Conversion & GTM Operations

Making a complex B2B order dramatically easier to complete

Customers placed orders through 15–30 minute phone calls. Approximately 30% required a callback because products were unavailable. The process constrained conversion, created errors and consumed sales capacity.

The initial constraint

The ordering process itself was the primary constraint on both conversion and sales capacity, not a lack of demand.

Why the obvious explanation was incomplete

Treating this as a sales-training problem would have missed that the process structurally required long calls and repeated callbacks regardless of rep skill.

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Strategic decisions

  • — Reposition the company from product supplier to kitchen operations partner
  • — Redesign the ordering journey around speed and availability certainty
  • — Move sales capacity from order-taking to account expansion

What was redesigned and implemented

Redesigned
  • — The company's positioning and commercial narrative
  • — The end-to-end ordering journey
  • — How sales time was allocated across accounts
Implemented
  • — Automated voice and WhatsApp ordering
  • — Real-time availability and substitute-option logic
  • — Quotes generated in under two minutes
  • — One-click order confirmation

How work changed

  • — Customers could complete an order in minutes instead of a 15–30 minute call
  • — Sales staff shifted from repetitive order-taking to account growth conversations

Results in this engagement

Order time
15–30 min → 2–3 min
Order errors
−78%
Call-to-order conversion
+43%
Average order value
+31%
Sales expansion capacity
+60%

Results are specific to this engagement and are not a guarantee of future outcomes.

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