Looks like the predictions are coming true. Commercial sales field positions being eliminated in favor of retail and online sales focus. Store GM & CPP to handle all commercial contact going forward. Internal announcement forthcoming.
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Well when some areas are requiring GM's to make visits to commercial customers themselves it just leads people to believe it's grooming them to take over CAM responsibilities in the field. On the other hand, it is kind of hard to believe the company doesn't want a presence from an outside sales standpoint.
Not saying this hasn't been mentioned for several months already about reducing the CAM positions, however the funny part is pushing even more responsibility on to the CPP and GM while reducing store hours and staffing. Another Win Win for the talking Heads of Advance Auto Parts. Might bribe commercial accounts with Pepsi and Chips instead of parts availability and pricing, and you might have a chance.
Any idea when this announcement would be coming, roughly?