• Lead and develop a team of Sales Managers, coaching them to hit and exceed their collective team targets and KPIs.
• Mentor and coach managers to improve their leadership, sales and coaching abilities through regular 1:1s, PDPs, and L & D sessions.
• Build a high-performance culture aligned with OEV values and acting as a role model for the department.
• Identify and support future leaders, creating a sustainable talent pipeline for internal promotion and succession planning.
• Strategic Pipeline Management: Oversee the entire team's pipeline, identifying bottlenecks/opportunities and collaborating with your team and cross-functional stakeholders to overcome.
• Drive Results: Exceed overall sales targets for all teams under your leadership, providing the data-driven insights necessary for the entire department to grow.
• Data-Driven Decisions: Use data analysis to "create a story" that explains performance, building actionable plans for the leadership team.
• Methodology Champion: Act as the champion of our sales methodology, ensuring managers embed it effectively to drive conversion and quality.
• Top Talent Attraction: Recruit, onboard, and retain high-performing Sales Managers and EV Experts, ensuring the quality of hiring across all sales teams remains high.
• Onboarding Excellence: Regularly review and refine the onboarding journey to accelerate new-hire success and ensure teams are ready to hit the ground running.
• Champion CX: Oversee and analyse CSAT and Trustpilot scores, using these insights to drive tangible improvements at every customer touchpoint.
• Regulatory Oversight: Maintain strategic oversight of QA and compliance, ensuring all teams consistently adhere to FCA guidelines and quality standards.
• Complaint Resolution: Identify root causes of systemic complaints and implement proactive process changes to turn negative experiences into positive ones.
• Strategic Partner: Collaborate with Marketing, CS, and other leaders to enhance the customer journey and influence lead quality and volume.
• Drive Innovation: Proactively suggest improvements, step in to lead key projects or make decisions when the Head of Sales is unavailable.
• Change Management: Communicate complex changes clearly, managing the mindset of the management tier to maintain high morale and prevent resistance during transitions.
• Extensive Sales Management Experience: Proven track record in B2B or B2B2C environments, specifically managing "managers of managers" in a high-volume, phone-based setting.
• Strategic Mindset: The ability to move between day-to-day execution and long-term strategic planning, understanding how departmental performance impacts wider OEV goals.
• Data Fluency: Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data sets to drive performance and process improvements.
• Exceptional Communication: The ability to lead, influence, and mentor across multiple management tiers.
• Passion for the Mission: A genuine drive for decarbonisation and electric vehicles, paired with a "Customer Love" mindset.
• Adaptability: A self-starter attitude that thrives in a fast-paced, ever-changing growth environment.