Job reference: TT1807_1614247833

Sales Manager

  • Location

    England

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Sector:

    Sales

  • Salary:

    commission and benefits

  • Startdate:

    ASAP

  • Client:

    ManpowerGroup

Sales Manager

Our Ambition

At ManpowerGroup our ambition is to lead in the creation and delivery of innovative workforce solutions and services that enable our clients to win in the changing world of work. We connect more than 600,000 people every day to meaningful work across a wide range of skills and industries helping to power the success of clients around the world. Working for us means you'll be part of a family of brands, each uniquely positioned to address different talent challenges.

The Team

Who will you be working with?

The Sales Manager will join an already successful team that is responsible for growing business opportunities across the ManpowerGroup network. Working in collaboration with Operations you will execute a sales strategy to drive GP growth & profitability across The Public Sector.

The Role

So, what will you be doing?

  • Develop the ManpowerGroup convenience sector sales strategy and grow our GP value
  • Increase the number of Manpower convenience sector new customers
  • Achieve minimum expected visit numbers weekly and monthly
  • Develop and implement new client pursuit plans ('client first') designed to deliver immediate returns and long-term profitable relationships
  • Develop and implement added value concepts and services with new clients, focusing on higher value solutions
  • Support the Convenience value propositions and differentiation to give ManpowerGroup the best chance of success
  • Champion Convenience sales using all ManpowerGroup assets from digital to branches and co-ordinate the activity
  • Ensure all sales activity and pipeline is tracked, qualified, and signed off in accordance with internal procedures
  • Integrate the regional sector Convenience sales strategy with marketing to drive activity and opportunities
  • Track and record all sales operations in Microsoft Dynamics
  • Work closely and collaboratively with all parts of the sales and solutions function and wider organisation to drive opportunities and activity
  • Manage all internal stakeholders throughout the regional Convenience sales process - across the team and for individual pursuits
  • Ensuring that the appropriate commercial (financial and legal) processes are in place and adhered to for all regional Convenience opportunities
  • Accountable for the commercial analysis and financial modelling for regional Convenience opportunities
  • Thought leadership and creativity to ensure the Convenience team can deliver clients solutions for opportunities today and for tomorrow, recognising the skills revolution and the Human Age mega trends and the impact on our industry

About you

What are we looking for?

  • Pro-actively seeks opportunities for the team to attract and win new clients.
  • Monitors performance to deliver against objectives/ deadlines / targets
  • Networking and sales 'opener'. Builds wide and effective networks of contacts inside and outside the organisation
  • Sold innovative solutions to new clients
  • Worked closely with the group, including the central teams, branch networks, marketing and operations teams * Puts the client first - demonstrates a commitment to meeting clients requirements and expectations
  • Experience of using data and trend analysis to inform future sales strategies
  • Articulate communicator, developed negotiation and persuasion skills
  • Works in a systematic, structured way, plans and manages own time effectively.
  • Track record in delivery wins and profitable sales in the Convenience marketplace
  • Upholds the group values and behaves with integrity towards clients and prospects
  • Sets high standards of behaviour and performance for self and others
  • Makes rational commercially sound business judgements from available information.
  • Produces innovative new ideas/approaches/ insights.

Please contact to be considered immediately.

About ManpowerGroup

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As the world’s workforce expert, ManpowerGroup connects more than 600,000 jobseekers with meaningful work every day, and helps more than 400,000 clients address their critical talent needs each year.

Through our comprehensive family of brands – ManpowerGroup Solutions, Experis, Manpower, Right Management and Brook Street – we deliver innovative workforce solutions to resource, manage and develop talent. By combining global presence and local expertise, we influence how people and companies work now and how they will work in the future. It’s about creating progress, by knowing what’s happening now and what will happen next in the world of work – and sharing it to benefit all.