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Service Bureau & Partner Roundtable Best Practices in selling HR
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Agenda Partner Models Best Practices in selling HR Service Bureau Successes Lessons Learned Key Factors for success
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Partner Models Service bureau models Referral – 5% Infinity HR performs all functions Reseller- 80% Service bureau takes on some functions Private Label – 15% Broker/service bureau performs all functions
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Best Practices in selling HR Create a business plan & strategy for HR Assign comp & quota to sales Acquire HR expertise internally Staff for positions & competencies Learn the system attributes & benefits derived Develop references immediately Train, train & train the organization
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Service bureau case study Company background & demographics Sales process – competition – HR requirements Key Factors for success Any challenges to overcome Outcome Reasons for win/loss Lessons learned from process
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Large Restaurant Group 500 employees 6 locations Utilizing ADP
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Over a year calling on- ADP Contract They received 5 Presentations and Bids Paycor, Paylocity, PayChex, Inova, and Paycom ACA was the a focal point Applicant Tracking Benefits Management Employee Communication – EE Portal
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Key Factors for Success Analysis to understand current infrastructure Providing Market Relevance No Product Dumping “Not a matter of if but when”
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Challenges Cost Associated with Change Selling against Single Sign On/One Solution Overwhelming Complexity's of new solutions
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Reason for Win Defining Features and Benefits and not stuck on Functions – market relevance Best of Breed Solutions Not a software company but rather a service driven business. Technology is only as good as the teachers and users! SPHR Client Services- best practices
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Lessons Learned Drive features and benefits Drive the future value Drive questions with direction- how the right way so they have something to compare to.
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Core team has been together for 14+ Years A Division of State Bank and Trust 25 Team Members serving approximately 1,500+ clients Average client size is 50 Employees Market is focused on Georgia and the Southeast Current IHR Clients 5 Live & 7 in Implementation Altera Payment Solutions - Background
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Getting clients Live in 8 weeks Collecting Accurate Benefit Data Client not understanding their benefits Implementation & Demo Support from same staff Prospects with existing HRIS products need to be shown the benefits of IHR over their product Integration between Payroll System & IHR Challenges to Overcome
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Success Against SilkRoad Client was an existing payroll client Client had begun SilkRoad implementation and paid for some of the implementation fees We won with IHR on payroll integration We were able to stop the implementation of SilkRoad and present a cost structure that recovered the SilkRoad implementation fees in about 1.75 Yrs
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Success Against UltiPro Existing Client with 600 employees purchased a larger client with 1,300 employees Larger Company had UltiPro and 5 other HR software packages We won by eliminating some of the other systems – Eliminating one system alone resulted in a $150K/year savings
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Lessons Learned Need to pre-qualify the prospect Remove any obstacles prior to the demo Use the Demo Discovery Document to customize the demo Key Success Factors Demo is last step in process Stand up Payroll Sync in Week 4 Emphasis with client to get accurate Benefit Data by the end of Week 1 Hard Deadlines, including Bill Date
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Alliance Benefit Group Background Third Party Administration company Retirement and Health and Welfare 85 years of combined experience in payroll department Started Payroll in 1995 Average client size is 75 Employees Do business nation wide Current IHR Clients 4 live and 2 in implementation
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Prospect Company Demographics Manufacturing Company 4 different locations- with 500 plus employees 2 payroll people centralized Three month implementation process – Wanted TLM and Benefits Four meeting process With Ceridian- very unhappy! Up against 3 different competitors
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Challenges to Overcome: Very, very complex TLM set up ABG was new to IHR and sync Limited resources from client and ABG Lessons Learned: Must gather ask detailed questions and gather information Determine what they want prior to demo- don’t lead with demo Set realistic implementation goals and everyone must stick to them. Won! Based on customer service and payroll sync Ability to have TLM and benefit enrollment all in one!
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Current Client Demographics Has 5 EIN’s with all different benefit packages 400 employees- very seasonal Four different TLM set up Challenges to overcome Ready to leave ABG- for ADP when I started Needed to show how IHR could compete Lessons Learned Tell your clients about your new offerings! Have a call with implementation people Loved ACA tools
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Key Factors to Success Partner has made strategic commitment to HR Sales must act as an advisor to HR Not all sales people can make the leap to sell HR Comprehensive scoping of HR policies & processes Challenge your prospect – out of their comfort zone Implement based upon appetite for change Client must possess/develop HR & tech competencies
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Lessons learned A demo will kill a deal if you haven’t completed a discovery We do not give prospects a demo “sand box” Deal with the integration issue upfront Salesperson must take control of demo environment & provide crowd control Know your competition strengths & weaknesses You still own the sales process- and the relationship
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