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Case study

Negotiation training that renewed every supplier contract

A large FMCG company in Ho Chi Minh City faced a backlog of contract renewals with real money on the line. We trained their account managers to negotiate it through, and they renewed every one.

100%of overdue supplier contracts renewed after the program
At a glance

A leading FMCG company

Fast-moving consumer goods, based in Ho Chi Minh City. More than 5,000 employees, with around 80% of sales coming through B2B. Client name withheld.

Negotiation skillsManagement coachingTrain the trainerCustom role-playsB2B sales
The challenge

A backlog of overdue contracts

Around 30% of the company's suppliers came up for contract renewal across 2020 and 2021, all at once. The renewals stacked up, and the uncertainty was starting to cost real money.

Account managers needed to sit down with more than 2,000 suppliers and renegotiate terms, under pressure and against the clock. Many had never handled negotiations at that scale before.

So we started where we always do. We listened to the real situation first, then built the training around the exact conversations these managers were about to have.

What we did

Train the team, then the trainers

A negotiation program built for their real supplier talks, plus a course to make the skill stick inside the company after we left.

3-day negotiation training

Beginner and advanced courses for 84 account managers, built around customised role-plays and a working negotiation plan for each participant.

Built for real suppliers

We designed the training to empower account managers to engage with the 2,000+ suppliers they actually deal with, not generic scenarios off a shelf.

2-day train the trainer

A course for 11 senior managers and directors, so the negotiation skill could keep spreading through the company long after the program ended.

The result

Every contract renewed

The team cleared the backlog completely. Managers came away not just renewing contracts, but improving supplier conditions, hitting revenue targets, and winning better marketing allowances.

100%Contracts renewedEvery overdue supplier contract closed.
84Managers trainedAcross beginner and advanced courses.
“We have appreciated your professionalism and your great passion on what you are doing!”
Company CEO · FMCG company, Ho Chi Minh City
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