Sales Operating System

Are you still working in your business or finally on it?

Blue Kanvas builds sales operating systems for B2B companies, so pipeline, deals and growth no longer depend on the founder.

From structure and forecasting to account growth and onboarding: we help you build a sales organisation that works predictably and can run on its own.

€11M+
Total revenue delivered
10+
Engagements completed
180-360
Days to implement
Recognisable?

Does this sound familiar?

  • The owner is still in every important deal
  • Pipeline is not predictable enough
  • CRM is not used consistently
  • Forecasting remains guesswork
  • Account growth depends on individual people
  • Every salesperson works differently

Your problem is not software. It is execution.

You can add ten more tools. Without process, steering and rhythm nothing changes.

The product

Blue Kanvas Sales Operating System

From founder-led sales to a predictable commercial organisation you can hand over.

Process

  • Sales process
  • Pipeline
  • CRM
  • Qualification
  • Forecasting

People

  • Roles
  • Hiring
  • Onboarding
  • Coaching
  • Performance

Performance

  • KPIs
  • Conversion
  • Pipeline coverage
  • Deal velocity
  • Account growth

Management

  • Cadence
  • Forecast reviews
  • Deal reviews
  • Dashboards
  • Accountability
AI workflow automation

From scattered input to completed work

The Sales Operating System does not run on good intentions but on executed workflows. Input comes in, gets structured, is processed automatically, approved by a human and lands in your systems.

  1. 1

    Business inputs

    We record what is relevant and currently remains stuck in heads, inboxes, and notes.

    • Meetings
    • Voice notes
    • Emails
    • Documents
  2. 2

    Workflow Audit

    Sales and workflow assessment: what stays, what goes, what can be automated.

  3. 3

    AI workflow automation

    We build a concept by automating, structuring, routing, and enriching work using AI.

  4. 4

    Human approval is crucial

    Review, validate and stay in control. No black box.

  5. 5

    Systems and outcomes

    CRM, ATS, follow-up, tasks, Calendar, reporting and collaboration. Save 140,000 euros instead of spending it on an expensive migration to cheaper licenses (with similar functionality).

Results and data from your systems feed the next cycle back into the workflow.

  • Less manual work
  • Better follow-up
  • AI with governance
Approach

Diagnose → Build → Operate → Transfer

Four phases. From diagnosis to a commercial system that can be taken over internally.

  1. 01 — Diagnose0–30 days

    Diagnose

    Understand where commercial growth is being held back.

    • Founder dependency
    • ICP & segmentation
    • Sales process
    • Pipeline
    • Conversion
    • Deal velocity
    • Sales capacity
    • Forecasting
    • Account growth
    • Commercial KPIs
    • Revenue economics
    Output
    • Sales blueprint
    • Priorities
    • KPI framework
    • Pipeline model
    • Revenue roadmap
    • Concrete improvement actions
    In place after this phase
    • Pipeline visible
    • Bottlenecks identified
    • KPIs defined
    • Priorities set
  2. 02 — Build30–90 days

    Build

    Actually build and implement the commercial operating system.

    • CRM structure
    • Sales stages
    • Qualification
    • Lead & opportunity management
    • Account planning
    • Follow-up
    • Proposal & closing
    • Forecasting
    • Dashboards
    • Sales cadence
    • Management reporting
    In place after this phase
    • Sales process set up
    • CRM/pipeline structured
    • Forecasting active
    • Management cadence running

    Target: the commercial foundation is in place within 90 days.

  3. 03 — Operate90–180+ days

    Operate

    Blue Kanvas temporarily runs alongside you as fractional sales operator.

    • Pipeline reviews
    • Forecast meetings
    • Deal reviews
    • Account reviews
    • Coaching
    • Sales KPI management
    • Sales meetings
    • CRM discipline
    • Partner performance
    • Management reporting
    • Commercial prioritisation
    In place after this phase
    • Pipeline reviews running
    • Deal coaching in place
    • Account management active
    • KPI steering and team discipline

    No report from the sidelines. We run inside the commercial operation.

  4. 04 — Transfer180–360 days

    Transfer

    Let the commercial organisation operate on its own.

    • Sales playbook
    • SOPs
    • Dashboards
    • Management cadence
    • Onboarding
    • 30/60/90-day ramp plan
    • Hiring profile
    • Interview scorecard
    • Performance scorecards
    • Compensation framework
    • Forecast methodology
    • Account management templates
    In place after this phase
    • Playbooks and onboarding
    • Management routines
    • Internal ownership
    • Transferable organisation

    The end goal is not long-term dependency, but a system that is taken over internally.

