Here at Mainstay Recruitment, we are looking for an experienced Sales Manager. The Sales Manager will join a fast-paced environment and look to bring on new clients within the South of England. The ideal candidate will have experience selling to large-scale businesses within Facilities Management. Please be aware the salary is negotiable based on your experience and knowledge of the industry. This role will be working from home with a monthly commute to the office in Manchester. 

Roles and responsibilities

• Sourcing new sales opportunities to allow us to be a 3rd party supplier/sub-contractor.
• Targeting clients across the commercial/security sector.
• Effective networking with potential customers.
• Timely and accurate completion of quotations and other paperwork.
• Creating and maintaining an effective company sales database.
• KPI reporting weekly & monthly.
• Developing and implementing strategic sales plans that expand a company’s customer base and solidify its presence.
• Achieving growth and hitting sales targets.
• Establishing productive and professional relationships with key personnel in assigned customer accounts.
• Building and promoting healthy, long-lasting customer relations by partnering with them.
• Developing and implementing new sales initiatives, strategies and programmes to capture key demographics.

Requirements

• Measurable and proven successful track record in service-based sales
• Experience across the full breadth of the process, from enquiry to close
• Excellent attention to detail, experienced writing proposals, delivering presentations and writing statements of work
• Comfortable working autonomously, to targets and deadlines
• Strong use of sales software for driving process, transparency and clear dashboarding against targets
• Resilient, positive, self-motivated approach
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Customer focus, understanding the customers’ requirements then translating into a winning bid
• Proficient in Microsoft Teams/Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint