Take Enterprise Software Negotiations, for example:

Sales folks in enterprise software organisations are generally very experienced and highly incentivised …..

• they are engaged in software negotiations week in, week out
• they know their products, services, commercials and contracts intimately
• they have in-depth knowledge of the market and competitor offerings
• they are expert in positioning their offerings and stacking the odds in their favour before they ever get to the negotiation table

On the other hand …..

• negotiators from the Customer organisation are generally “occasional” negotiators and may deal with the vendor, its products and services only every once in a while (if at all)
• they are focused on wider challenges than software deal negotiation and are dealing with multiple demands from internal stakeholders at any time
• they may not have the time or the experience to understand how to plan for and undertake complex software procurement and negotiations
• because of the vendor’s complex licensing, support and service delivery models, Customers often don’t fully understand how vendor propositions really deliver value over time and have difficulty building commercial TCO, ROI and investment value cases and aligning them to negotiation outcomes

Therefore, the negotiation imbalance can be quite significant. Our project-based negotiation support or our negotiation training can help redress that imbalance.  Book a call now to discover how to get consistently better outcomes from your Enterprise IT negotiations.