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Change Imperative: Financial goal to grow top-line 5x supported by a 3x growth in staffing levels over 4 years for a telecom retail client. The organization is not currently in a position to scale effectively at the required pace and efficiency levels. Catamorph engaged to address fundamental operations effectiveness, to build a scalable and sustainable platform in support of the growth plans. This is snapshot of our work-in-process transformation program which provides further insight into our operating model.  
   
Diagnostic:
  • 60-day time-boxed diagnostic exercise.
  • Areas of analysis: Sales and Operations (70% of the workforce).
  • Scope: end-to-end diagnostic of these functions, with a deep-dive into 2 high-impact sub-functions.
  • Based on initial findings we introduced an additional work stream for assessing organizational effectiveness.
  • Diagnostics completed on schedule meeting scope/quality expectations.

Transformation Program Planning & Scoping:
  • Identified several strategic initiatives.
  • Prioritized and shortlisted 5 major initiatives to be executed over 12 months. Sequenced initiatives to accommodate learning curve and maximize early wins.
  • Developed program charter, CBA and staffed initiatives with top performers.

 
Baseline Assessment:
  • Launched 2 initiatives and currently staging a third for launch.
  • Baselined sales & customer service functions.
  • Launched program steering committee attended by the CEO and his staff. This team meets every 2 weeks for 4 hours and fulfills a critical program control function.

Design:
  • Developed vision, goals, metrics and operational score card for sales and call centre operations. Launched operations governance teams.
  • Designed sales compensation structure, sales force acquisition, retention, training and development programs and supporting technology.
  • Benchmarked goals and solution design against industry standards.
  • Launched change management activity.

Pilot (Initial deployment) :
  • Enabling solutions to support strategic initiatives currently being developed.
  • Ensuring speed and quality by bringing in the strength of Catamorph's extensive strategic alliance network in the areas of sales training design & delivery, call forecasting, sales comp validation and internal communications.
  • Change management in high gear, broad engagement and targeted communication.

Operationalize (full deployment):
  • Sales effectiveness pilot sites identified.
  • Call centre change elements, such as shift scheduling, deployed. Results beginning to show, e.g. abandoned call rate dropped to 5% from 40%.
  • Other enablers still under development.