Our client's business outcomes

+2pts margin uplift achieved in pilot scope through optimized pricing policy and segmentation​
Improved price usability and adoption by sales teams​
Simplified and scalable pricing structure​
How did a B2B distributor adapt its pricing strategy to stand out in a market shaken by new entrants and galloping inflation? ​
The challenge​

How did a B2B distributor adapt its pricing strategy to stand out in a market shaken by new entrants and galloping inflation? ​

In an inflationary market with increasing web competition, the price image of one of our clients, a B2B distributor, had significantly deteriorated. Moreover, its historical discount model no longer made sense for its customers. We helped our client to simplify its pricing policy and redefine price levels in line with the market, making it easier for its sales teams to use it and defend its value to its customers. As a B2B distributor is subject to rising manufacturer product prices, our client faces increasing costs, making it difficult to establish stable and competitive prices. Added to this is the entry of web players (pure players) who are disrupting the status quo on prices. Additionally, customers in this market are increasingly sensitive to final prices and price increases. Our client’s internal tools and traditional pricing strategies were not adapted to face these challenges. The price structure had become too complex, and the discount mechanisms proposed to customers no longer met their price expectations.​

We transformed our client’s pricing policy leveraging a tailored four step approach​
How we helped​

We transformed our client’s pricing policy leveraging a tailored four step approach​

1. First, we carried out a 360° diagnosis with a combined approach that was both quantitative – analysis of sales data, customer segmentation, price positioning – and qualitative – understanding of the price structure, interviews, and field tours. We were able to highlight complexities in the pricing structure and mechanisms resulting in prices not matching customer expectations and the market.​

2. Together with the client, we designed a new pricing policy by reworking the customer segments and the different associated rates and discount levels. We organized both strategic and operational workshops to secure a new target policy both ambitious and realistic.​

3. We used our in-house pricing software Optix to calculate the prices of the hundreds of thousands of items in the catalogue and anticipate impacts on margins according to different scenarios of changes in discount practices.​

4. Finally, we prepared the deployment on a pilot area, with particular attention to change management and practices monitoring to ensure that sales teams would respect and correctly leverage those new price lists and pricing rules.​

Our desire is to make pricing a trump card, and no longer a
defensive weapon.

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The CEO​

A clearer pricing policy leverageable by sales teams and +2 points of margin​
The results​

A clearer pricing policy leverageable by sales teams and +2 points of margin​

This project simplified the client’s pricing policy and its use, with a more relevant customer segmentation, and fairer price levels. The sales teams have sufficiently got to grips with the now well-positioned prices, knowing how to link them to the right customers. On the pricing team side, the price structure is easier to maintain and adapt as needed. A pilot was launched in a delimited business area, resulting in the sales teams improving their margin by +2 points. A gradual roll-out is underway in the other regions, using a cascade approach incorporating the best practices from the pilot.​

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