Develop & Deploy Pricing Strategy for Fortune 500 Distributor of Maintenance, Repair, and Operating Products

Background

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

• Implement significant changes to the client’s business strategy across four customer-facing functions
• Align with technology and finance teams
• Navigate highly confidential changes
• Deploy in an accelerated time frame

Project Highlights

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Defined approach to identify the critical path activities
• Collaborated across six different functions
• Developed structure to drive OCM plan with key stakeholders and influencers
• Defined training needs; coordinated training development with external partner
• Supported leadership engagement and communications leading up to project deployment
• Continued to consult through additional deployments and project phases

Ignite's Impact

WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED

• Developed visibility of critical path items and dependencies across teams
• Provided crucial communication deliverables to abbreviate development time
• Managed dependencies and handoffs
• Developed and deployed OCM communications and training materials in a compressed timeline
• Anticipated project risks and resolved them before they became an issue
• Extended working hours to nights and weekends to ensure critical path activities remained on schedule

Results

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

• Successfully launched the project
• Tangibly impacted company’s stock price (one-year post launch)
• Rewarded additional projects for high-visibility programs within the organization