SHIPSHAPE SALES ACADEMY • LEVEL 2

Industrial Solutions
Professional.

Move beyond basic selling. Learn to diagnose applications, identify root causes, develop solutions and communicate customer value.

LEVEL 2 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Turn technical knowledge into solution-selling capability.

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Advanced Customer Discovery

Go deeper than the initial request to uncover symptoms, constraints, consequences and desired outcomes.

Application Analysis

Evaluate operating conditions, equipment, environment, duty and other factors affecting performance.

Root-Cause Thinking

Separate symptoms from causes and use structured questioning to improve diagnosis.

Solution Development

Translate application requirements into a technically appropriate recommendation.

Competitive Differentiation

Explain why the recommended solution is different and why that difference matters.

Value-Based Selling

Connect technical performance to downtime, maintenance, productivity, reliability and other economic outcomes.

LEVEL 2 OUTCOME

Become the salesperson customers call for help.

Participants develop the ability to bring useful technical insight to customer conversations and build a stronger business case for the recommended solution.

Diagnose before recommending
Connect applications to solutions
Differentiate on value
Quantify the problem