E-Commerce Founder in Saudi Arabia — Scale Advisory
Engagement Overview
A Saudi online retailer had demand but no structure. Orders were growing, margins were not, and the founder was personally unblocking operations every single day. Over twelve months we separated the growth problem from the operations problem and fixed them in the right order.
The Challenge
- Revenue growing while margin per order kept shrinking
- Fulfilment and customer service run reactively, with no owner
- Paid acquisition treated as the only growth channel
- No repeat-purchase strategy in a category built on repeat buyers
- Founder acting as the operations manager, buyer, and marketer at once
What We Did
- Unit economics rebuilt per SKU so unprofitable growth stopped being celebrated
- Operations documented and handed to an accountable owner
- Retention system: post-purchase flows, WhatsApp follow-up, and win-back campaigns
- Channel mix widened beyond paid ads into owned audience and partnerships
- Weekly scorecard the founder reviews instead of managing by inbox
The Impact
The Takeaway
Growth was never the bottleneck. Profitability and delegation were. Fixing operations first is what made the growth worth having.
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