Jongeneel is a building and construction materials wholesaler who, despite being a household name, was losing market share. The performance among its branches was eerily inconsistent. How so? Some branches were under- and others overperforming. Jongeneel wanted to understand the reasons behind these divergent trends and motivate its employees to close this gap.

Switching hard hats for detective caps

To solve the mystery of over and underperformance, we analyzed each branch’s commercial data (including win-loss and client analyses, POS data, up-sell and cross-sell). However, the joint team soon realized the common denominator for success was the commercial discipline of the employees. A solution combining these findings was necessary.

Data-driven dialogue with a human focus

Four key commercial performance pillars (including customer growth and orders per client) were monitored on a dashboard. Each branch could customize these pillars. The new overview was combined with employees having a daily conversation to reflect on how business was going. This led to a positive feedback loop: the dashboard became a point of discussion in daily meetings, and employees’ feedback helped fine-tune the performance dashboard.

Regarding the commercial discipline of employees, regional and national ‘champions’ were coached. They then led by example, bringing about organizational change on a country-wide scale. A framework that allowed for friendly competition between the branches also motivated employees through gamification.