) vision and strategy, deploying the right resources for customer engagement, setting specific CX goals and measurements, and defining the processes and growth plays that drive retention, the study provides insights and metrics for manufacturers and distributors on leading practices for a successful CX program.
- Revenue Operations Survey Over 200 executives in sales and revenue operations were surveyed across Business Services, Financial Services, Manufacturing and Distribution, MedTech, Health and Wellness, Media and Technology to determine the leading practices of world-class revenue operations organizations.
- Sales Compensation Hot Topics Survey Over 350 sales compensation leaders across seven industries provided insights on key sales comp topics including costs, quota planning and attainment, profitability, AI’s impact on comp, global comp practices, marketing comp practices and client/deliver services comp practices.
Upcoming Manufacturing and Distribution Events
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Revenue Operations Symposium
VirtualThe 2026 Revenue Operations Symposium is designed for leaders and practitioners who are shaping the future of commercial operations. This year’s virtual event brings together the latest research, actionable insights and practical strategies to help you:
- Lead Teams Through Change: Explore how AI is transforming sales enablement and what it takes to guide teams through evolving commercial landscapes.
- Multiply Productivity: Discover new approaches to territory and quota design, and how strategic planning can unlock greater performance.
- Advance RevOps for Scale: Learn how to evolve your RevOps function to support growth, adaptability and cross-functional collaboration.
- Harness Advanced Analytics: See how AI and machine learning are driving customer engagement, segmentation and growth opportunities.
- Accelerate Innovation: Dive into best practices for new product development, partner programs, and incentive design to maximize ROI and market impact.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2026 –
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 -
Virtual
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Women Revenue Leaders Forum
St. Regis Hotel | Chicago, ILJoin hundreds of women senior sales, marketing, commercial and operations leaders to share stories of transformation, connect 1:1 virtually, and take away actionable ideas.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2026 –
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St. Regis Hotel | Chicago, IL
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Sales Compensation Symposium: Virtual
Industry Focus: AllRevolutionize your approach at the #1 event for sales compensation professionals and all executives who care about sales comp. Designed specifically for senior executives, join industry peers and renowned experts to gain exclusive access to cutting-edge research, emerging trends, real-world case studies and proven best practices in governance, design and administration.
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Tuesday, August 11, 2026 –
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 -
Virtual
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Sales Compensation Symposium: Chicago
Industry Focus: AllRevolutionize your approach at the #1 event for sales compensation professionals and all executives who care about sales comp.
Designed specifically for executives in HR, Compensation, Sales and Revenue Operations that want to use sales comp more effectively.Industry Focus: All
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Thursday, August 27, 2026 –
Thursday, August 27, 2026 -
Chicago
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Executive Forum
St. Regis Hotel | Chicago, ILJoin senior sales, marketing, commercial and operations leaders to share stories of transformation, connect 1:1 virtually and take away actionable ideas.
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Wednesday, September 30, 2026 –
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St. Regis Hotel | Chicago, IL
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Sales Compensation Symposium
Reserve your spot at Alexander Group’s upcoming Sales Compensation Symposium. Join leading manufacturers and distributors as we discuss the latest strategies and best practices to support your sales reps as you look to set, measure and compensate success.
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Research & Benchmarks
Get access to the latest go-to-market research and benchmarks to leverage growth drivers for valuation improvement.