Case study
Pricing and CRM Reporting at Quick Countertop
Sales Manager, Quick Countertop & Cabinets, Gaithersburg, MD. August 2023 to June 2026.
I rebuilt the pricing formula from real cost data, built the calculator reps priced with, and built the monthly sales dashboard and KPI reporting from Pipedrive CRM and accounting data.
- close rate, from leads, discovery, and proposals combined
- mid-60s to high 70s
Problem
Every quote started from a years-old pricing formula that had not been rebuilt from current labor, utility, and overhead data.
The web lead pipeline also carried spam and unqualified traffic.
Data used
- Pipedrive CRM: lead source, qualification, customer segment, deal duration, and deal outcomes.
- Accounting data: revenue by product line, read against monthly targets.
- Actual labor, utility, and overhead costs, for the cost of fabrication.
- Waste rates measured on house-color slabs.
- Sales and profit data by rep, for the commission structure.
Analysis
- Analyzed actual labor, utility, and overhead costs to rebuild the fabrication cost behind the pricing model.
- Measured waste rates on house-color slabs to derive true cost and profit per square foot.
- Built the monthly sales dashboard and KPI reporting: lead source and qualification funnel, conversion by customer segment, deal duration, and revenue by product line against monthly targets.
- Designed a tiered commission structure from sales and profit data by rep, and validated each tier against real past months.
Decision
- Rebuilt the pricing model to reflect fabrication cost and margin.
- Built the interactive pricing calculator reps used to evaluate quote pricing.
- Worked with marketing to filter spam and unqualified traffic out of the web lead pipeline.
- Documented the commission structure in English and Portuguese.
Outcome
Close rate rose from the mid-60s in late 2024 to the high 70s in early 2026. That came from three changes working together: a lead pipeline with the spam and unqualified traffic filtered out, better client discovery, and proposals tailored with the pricing calculator. It was not the result of any one change.
Tools
- Excel for the cost model and the pricing calculator.
- Tableau and PowerPoint for the monthly sales dashboard and KPI reporting.
- Pipedrive CRM, the source for the funnel, segment, and deal-duration reporting.
- Accounting data, for revenue by product line and the cost side of the pricing model.