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Home » Archives for September 2020
 Gartner mentions Catalant in Hype Cycle for the Digital Workplace, 2020
By Catalant Staff
In Business Agility, Future Workforce, News, Strategy Execution, Uncategorized
Posted September 28, 2020

Gartner mentions Catalant in Hype Cycle for the Digital Workplace, 2020

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 What is a Flexible Workforce?
By Davin Wilfrid
In Business Agility, Future Workforce
Posted September 24, 2020

What is a Flexible Workforce?

A flexible workforce reduces labor costs and improves speed by working across a network of employees, consultants, and contractors.

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 A Company of Opportunity: The Shell Story
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By Hayley Comstock
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Posted September 9, 2020

A Company of Opportunity: The Shell Story

High-performing enterprises are rethinking how they access critical skills within their business to execute important work — and how they empower their employees to drive results.

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 Embracing Innovation and Speed in Times of Uncertainty
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By Hayley Comstock
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Posted September 3, 2020

Embracing Innovation and Speed in Times of Uncertainty

As business continuity remains top of mind for executives, teams are faced with the challenge of delivering on strategies and deadlines in a world of rapidly shifting consumer patterns and [...]

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 Establishing and Building Your Consulting Practice
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By Hayley Comstock
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Posted September 3, 2020

Establishing and Building Your Consulting Practice

Profound shifts in the corporate landscape have inspired experienced professionals to reimagine their careers, embrace their entrepreneurial instincts, and establish their own independent [...]

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 August 2020 Release Notes
By Catalant Staff
In Strategy Execution
Posted September 1, 2020

August 2020 Release Notes

In August, we released new features to make it easier to create new Initiatives, to provide structure and governance for pipeline management, to simplify visibility for owners of multiple [...]

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Product Distribution PMO

The Challenge

A Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company needed a project manager to help run a collaboration with a retail pharmacy to implement technology for product distribution.

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The People

The expert had 15+ years’ experience in consulting and project management at Deloitte and at Pfizer, and previously led a vaccine campaign development research project and a large scale technology implementation.

The Work

The expert identified key milestones and dependencies, engaged internal stakeholders, managed vendor communications, and supported senior executives.

The Result

The expert built an overall project plan and timeline, outlined clear stakeholder roles and responsibilities, and managed daily project operations, communicating with project sponsor.

The Value

The expert was able to support the technical collaboration at an estimated savings of 30% — around $60,000 — versus traditional consulting.

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Manufacturing Operations and Process Improvement

The Challenge

To reduce waste at one of its factory sites, a multinational manufacturing company needed help automating the aggregation and analysis of data from multiple software systems.

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The People

The expert has deep experience in automation at several similar companies, founding his own consultancy in 2014.

The Work

The expert was able to automate the process of exporting and importing data from multiple systems for use in a dynamic Power BI dashboard to give factory leaders a view into efficiency and waste.

The Result

Not only did the automated process replace a time-consuming and costly Excel-based process, but it also gave team members a way to visually understand and reduce the amount of waste produced by the factory.

The Value

The expert was able to deliver timely results at an estimated savings of 40% — roughly $14,000 — when compared to traditional consulting.

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Supply Chain Net Working Capital Optimization

The Challenge

A Fortune 500 industrials company’s chief strategy officer needed help optimizing their supply chain to reduce inventory to improve net working capital.

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The People

The client selected 3 senior supply chain experts, each with 20+ years of experience in enterprise environments and as consultants at McKinsey and BCG, with records of driving cost and process transformation.

The Work

The experts analyzed current inventory, mapped key supply and production processes, identified and sized savings opportunities, and delivered plans to achieve those savings with process and technology changes.

The Result

The client’s goal was to find $10MM in inventory savings, but in one month the experts were able to identify $20MM in cost savings.

The Value

The client was able to build a custom team of experts tailored to their specific needs without the overhead of a traditional consulting firm, resulting in an estimated $900K in savings.

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Online Retail Partnerships Strategy

The Challenge

A global household products maker needed a consultant to help create a strategy for online retail partnerships.

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The People

The expert, a consultant at small firm specializing in partnerships between consumer goods companies and retailers, had previous experience at Target developing and implementing ecommerce strategies.

