Business development,
sales & AI

We help businesses improve sales processes, get their CRM in order and automate everyday work.

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Tell us what you’d like to improve and see how our team can help.

What SKALA delivers

Three areas. One connected approach

Choose a focused project or connect all three.

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Business development

Choose which markets, sales channels and partnerships to focus on.

  • Growth roadmap
  • Customer & partner profiles
  • Commercial action plan
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When it helps

You are entering a market, building a partner channel or deciding which growth opportunities deserve attention.

What the work includes

  • Assess the market, customer segments and current proposition.
  • Prioritise routes to market and potential partnerships.
  • Define commercial actions, owners and measures of progress.
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Sales & operations

Put missed follow-ups, unclear pipelines and CRM clutter in order.

  • Clear pipeline stages
  • Reliable CRM data & workflows
  • Useful reporting & team routines
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When it helps

Leads slip through the cracks, the CRM does not reflect how the team works, or handovers rely on individual memory.

What the work includes

  • Review your existing CRM, customer journey and handover points.
  • Clean up CRM fields and data, clarify ownership and improve workflows and reporting.
  • Document the process and help the team adopt it.
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AI & automation

Reduce repetitive admin and make scattered information easier to use.

  • Tested AI pilot or workflow
  • Connected business tools
  • Documentation & handover
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When it helps

Repetitive tasks consume time, information is scattered, or you need to understand where AI can be useful.

What the work includes

  • Identify suitable workflows and assess the data and tools they need.
  • Build and test a focused automation or AI assistant.
  • Connect it to the existing workflow and prepare the team to use it.
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Inside the work

What a CRM review
can look like

Find the gaps, agree the fixes and give each action an owner.

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CRM review / action planSample excerpt

Leads without a next step

Require a next action and due date for active opportunities.

Owner: Sales manager

Duplicate customer records

Agree matching rules and review duplicates before merging.

Owner: CRM specialist

Unclear pipeline stages

Define entry and exit criteria for each stage with the sales team.

Owner: Sales lead + CRM specialist

The team behind the work

The right expertise
Built around your project

SKALA brings together commercial, sales and technology expertise. Each project has a dedicated lead and specialists selected for the work.

Strategy & project leadership

Clear priorities, coordinated delivery and accountability for your business goals.

Sales leadership

Pipeline management, sales coaching and performance routines that support your team.

CRM & automation

Connected systems and workflows, with support to make them part of everyday work.

Development & AI

Integrations, custom tools and AI assistants built around your processes.

Stan Kalachev, founder of SKALA Consulting
Stan KalachevFounder, SKALA Consulting

Meet the founder

Business results come before technology

My experience spans telecoms, retail, logistics, real estate and IT, both leading company operations as an employee and building my own business. There have been successes and failures along the way. They have taught me to look at processes as someone accountable for people, costs and results.

That is why I start with the business challenge, not with a CRM platform or an AI tool. What is holding sales back? Where are time and money being lost? What needs to change for the company to work better? Technology should help solve these problems, not become an end in itself.

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Let’s talk

Let’s discuss your business challenge

Tell us what you’d like to improve. We’ll get in touch to clarify the details and arrange a convenient time to talk.