Anaplan Reports Unprecedented Momentum for its Sales Performance Management Solutions

Company will showcase groundbreaking compensation and sales management solutions at upcoming WorldatWork 2017 event in Chicago

Anaplan, a leading platform provider driving a new age of connected planning, today announced strong growth in its Anaplan for Sales business over the last 12 months. The company now has more than 330 customers worldwide using Anaplan for Sales to transform their sales organizations. The Anaplan team will demonstrate Anaplan for Sales at tabletop 11 at the WorldatWork Spotlight on Sales Compensation event this week.

Anaplan’s sales compensation solution enables global companies to define ideal compensation plans for all sales people. Incorporating data from their CRM, HRIS, and ERP systems, users can model, manage, and process against complex compensation plans in real time, balance territories and quotas, and assess the impact of compensation plans prior to launch. These unparalleled capabilities have driven more than 80 companies worldwide, including Infusionsoft and Travelex, to choose Anaplan for Sales in the last 12 months.

“We continue to prove to our sales performance management customers that our Anaplan platform has the ability to handle some of the most complex sales operations with speed,” said Paul Melchiorre, Anaplan’s Chief Revenue Officer. “We make it simple to manage territories and quotas, and create models based on actuals, forecasted revenue to drive desired sales behaviors. Anaplan’s connected planning approach connects data, people, and plans across the enterprise, empowering sales executives to make better business decisions and respond quickly to opportunities.”

Anaplan was recently recognized as a Leader in the 2017 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Sales Performance Management*, moving up from its previous position as a Challenger.

Ongoing demonstrations of the Anaplan platform will be available at tabletop 11 at WorldatWork. Additionally, Anaplan customer Staples will share how it optimized its incentive strategy using Anaplan for Sales, assisted by Anaplan partner ZS Associates, in a sponsored session on Tuesday, August 22. One-on-one meetings with Anaplan representatives are also available.