The Work

The expert interviewed cross-functional stakeholders to evaluate a proposed loyalty program, conducted competitive research on partnerships, and designed a strategy to achieve business objectives.

The Result

The expert provided a strategic plan with clear goals, a go-to-market strategy, a communications plan, and change management proposal with recommended KPIs.

The Value

Getting the right expert on the right work quickly saved the client roughly $15,000 versus traditional consulting.

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Supply Chain Net Working Capital Optimization

The Challenge

A Fortune 500 industrials company’s chief strategy officer needed help optimizing their supply chain to reduce inventory to improve net working capital.

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The People

The client selected 3 senior supply chain experts, each with 20+ years of experience in enterprise environments and as consultants at McKinsey and BCG, with records of driving cost and process transformation.

The Work

The experts analyzed current inventory, mapped key supply and production processes, identified and sized savings opportunities, and delivered plans to achieve those savings with process and technology changes.

The Result

The client’s goal was to find $10MM in inventory savings, but in one month the experts were able to identify $20MM in cost savings.

The Value

The client was able to build a custom team of experts tailored to their specific needs without the overhead of a traditional consulting firm, resulting in an estimated $900K in savings.

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Customer Experience Team Project Manager

The Challenge

A large apparel and footwear company needed a remote project manager for its customer experience team.

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The People

The expert, a former management consultant with quantitative analysis experience, had previously worked on customer relationship programs for a menswear retailer.

The Work

The expert assessed the current state of the customer experience program across brands, gathered and synthesized customer survey insights, and investigated ways to further understand shopper experience.

The Result

The expert created a brand performance dashboard for stakeholders, a playbook for managing surveys across brands, and a recommendation on expanding the CX survey.

The Value

At a 40% discount versus traditional consulting firms, the company was able to quickly hire a highly-qualified expert while saving an estimated $6,000.

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Customer Loyalty Program Transformation

The Challenge

A national luxury retailer needed an experienced consultant to support a customer loyalty program transformation.

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The People

The expert had 15+ years of experience in global leadership of marketing and communications programs at Levi Strauss & Co., Visa, and BlackRock, with experience creating and managing loyalty programs.

The Work

The expert partnered with the shared services teams to design a loyalty program, plan the customer experience, and oversaw the execution of in-market tests of program elements.

The Result

The expert’s work resulted in a clear program design and implementation plan for the new loyalty program.

The Value

The value of a new loyalty program will pay off for years to come. Hiring an independent expert from Catalant at 40% savings versus traditional consulting saved the company an estimated $80,000 in the process.

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CPG Field Sales Strategy Refinement

The Challenge

The regional arm of a global CPG company needed an expert with knowledge of Canada’s CPG retail landscape to help refine a field sales strategy for the Canadian market.

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The People

The expert, a former director at PwC Strategy& in Toronto, had experience leading projects in CPG and retail, specializing in sales, channel distribution, and pricing.

The Work

The expert analyzed field sales performance and retailer behavior to identify opportunities, synthesized findings to create a field playbook, and developed detailed execution programs.

The Result

The expert delivered change management recommendations for field sales leaders, a deep dive on improvement opportunities, and a program roadmap.

The Value

At an estimated 40% savings versus traditional consulting, the client was able to save roughly $120,000.

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European D2C Launch PMO Leader

The Challenge

The VP of D2C of a Fortune 500 global FMCG needed a skilled PMO to manage a D2C launch in several European markets.

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The People

The London-based expert, a former global PMO lead at Unilever, had experience executing business transformation projects and programs, previously delivering cross functional systems and technology enabled operating models.

The Work

The expert defined and set up PMO governance, coordinated market analysis, and led operating model and implementation planning for each market in parallel.

The Result

With access to deep PMO leadership expertise, the client was able to deploy a new operating model with effective cross-functional collaboration.

The Value

The expert was able to provide continuous program management at an estimated savings of 30% — around $115,000 — when compared to traditional consulting.

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New Product Launch PMO

The Challenge

A Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company needed a consultant for PMO creation and maintenance for a new product launch.

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The People

The expert, a former senior program manager at Accenture, had previously established and led a PMO during a new product launch at a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company.

