Rebuilding a multi-market CRM from zero visibility to full pipeline control
B2B operations · Multi-market UAE team · Zoho CRM
The problem
The pipeline was a mess of manually updated spreadsheets, inconsistent lead stages, and duplicate contacts. Sales reps were spending 2–3 hours per day on admin instead of selling. Management had no visibility on where deals were stuck or which lead sources were actually converting. Forecast calls were guesswork.
What I did
- Led the full rebuild of the Zoho CRM pipeline — worked with the team to redefine lifecycle stages to match how they actually sold
- Created automated lead routing rules to assign inbound leads by territory in under 2 minutes
- Configured workflow triggers that auto-generated follow-up tasks, status updates, and internal notifications
- Built a custom KPI dashboard tracking CPL, conversion by source, pipeline velocity, and weekly forecast
- Documented the full system in an SOP and led team training with role-specific guides