Cosmetics · CRM
CRM for cosmetics distributors
Today
A customer asks whether the product you supply meets their market's labelling requirement, and the answer depends on who picks up the phone.
Generic CRM logs calls and opportunities. It doesn't know that this customer requires a specific certification, that another has a private label agreement, or that a third is still waiting on a document you promised last month.
With Worldover
Worldover CRM connects customer accounts to their specific product requirements, open document and sample requests, and the supplier record behind what you sell them.
Every customer conversation starts from what they actually need and what you can actually supply, not from memory.
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The problem
Why generic CRM failscosmetics distributor teams.
Requirements live in someone's head
The fact that a customer needs vegan certification or a particular origin statement is known by one salesperson, not by the account.
Sample requests aren't tracked to outcome
A sample goes out, and nobody records whether it converted, was rejected, or is still sitting on a formulator's bench.
Document requests duplicate supplier chasing
Every time a customer asks for an SDS or certificate, someone re-requests it from the supplier instead of checking what is already on file.
A working day
A private label enquiry
A customer asks to sell one of your distributed products under their own brand name.
Today: sales checks whether that's contractually possible by asking around, and checks documentation separately.
In Worldover: the account record shows the supplier agreement terms, existing private label arrangements and the current specification.
The private label request is logged against the product, with the labelling and document implications visible immediately.
The response goes back the same day, with the correct documents attached.
How it runs
How CRM worksinside Worldover.
01
Requirements sit on the account
Origin, certification, market and labelling requirements per customer are structured fields, checked automatically against products.
02
Samples are tracked to a decision
Every sample records the product, lot, cost and outcome, so patterns in conversion and rejection are visible.
03
Document requests reuse the record
SDS, specifications and certificates are answered from the current file rather than re-chased from the supplier.
04
Private label and technical requests are logged
Contractual scope, labelling constraints and product fit are checked before a commitment is made.
What's in it
The detail behindCRM.
Quote Management
Central costing matrix with detailed breakdowns and quote management per product.
Central costing matrix
A flexible costing matrix holding categories such as equipment, administration, shipping and labour.
Detailed costing breakdown
Each category breaks into line items, each with fixed and variable costs.
Costing modules
Cost against packaging ratios, vessel sizes and other real production variables.
Quote management
Manage every quote associated with a product.
Customer Portals
Share your catalogue, data and documents with customers under permission control.
Permissioned sharing
Share data and documentation with customers through a portal, with permission control over exactly what is shared.
Product catalogue
Publish a live catalogue of the products you sell, drawn from the same records as your stock and documentation, so pricing, pack sizes, grades and availability are never out of date.
Catalogue search and filtering
Customers search and filter your catalogue by product name, INCI or CAS number, function, origin, certification or grade, and open the linked SDS, CoA and specification from the listing.
Catalogue visibility control
Decide which customers or customer groups see which products, prices and documents, so distribution agreements and territory restrictions are respected automatically.
Sample and quote requests
Customers request samples, pricing or quantities straight from a catalogue listing, and the request lands against the product and account record rather than in an inbox.
Product brochures and dossiers
Generate branded product brochures and dossiers straight from the product record, pulling current specifications, certifications, origin statements and SDSs into a single shareable document.
CRM
Contacts, accounts, pipeline and activity tracking linked to platform data.
Contact management
Centralised contact and account records linked to orders, products and documents.
Account and company management
Company records with subsidiary structures, key stakeholders and account history.
Deal and opportunity pipeline
Configurable pipeline with stage management, probability and deal value reporting.
Activity tracking
Emails, calls, meetings and tasks logged against contacts and accounts.
Task management
Tasks linked to contacts, accounts and deals.
Platform data integration
CRM accounts link to products, formulations, orders and regulatory records, giving one commercial and operational view.
The difference
Why the substance recordmakes the difference.
You're the interface between a supplier's substance and a customer's requirement. When the account record carries both sides, the CRM answers the question instead of routing it to whoever remembers the details.
Better together
What changes when CRMshares a record with the rest of your setup.
CRM + ERP
Sample and order history draw on the same stock and lot record, so promises match what can actually ship.
Explore ERPCRM + Regulatory
Document requests are answered from the current SDS and specification, not a cached copy.
Explore RegulatoryCRM + PLM
Product specifications and supplier documentation referenced in customer conversations are always current.
Explore PLMWillow
What teams actually askonce the record is in one place.
- Which customers require a specific certification we need to check before quoting this product?
- Which samples sent in the last quarter have no recorded outcome?
- What private label arrangements exist for this product, and what do the supplier terms allow?
Willow doesn't replace expert judgment. It removes the searching, re-keying and chasing between the systems that hold your answers.
Request a demo
We'll walk through your current workflow, then show the same workflow running on one record.
Research
Compared with the alternatives
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