Account Roles and Responsibilities

Sales administrators and sales managers usually oversee the creation and maintenance of accounts by their teams. All team members (end users) can create an account and update account information.

The following information lists the roles and responsibilities related to account procedures.

Role Description

Administrator

Sales administrator or sales manager

  • Determines what information is required for an account.

  • Determines what account information is visible to each member of the sales force.

  • Reviews and analyzes account activity to measure performance and improve sales effectiveness.

  • Reviews account hierarchies developed by the sales staff.

End User

Customer service representative

  • Performs call center activities, primarily responding to customer inquiries and sales order requests.

  • Creates accounts for new customers, including the required key information for an account.

  • Updates accounts for existing customers.

  • Understands relationship between accounts and associated contacts.

  • Creates account hierarchies.

  • Understands account hierarchies and relationship of accounts within hierarchy.

Sales representative

  • Focuses on outside sales and customer relationship management.

  • Creates accounts for new customers, including the required key information for an account.

  • Updates accounts (such as creating a sales opportunity), creates sales orders, and tracks service requests or trouble tickets.

  • Creates account hierarchies, designating parent-child relationships among an organization’s accounts.