Medical supplies distributors · Sales management

Read the quotes, the lost orders and the outstanding before you set the next target.

Sales management for a medical supplies distributor is reviewing the work of your reps and counter staff against the enquiries received, the quotes sent and the orders that came, and coaching on what the records show. GullySales sets up the review sheet, the questions to ask and the owner for each follow-up.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What sales management means

Sales management is the ongoing work of reviewing a sales team's pipeline, calls and targets, and stepping in on deals that are stuck. GullySales sets the review rhythm and the reports a sales manager needs to run this without relying on gut feel.

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Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

“The target is a sales figure and the mix is ignored”
A rep reaches the number with gloves at the lowest rate while equipment and diagnostic lines, where the margin sits, go unsold. Nobody looks at the split.
“Reps keep the hospital relationships to themselves”
The manager learns about an open quote when the buyer rings to complain. By then the rate has been given and the follow-up missed.
“Collection is treated as accounts' job”
The rep who sold on long credit never hears that the invoice is overdue. The same hospital gets a fresh quote while last quarter's bill is unpaid.

What we do

What we deliver for medical supplies distributors.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

A one-page review sheet for each rep
Enquiries received and answered, quotes sent and open, orders won, lost reasons and follow-ups due, read from the CRM or the rep's own sheet.
Result: The review rests on records and not on recollection.
A product mix view next to the sales figure
Consumables, equipment and diagnostics shown separately for each rep and territory, read from billing, so the manager sees where the margin is.
Result: A good number on gloves is not mistaken for a good territory.
A weak-account list from invoices
Institutions whose orders have narrowed to one line or whose gap between orders has stretched, handed to the rep with a specific question to ask.
Result: The rep calls with something to ask, not to say hello.
Outstanding read next to sales
A report joining each rep's accounts to their open invoices, so credit and the next quote are discussed together.
Result: Sales stop being booked into accounts that do not pay.
A coaching note after each review
One thing to work on for each rep, written down, with the date it will be looked at again and who will check it.
Result: Feedback stays specific and is followed up.
A routine for a rep who leaves
A handover checklist covering accounts, open quotes, promises made and the buyer's preferred contact, completed before the last day.
Result: A departure does not take the accounts with it.

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How the result is measured

Target achievement
Pipeline coverage
Stuck deals resolved

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

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What the sales manager reviews

Six things to review with each rep, where each one lives in your records, and what to do when it looks wrong.

Requirement lists received and answered: Count from the shared record or WhatsApp business inbox. If lists sit unanswered, find out who was away and agree who covers; do not let the rep alone decide which to reply to.
Quotes sent and still open: List open quotes with their date and the next call. A quote with no call date is already lost. Assign each one a name and a day before the review ends.
Quotes that became orders: Match quotes with invoices from Tally or Busy, by buyer and item. Look at which product lines convert and which are quoted often and rarely ordered.
Reasons for losing: Read the lost-reason notes for the winner, rate, stock, credit or relationship. If one reason repeats, change that, whether it is the credit policy or the stock held.
Follow-ups due and overdue: Open the follow-up dates in the record and read the overdue ones aloud. Reassign any that have slipped twice, so the buyer meets a different person rather than a silence.
Repeat orders and accounts gone quiet: From invoices, list institutions whose last order is older than their usual gap. Give each to a rep with a question: which line moved, and to whom?

Who it is for

This is written for these medical supplies distributors.

General consumables and disposables distributors
Surgical and OT supply distributors
Hospital equipment dealers selling beds, monitors, suction and oxygen systems
Home healthcare suppliers selling or renting wheelchairs, beds and concentrators
Diagnostic kit and reagent distributors serving labs
Orthopaedic support, brace and rehabilitation product suppliers
Single-brand authorised distributors covering a district
Sub-stockists supplying chemists and surgical stores

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

Quotes and lost orders are not recorded anywhere, so a review would run on memory.
Targets are set only as a sales total and nobody is ready to read product mix or outstanding beside it.
The team is two reps and the owner already sits in every deal, so a formal review would repeat daily talk.

How it works

How the sales management work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

1
Look at what exists
We ask for the last few weeks of calendars, pipeline records and review notes, and find where the routine breaks.
2
Write the routine down
Slots, agendas, attendees and the records each meeting uses are agreed in writing before the first one.
3
Clean the pipeline first
Stage definitions are fixed and stale deals removed, so the first review is about real deals.
4
Run or coach
We lead the meetings, or sit in while your manager leads and give feedback afterwards.
5
Deal with problems as they appear
A slipping number is discussed at the next one-on-one with notes, not stored up for an appraisal.
6
Hand over
Your manager or owner takes the routine, with the templates and records, and we step back.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales management. A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

Step 1
Sales audit
Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.
Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.
Step 2
Sales process design
One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.
Start here if every salesperson sells differently.
Step 3 · you are here
Sales management
A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.
Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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How should we run the sales review?

Sit with each rep and the record in front of you, not the memory. Go through open quotes, lost orders and accounts that have gone quiet. Pick a rhythm the team can keep. A grand meeting that gets skipped is worse than a short one that happens.

Who should attend the review besides the rep?

The sales manager and, for accounts with overdue invoices, someone from accounts. The owner joins for rate contracts and the largest hospitals. Keep the room small. A crowd turns a review into a defence.

A rep does not record anything. What do we do?

Make recording the condition of the review: if it is not in the record, it did not happen. Keep the fields few, let the rep log from a phone and sit with them once to fill it in. If the rep still refuses, that is a management issue.

How do we set targets without benchmarks?

Use your own last financial year by territory and product line, adjust for stock and territory changes, and agree it with the rep. Avoid copying a figure from another distributor. A target the rep cannot reach is ignored.

How much does it cost?

There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.

How long is the contract?

The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.

How soon will we see results?

It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.

Who will actually do the work?

The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.

What do you need from us?

Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.

What if we are not happy with the work?

Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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