Services

Start where your organisation needs it.

Four components. Choose 1 or more. No mandatory package.

1–2 weeks

Sales Scan

Diagnosis of the current commercial system.

  • Bottlenecks
  • KPI baseline
  • Priorities
  • Revenue roadmap
  • Advice on next steps
Start with a Sales Scan
±90 days

Sales System Build

Design and implement the foundation.

  • CRM / pipeline
  • Sales process
  • KPIs
  • Forecasting
  • Sales cadence
  • Dashboards
  • Playbooks
Start here
3–9 months

Fractional Sales Operations

Make the system actually work — with a hands-on commercial role.

  • Pipeline
  • Forecast
  • Deals
  • Account growth
  • Team performance
  • Management discipline
Start here
Completion

Sales Team Transfer

Let the organisation run independently.

  • Internal embedding
  • Training
  • Process documentation
  • Management routines
  • Onboarding
  • Handover to sales manager / management
Start here
People & Enablement

A good sales process only works if the right people know how to use it.

Blue Kanvas defines the commercial profile you need, structures the selection process, designs onboarding and manages performance. Recruitment itself can be handled by specialised partners.

Intake

  • Hiring profiles
  • Interview scorecards
  • Structured selection process

Ramp-up

  • Sales onboarding
  • 30/60/90-day ramp plans
  • Sales playbooks
  • Training

Performance

  • Deal coaching
  • Performance scorecards
  • Incentive and compensation structure
  • Management routines
Cases

From problem to system and result.

Each case is linked to the part of the Sales Operating System that was changed. Only previously delivered figures.

From fragmented pipeline to predictable forecast

Problem
Deals were mainly managed by individual salespeople.
Intervention
Sales stages, qualification criteria, dashboards and forecast cadence implemented.
Operating System
Process + Performance + Management
Result
From 5 to 30 actively paying customers and €1.8M ARR growth in 18 months.

From loose partner channel to steered partner revenue

Problem
The partner channel existed but produced no predictable pipeline.
Intervention
Partner segmentation, enablement track, scorecards and quarterly reviews set up.
Operating System
Process + People + Management
Result
+27% revenue growth in 1 year and 40 active partners with ARR of $100K to $2M.

From order chaos to alignment between sales and production

Problem
Sales and the shop floor worked past each other; orders went wrong.
Intervention
Order flow, handover moment and follow-up standardised and steered.
Operating System
Process + Management
Result
99.2% delivery reliability across 129 projects and 50% fewer customer complaints.
Portrait of Will de Hoon, founder of Blue Kanvas
Will de Hoon
FOUNDER BLUE KANVAS

I build and run commercial systems for directors, owners and investors who want to systematize with a view to an exit or further 

Don't think that “A cheaper CRM saves license costs. Smarter workflows save work. Why migrate €140,000+ when you can use that same budget to make your company structurally more efficient?”

- Will de Hoon

References

What clients say.

Will created our new product platform approach, developed our new website and built our sales material. This helped our company become more marketing-oriented and more scalable in our sales efforts.
H. M.Group CEO — ScanmarQED
Will has a target driven mindset combined with the right attitude to learn which makes him an asset to any sales team. He helped us to structure our sales process and acted as a first contact for our App customers.
R. B.COO — Plat4mation
Will is a real professional in the area of Sales and Marketing. Within Centric he implemented successfully a full blown approach for online lead generation, including online campaigns and lead tracking.
H. B.Director HR/Payroll — Centric
Positioning

Not a classic sales consultancy.

What Blue Kanvas does and does not do.

Not

  • Advice only
  • Lead generation only
  • External sales outsourcing
  • A report that still has to be executed internally
  • A temporary salesperson without a system

Yes

  • Fractional commercial execution
  • Building the Sales Operating System
  • Structuring pipeline and forecast
  • Developing team and management rhythm
  • Steering implementation
  • Measuring results
  • Handing over internally in the end

Blue Kanvas does not only build revenue. We build the commercial infrastructure that makes output and outcome controllable.

Find out where your sales organisation leaks.

Less founder dependency. More commercial predictability. A sales organisation that can eventually run on its own.

Find your pipeline bottlenecks

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