Sales Manager

Offering £35,000 – £40,000 Basic Salary plus Great OTE.

Our client is a global supplier of products, services and solutions to the retail industry. They have enjoyed significant growth and are currently recruiting a Sales Manager who will lead from the front, be responsible for driving and motivating an internal Telesales Account Management and Field Account Management team.

The Sales Manager will analyse monthly sales data across all accounts to assess and develop call plans for both Telesales Account Managers and Field Account Managers, moving accounts between both as needed. With strong analytical skills, the Sales Manager will be able to both create and interpret multiple data sources to best manage the team and the channel, looking at historical data trends against current run-rates to make recommendations for improvement across the sales division.

The successful candidate will provide clear direction to sales teams whilst coaching and developing individuals to develop their potential and increase their year-on-year account growth. They will understand how best to motivate and support teams, communicate targets and objectives clearly, identify areas of improvement whilst providing support, encouragement and educating teams on effective sales techniques, such as, objection handling, cross selling and upselling. The Sales Manager will be an experienced Sales Leader, able to be hands-on, directly managing and developing an account base of new and existing key customers, promoting the full range of products and solutions to our client’s customers.

Sales Manager – Skills & Experience

• Ideally, an experienced Sales Manager with a proven track record gained developing high performing sales teams.
• Have strong analytical skills, able to analyse and interpret monthly sales data.
• Have proven sales leadership skills, including coaching, training and monitoring sales performance.
• Be hands-on and lead by example, being a point of escalation and managing a portfolio of key accounts, with strong communication and relationship management skills.

The Sales Manager position is offering £35,000 – £40,000 Basic Salary plus Great OTE and additional benefits for the successful candidate. This is a full-time, permanent position working Monday – Thursday 8.30am until 5pm and Friday 8.30 – 4.30pm from our client’s office in Leeds. The Sales Manager will be required to spend 1 – 2 days per month out of the office, spending time in the field either visiting key accounts or supporting Field Account Managers.

All successful candidates will be contacted within 5 days of application. Due to the volume of recent applications, if you do not receive a response within this time frame, please assume your application has been unsuccessful for the position of Sales Manager.

This vacancy is being advertised by Technical Prospects Ltd. The services advertised by Technical Prospects Ltd are those of an Employment Agency.