The Work

The expert developed a project workplan and governance, assessed current processes to create goals, and designed the PMO with feedback from all stakeholders.

The Result

Having designed and launched the PMO, the expert provided ongoing PMO support to the team, managing stakeholders, ensuring deliverable completion, and reporting progress to leadership.

The Value

The client was able to quickly stand up a PMO in 6 weeks. At a 30% discount versus traditional consulting firms, the company was able to hire a highly-qualified PMO leader through Catalant’s Expert Marketplace while saving an estimated $65,000.

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Supply Chain Transformation PMO

The Challenge

A Fortune 500 global FMCG company needed a PMO to manage a supply chain finance transformation with a focus on governance and controls.

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The People

The expert had more than 10 years’ project management experience and expertise in finance controls and governance at Citi and KPMG. The expert previously also had been engaged as a PMO expert for a large beverage company.

The Work

The expert managed the supply chain finance transformation process, dependencies, schedules, and milestones according to expected timelines.

The Result

With finance-specific PMO expertise, the client was able to maintain its cost control environment and close remaining gaps in transformation execution.

The Value

The expert was able to support the transformation at an estimated savings of 30% — around $20,000 — when compared to traditional consulting.

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New Product Technology Analysis

The Challenge

A Fortune 500 global FMCG company needed a skilled consultant to assess new technologies to support the development of a new product.

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The People

The expert had 10+ years of experience in growth strategy, new product launches, and innovation spanning several industries, with prior work in internal consulting at US Foods.

The Work

The expert identified gaps in the team’s current understanding, researched ingredient and manufacturing trends, and conducted SME interviews to validate research.

The Result

The expert quickly delivered analysis and recommended next steps on potential technologies to create the new food product.

The Value

The expert delivered technology recommendations in just a few months, and at an average savings of 40% — around $100,000 — versus traditional consulting.

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Change Management & Experience Design for HR Services Optimization

Business Unit: HR Operations

Client: Julie-Ann Leblanc

HR Operations Experience Design team brought on several change management and communications consultants to support various phases of the HR Service Delivery Optimization initiative over 18 months. Through Expertise On Demand, the client was able to quickly access user experience, change management, and process improvement expertise as the project moved forward.

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Military Vaccine Strategy: Global Assessment & Recommendations

Business Unit: PBG / Vaccines

Client: Flavio Frei

Vaccines global commercial franchise developing strategy had limited visibility into military market and requested an assessment on global military & policy landscape. The team engaged a former Deloitte consultant with a background working as a national security analyst for the Middle East and direct experience working with Army RFPs.

Project scope included competitive landscape analysis, narrowing of markets & assessment of business environments, and strategic recommendations that helped shape the franchise strategy.

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U.S. Oncology – Biosimilars Brand / Launch Manager

Business Unit: PBG / Oncology

Client: Monika Smith

At the U.S. biosimilars portfolio team prepared for two upcoming launches (new indication and new formulation) over six months in 2021, the team needed additional bandiwdth to meet the timelines for the launches. The team quickly engaged aan experienced pharma consultant who directly supported the portfolio director with strategic planning, tactical pull-through, agency/vendor oversight and management, ad hoc strategic support for the portfolio.

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Hospital Marketing Product Launch

Business Unit: PBG / HBU

Client: Duke Doshi

Two consultants with prior SCIg launch experience supported the U.S. Cutaquig team with go-to-market strategy development and launch activities

Scope included GTM strategy development, creation of brand strategic plan and tactics promotional material creation/review, market research assessment, KOL & advocacy group engagement; consultants provided guidance on product portfolio and lifecycle management as needed

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PMO Set-up and Maintenance

Business Unit: PBG / Rare Disease

Client: David Norris

With multiple upcoming gene therapy launches, the Rare Disease New Product Planning team needed a consultant to help further develop a detailed launch plan and establish a PMO for gene therapy launches. The team engaged a consultant who had supported another project at Pfizer and was able to quickly ramp within RD.

The consultant created a standardized launch platform to be used for multiple therapies in the portfolio, operationalized the launch plan with detailed execution steps, and provided ongoing PMO support.

