Area Sales + Development Manager

Area Sales & Development Manager
Salary- from £37,142 per annum plus excellent benefits
Location- Home Based (office attendance & travel required occasionally)

Permanent

Closing Date: 14/2/2024
 

 
Role

Domestic sales channels have aggressive growth plans in place to deliver customer number growth in an increasingly competitive market. The Area Sales and Development Manager (ASDM) will be responsible for the deployment and co-ordination of sales training and compliance activities, budget control and reporting in domestic sales channels.

The ASDM role is varied, complex, demanding, and challenging. As a self-starter with the ability to work independently you may be required to travel locally or across the UK to meet with internal stakeholders and external partners. The role is home based, however office attendance will be expected from time to timeYou will be required to plan and manage your time to account for competing priorities in line with compliance, training & sales delivery plans.  

What You’ll Be Doing

As our Area Sales + Development Manager your role will involve: 

• Co-ordination and deployment of sales activities, budget control and reporting in domestic sales channels

• In conjunction with Business to Business / Channel Development Managers, the role holder will be required to roll-out the operating plan and prioritise the implementation of strategies to develop the business and move forward with the pursuit of domestic channel and departmental goals.

• Review of performance on a frequent basis, account managing and maintaining relationships with sales partnerships 

• Challenge as appropriate where targets are not met and implement necessary remedial action

• All visits to partners must be conducted in line with channel compliance requirements

• Support the acquisition and retention of valuable customers in conjunction with Marketing, through the delivery of pro-active strategies to engage with customers that encourages them to stay with ScottishPower for the longer term

• Required to travel to meet with both internal stakeholders and external partners and to plan and manage time to account for competing priorities whilst managing stakeholders’ expectations

What You’ll Bring

The role requires a broad range of skills to deliver strategies that will achieve business objectives including, sales, financial, added value, and quality targets across a diverse range of activities involving sales partners specifically the following:

• Relationship management skills given the dependency on internal resources and external third parties for success

• The ability to understand complexity quickly and make decisions with confidence and clarity based on that understanding

• Ability to be a …