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Interim B2B market leadership for Blackstone backed Chamberlain

Restructured the commercial marketing function, delivering 30%+ cost savings while building capabilities to scale SaaS growth.

Chamberlain Group

B2B marketing transformation for Chamberlain Group

Overview

Chamberlain Group, a global leader in intelligent access for both residential and commercial markets and a Blackstone portfolio company, combines innovative access control products with intuitive software solutions.


In 2023, Chamberlain sought to re-establish its marketing function, seen as critical to its ability to scale its SaaS and connected services business, and move deeper into commercial markets.


As an interim head of marketing for the B2B/commercial business, led:


• An assessment of the current state of marketing to fulfill the role of driving growth in expanded markets with new solutions—including the organizational model, budget and multi-year forecast, and technology infrastructure

• The development of an operating model and organizational structure that delivered cost savings of over 30% in year one

• A plan and delivery of enhanced resourcing in key areas that would deliver market share growth: channel program development, sales enablement, and focused, directed marketing

• Management and execution of a first ever go-to-market plan

• Recruitment of new leadership team

• Change management and communications plans

The Client

Chamberlain Group (Cgi)
Company
Chamberlain Group (Cgi)
Industry
Consumer Goods
Headquarters
united states
Employees
2001-5000

About Chamberlain Group (Cgi)

Chamberlain Group is a global leader in intelligent access solutions, manufacturing garage door openers, gate operators, and smart home connectivity systems under multiple brands including LiftMaster, Chamberlain, and myQ. With 50+ years of market presence and millions of daily users, the company is positioned as an innovation leader in connected home…

The Challenge

Chamberlain Group, a Blackstone portfolio company and global leader in intelligent access solutions, needed to re-establish its marketing function to scale its SaaS and connected services business and expand deeper into commercial markets. The existing marketing organization required assessment and transformation to drive growth in new markets with new solutions.

Our Approach

As interim head of marketing for the B2B/commercial business, Chameleon Collective conducted a comprehensive assessment of the current marketing state, including organizational model, budget, multi-year forecast, and technology infrastructure. We developed a new operating model and organizational structure, enhanced resourcing in critical areas like channel program development and sales enablement, managed execution of the first-ever go-to-market plan, recruited a new leadership team, and implemented change management and communications plans.

The Impact

The transformation delivered cost savings of over 30% in year one while simultaneously positioning the organization to drive market share growth through focused, directed marketing and enhanced capabilities in key strategic areas.

30%+

cost savings in year one

Featured Expert

The Chameleon who led this engagement.

Debbie Murphy

Marketing Operating Models

Debbie Murphy

Practice Areas

Market AnalysisBusiness Transformation

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