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Promotional Sensitivity Analysis

Business Unit: PBG / Oncology

Client: Kathleen Keenoy

U.S. Oncology brand team was looking for a consultant to conduct a promotional sensitivity analysis to help inform the appropriate level of investment/promotion in 2021.
Scope included developing approaches to evaluate how the current promotional activities align with strategic priorities and identifying drivers of new prescription vs volume growth vs share growth

A small firm of former ZS consultants created a master database at HCP level with promotions over time; deliverables included profiling HCPs based on promotional activities and evaluation of the impact of various promotional activities on sales and share

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Market Development Framework Refresh

Business Unit: PBG / Vaccines

Client: Tony Sarraino

Commercial development team was revisiting the strategic framework developed by BCG that had guided the thinking over the past few years. The team was looking for a consultant to revise the strategy, review strategic initiatives that were underway, and consider new initiatives for the next 3-5 years.

The team engaged a former BCG consultant with direct experience working with large amounts of market data/knowledge to create strategies based on customized frameworks.

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Real World Evidence Oncology Org – Transformation and Growth

Business Unit: P&HI / Real World Evidence

Client: Lauren Becnel

The Real World Evidence Oncology team was undergoing an organization-wide effort to adapt to rapidly evolving RWE environment and needed a strategic project manager to engage with a cross-functional group of internal stakeholders. Through Expertise On Demand, the team brought on pharmaceutical strategy consultant to organize the newly formed committee and drive towards an aligned RWD strategy. The consultant created project charter, governance team & process, strategy development, communications and reporting, and evaluated ~25 external companies as potential partners, leading to one equity investment and several multi-year development partnerships.

Over the next 24 months, the Global RWE lead engaged two program/alliance managers to oversee various strategic projects as the group scales. This included assessing potential partnerships, new data and tool rollouts, process design, and partnership governance support. The team also engaged a Business Analyst to support the Program Managers, business partners, and internal committees, as well as a Technical Trainer to work with the technical partners, understand data and tools provided to deliver training to Pfizer colleagues

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Scrum Master to Help Organize New Business Lines

The Challenge

A team within AB InBev focused on expanding growth of new products in North America was looking to work in an agile way. They were seeking 1-2 additional scrum masters to own the agile scrum framework as a methodology for helping teams deliver products, taking ownership of scrum routines that are foundational to agile delivery and how work is delivered.

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The People

The expert was a founder of a boutique management and technology consultancy focused on data science, digital transformations, and agile delivery leadership. Prior to starting his own consultancy, the expert was a management consultant and analyst at an IT consultancy in its practice that focused on delivery leadership, organizational effectiveness and change management. The expert also had a MS in Data Science from Northwestern University.

The Work

The expert supported and promoted agile and scrum as the team’s way of working by guiding and training teams in scrum theory, practices, rules, and values. He supported Scrum Owners by ensuring that scrum teams understood the goals, scope, and products required, in addition to helping the team understand and manage the product backlog to maximize value and removing impediments to the scrum team’s progress.

The Result

The scrum master was able to help the teams build a work environment where work execution and velocity became visible to all stakeholders, utilizing visual workplace techniques and tools. He was able to work with the team until they were self-sufficient, completing the goals of the project within 277 days instead of 344 days.

The Value

By using the Catalant Expert Marketplace, AB InBev was able to avoid the expense of a typical project management consulting engagement, saving approximately $57,000 or roughly 40% of the typical cost. They also were to avoid the cost of an additional scrum master.

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Change Management

The Challenge

AB InBev was looking for an expert to support the build and execution of a change management framework for its corporate venture capital arm. The work called for detailing the stakeholders, risk factors, and timeline of the work, in addition to project management that required anticipating the needs of various stakeholders and proactively scheduling meetings to meet aggressive deadlines.

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The People

The expert was a former Accenture Managing Director and McKinsey principal with an MBA from Harvard Business School. After Accenture, she founded a boutique consultancy that provides strategic guidance and coaching to executives on talent and culture change in their organizations.

The Work

The expert helped the team think through issues during two brainstorming sessions, and also created a change management plan document, which included multiple timelines, a communications plan outline for key stakeholders, messages and channels, potential risks and mitigations, and critical path next steps. She also reviewed and provided input on an organizational design plan.

