Case study · Specialty Chemicals · 7B USD

    One strategic marketing process for seven divisions

    A 7B USD specialty chemicals company with seven divisions, from automotive to personal care, wanted one common way to plan.

    The challenge

    What the client faced

    A category leader with seven divisions in markets from automotive to personal care wanted one common strategic marketing planning process.

    Our approach

    What we did

    Designed and implemented a common process and toolset, adapted to each division's markets.

    1. 1Designed a common strategic marketing planning process and toolset.
    2. 2Adapted examples and templates to each division's markets.
    3. 3Trained planning teams to apply the process to their own businesses.
    4. 4Built review points so plans could be compared across divisions.

    Results

    • [Result 1: quantified and dated]
    • [Result 2]
    • [Result 3]

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    Why it matters now

    Giving technical teams a commercial language

    Leadership teams now ask for this as standard work for marketing, like they have in operations.

    How we help with this situation

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