Sector:

Industrial and Commercial Services

Service Lines:

Growth Strategy, Go-to-Market Strategy, Commercial Organization, Salesforce Effectiveness, Strategy Execution, Exit Readiness

Client Situation

A $1.5B global call center outsourcing services company was struggling to grow profitably despite favorable market conditions and a good position

The Private Equity investor had owned the company for much longer than it planned, and wanted to exit without investing more capital

The company needed to refresh its growth strategy and quickly improve sales and profit growth

How We Helped

Developed a robust fact-base on commercial performance – sales, margins, customers, services, segments, end markets, salesforce productivity

Completed interviews with current and former customers to understand their experiences, and with market participants to assess opportunities and trends

Interviewed sales and marketing teams and key stakeholders to get views on challenges and opportunities (internal and external to the company)

Collaborated with the client to develop several growth strategy options, and modifications to the Go-to-Market approach and commercial organization

Helped to prioritize and generate consensus on the path forward

Supported the client with implementation, including changes to the sales org, sales processes, tools and change management to execute the strategy

Result

Client successfully executed the new growth strategy and realized meaningful improvement in sales pipelines, customer wins and renewals, and margins

Morale improved significantly as frustrations were alleviated with key changes

With a strong turnaround in sales, the Private Equity owner sold the business a year after the project was completed