The Result

AB InBev’s corporate venture capital arm was able to use the advice, guidance, and hands-on execution to help it drive an important transformation, taking only 34 days, when the original project was originally estimated to take six to eight weeks.

The Value

By using the Catalant Expert Marketplace, AB InBev was able to avoid expense on a traditional team-based consulting engagement, saving nearly $47,000 or approximately 70% of the typical cost. 

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Product Strategy Development

The Challenge

The company was looking for support in building business cases and testing for new health care products and solutions.

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The People

The expert, Managing Director at Positive Pathways Consulting, had experience in strategic, organizational, and marketing consulting with expertise in healthcare, consumer products, and retail.

The Work

The expert analyzed strategic growth opportunities, particularly B2B partnerships, assessed market trends and customer dynamics, modeled investments and operations, and designed tests to further understand the opportunities.

The Result

The client was able to use the opportunity assessments and testing approaches to inform their partnership portfolio strategy.

The Value

By using the Catalant Expert Marketplace, the client was able to avoid bandwidth constraints and connect quickly with experienced external talent at 40% savings ($20K).

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Pricing Transformation Strategy

The Challenge

The company was looking for several consultants to provide research and analysis of retail pharmacy pricing opportunities and challenges.

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The People

The company selected 3 independent consultants:

  • a healthcare industry expert with 20+ years of experience with expertise in new product planning, pricing, and strategic marketing
  • a generalist consultant and CPA, with experience as a case team leader at Bain & Co.
  • a health management consultant with expertise in health care operations, revenue and reimbursement, and commercialization

The Work

The experts researched market dynamics and emerging trends in retail pharmaceuticals, conducted competitive analysis with a review of strategies and tactics among key players, and assessed how the client was responding and performing relative to the market.

The Result

The client was able to use the research and analysis to transform their product pricing and inform ongoing retail pharmacy business strategy.

The Value

By using the Catalant Expert Marketplace, the client was able to build a tailored team of experts to fill their specific capability needs without the overhead of a traditional consulting firm.

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Cloud Market Research

The Challenge

The company was looking for an outside firm to help them understand how enterprises make the decision to move from public to private clouds.

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The People

The expert, a consultant at Morgan Hill Partners, had 15+ years in executive positions at multi-billion dollar technology providers, with experience in big data & analytics and cloud & systems architecture.

The Work

The expert conducted interviews with internal and external influencers and decision makers and synthesized findings into case studies including criteria used in transitioning clouds for workloads of interest.

The Result

The client was able to use the case studies to understand the business models, complications, and investments that underpin the decision to move clouds in-house.

The Value

By using the Catalant Expert Marketplace, the client was able to connect quickly with experienced external talent at 40% savings ($100K).

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New Business Lines Strategy

The Challenge

The company was looking for an experienced strategy consultant to evaluate several dozen third party tools with leading positions in data center infrastructure management to understand capabilities, strengths, and challenges.

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The People

The expert, a transformation consultant at Luminous Consulting, ran an incubator at a Fortune 50 company and launched several businesses, with experience in financial models and market and competitive analysis.

The Work

The expert generated research questions, conducted primary and secondary research, and interviewed people at target organizations to develop key themes and provide strategic comparisons.

The Result

The client was able to use the analysis to size opportunities to expand into complementary lines of business and develop an expansion strategy.

The Value

By using the Catalant Expert Marketplace, the client was able to avoid bandwidth constraints and connect quickly with experienced external talent at 40% savings ($35K).

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Retail Partnership Landscape and Roadmap

The Challenge

The company was looking for support in creating an actionable roadmap for potential partnerships in home delivery.

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The People

The expert, a Managing Partner and consultant at Wade Strategy, had 15+ years experience in strategy, marketing, and operations.

The Work

The expert created a decision matrix for partnership selection with build/buy/partner criteria and prioritized target categories and target companies for potential opportunities.

The Result

The client was able to use the decision matrix and researched targets to determine partnership roadmap for upcoming two years.

