Sales Managers

Ben Lincoln (Small chance) says

Leaders will never be replaced by robots

Vera says

I am a sales manager and I don't think that a computer could do this job better than me.

Sales Manager (Highly likely) says

The role is basically of relationship management and is relevant only if there is a human with discretionary power on the purchasing side...with increasing transparency and control over purchase, more of this activity will become data driven and programmatic. Sales managers roles will be reduced and redefined to key account management.

Vincent Fortune (Could go either way) says

I feel like it could go either way because technology is increasing each and everyday but being a sales manager requires traits such as leadership, passion, motivation, etc. so it can go both ways.

Jaro Tomik says

As a Sales Manager, I can see how certain parts of the job (e.g. paperwork or back office tasks) can be and to a degree are automated - e.g. BI, pipeline, CRM information recording, sales prediction, parts of procurement processes, streamlining contract creation, customer access to trials and demos, maybe even sales strategy to a degree...I see the job being primarily about creating, enabling and nurturing human to human and organisation to organisation connections and relationships that lead to challenge resolution via win-win situations, and therefore very difficult to automate. However, for certain sectors where Sales Managers' products are heavily productised, not too complex or in a need of heavy customisation, customers may opt to purchase products via online orders. Therefore, there may not be that much need for coordination of resources or sales distribution, leading to less of these (and other non-consultative sales) jobs available.

Eramir Fernandes Jr. (Small chance) says

Human Relationship is Key to this job.

Waldemar (Small chance) says

A lot of tasks in this job are human related and I really doubt any buyer could be satisfied by a an artificial intelligence on this position.

Colin Freeman (Highly likely) says

The Sales Manager will be replaced by AI. / ML models within 5 - 10 years.

Forecasting, coaching, motivation, reporting, recruitment & advisory parts of the role can and will be available without humans in 10 years max... However - empathy, eq and the ability to interact at a higher level with customers will not be replace - so maybe the role will change into another type in the same timeframe.

Colin Freeman (Highly likely) says

The Sales Manager will be replaced by AI. / ML models within 5 - 10 years.

Forecasting, coaching, motivation, reporting, recruitment & advisory parts of the role can and will be available without humans in 10 years max...

Rogerio (No chance) says

I'm a sales manager on IT recruitment/allocation. I believe it can't be done by any AI or Robot, since the sales process includes a lot of contact with our client and the professional, since there's a lot effort to conquer their trust.

Tony (Small chance) says

Never say never but sales is a very human profession that requires skills in verbal and non-verbal communication, judgement (often in the moment) and a large degree of empathy. Its hard to see AI doing these well (if at all) during the next 20 years. That said, there is also a lot of inefficiency in the sales process, so bring on the tools and bots that can help streamline the process.

Iván Giraldo (Likely) says

You can plan and execute sales strategies using automated analytics platforms, and demand driven technologies.

Simonofski (No chance) says

as it requires adaptive flexibility, innovation and skill to do plus it deals with people

Marco Hernandez (No chance) says

The market trends change very fast and the most skilled sales managers do their job or take their decisions based many times in intuition, the real definition of intuition, is not that easy to react that fast based on pure data.

Renato says

I'm a sales manager, and I can not see a computer with this capability