The Value

By using the Catalant Expert Marketplace, the client was able to connect quickly with experienced external talent to cover a capability gap.

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New Product Marketing Activation Consultant

The Challenge

The company was looking for support in managing marketing activation activities during the initial product launches and pilots for a new eCommerce service.

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The People

The expert, a brand marketing consultant, had 15+ years of experience with consumer brand strategy, field marketing, and marketing activation with brands including Red Bull.

The Work

The expert planned and tested field marketing activities including guerrilla, experiential, community, and brand ambassador activations.

The Result

The client was able to test and determine the effect of various field marketing campaigns in support of the new service.

The Value

By using the Catalant Expert Marketplace, the client was able to connect quickly with experienced external talent at 40% savings ($87K).

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Product Portfolio Team Data Analyst

The Challenge

The Consumer Health team was looking for support in data reporting, automation, & analytics to drive the portfolio decision making process.

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The People

The expert, a data consultant and founder of the data science consultancy Simplifico, had experience in designing and implementing data management solutions, reporting, and visualization.

The Work

The expert conducted data quality and integrity exercises, data analytics and visualization, and examined automation potential throughout data processes and reporting.

The Result

The client was able to use accurate, up-to-date data, visualizations, and analysis to make decisions about portfolio resource allocation.

The Value

By using the Catalant Expert Marketplace, the client was able to connect quickly with experienced external talent at 40% savings ($37K).

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Innovation Product Portfolio Consultant

The Challenge

The International Region VP of Innovation was looking for support in managing the product portfolio for the region and implementing best practices for portfolio management.

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The People

The expert, Founder and President of Cogent Healthcare, had 20+ years of experience in business strategy consulting serving pharma and biotech companies.

The Work

The expert joined the portfolio management team, reviewing innovation investments and making recommendations regarding prioritization and funding.

The Result

The client was able to prioritize projects across the region portfolio in concert with enterprise, allocate resources and spend to projects, and prepare for regular review period.

The Value

By using the Catalant Expert Marketplace, the client was able to connect quickly with high caliber, external talent at 30% savings ($50K).

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Marketing ecosystem process mapping

The Challenge

The marketing organization was looking for an experienced marketing consultant to map the current state and design the future state of an end-to-end marketing operations ecosystem.

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The People
The expert, CEO & Lead Consultant at Chinatown Bureau, had 20 years experience driving growth through innovation and digital at firms like Hudson Rouge and Informa.

The Work

The expert produced competitive analysis, spend and transaction analysis, internal capability assessment, future E2E ecosystem model, agency models and developed KPI and measurement plan.

The Result

The client was able to build a comprehensive end-to-end marketing operations ecosystem that enabled digital content creation, production, deployment and optimization at scale.

The Value

The client would have originally spent $70K on a similar project from an incumbent firm provider. By using the Catalant Expert Marketplace, the client was able to connect quickly with top tier, flexible talent at 65% savings ($24K).

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The marketing organization was looking for an experienced agile marketing coach to train marketing directors to use AB testing, agile principles, and campaign orchestration.

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The People

The expert, a managing director of The Portfolio Team, had several years of agile consulting experience with Emergn and LeadingAgile.

The Work

The expert interviewed BU leaders, mapped value flows, created an agile operating model for BU agile leads, and led weekly workshops to instill agile principles.

The Result

The client’s marketing directors were enabled to develop innovative, omni-channel tactics to execute brand strategy, translate customer journeys into experiences, and incorporate customer insights and analytics into marketing programs.

The Value

By using the Catalant Expert Marketplace, the client was able to connect quickly with highly experienced external talent at 40% savings ($120K).

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A Fortune 100 Consumer Goods Company needed an expert to develop employee engagement branding support for communication of a new initiative.

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A Fortune 100 Consumer Goods Company needed an expert to develop employee engagement branding support for communication of a new initiative.

The Work

A Fortune 100 Consumer Goods Company needed an expert to develop employee engagement branding support for communication of a new initiative.

The Result

A Fortune 100 Consumer Goods Company needed an expert to develop employee engagement branding support for communication of a new initiative.

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A Fortune 100 Consumer Goods Company needed an expert to develop employee engagement branding support for communication of a new initiative.

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