Sales Team Manager

Number of employees

3800

Weybridge, UK, United Kingdom

Posted on: 2021-06-04

Category: energy

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

We're on a mission to make a big green dent in the universe by building a truly sustainable energy system globally.

That means making power greener, smarter, and more affordable for everyone.

We put customers at the heart of everything we do: with always-fair prices, transparency and outrageous customer service.

We drive system change: with transformative tech to make renewable energy the norm and end global reliance on fossil fuels.

Octopus Energy Group is made up of 10 businesses spanning 6 countries across 3 continents, including: Octopus Energy Retail, Kraken Technologies, Octopus Energy Generation, Kraken Flex, Octopus Electric Vehicles, and the Octopus Centre for Net Zero. More on OEG @ octopusenergy.group

What we do. Electric Car Leasing

Why we do it. Greener. Fairer. Future.


We’re expanding our Electric Vehicle Growth Team. We're looking for experienced Business Development Team Managers, who will be responsible for managing a sales team. Your team will work directly with our business customers focused on the growth of our Salary Sacrifice product. 

Your team will be the face and the voice of Octopus Electric Vehicles, advising and supporting customers throughout their journey towards setting up a Salary Sacrifice scheme.  

We’re looking for people with a genuine passion for Team development and Coaching as well as sustainability is a must with a passion for relationship building and understanding the importance of customer service.

This role will include a generous car allowance as part of the overall package and will be based in our brand new office Weybridge 3 days a week.

If this sounds like you then we'd love to hear from you.

Studies have shown that some groups of people, like women, are less likely to apply to a role unless they meet 100% of the job requirements. Whoever you are, if you like one of our jobs, we encourage you to apply as you might just be the candidate we hire. Across Octopus, we're looking for genuinely decent people who are honest and empathetic. Our people are our strongest asset and the unique skills and perspectives people bring to the team are the driving force of our success. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. Our commitment is to provide equal opportunities, an inclusive work environment, and fairness for everyone.

What you'll do

  • Manage your sales team to identify and win new business with customers
  • Distribute and manage sales leads across the team and ensure these are managed in a timely manner
  • Ensure the team are diligently developing sales pipelines with customers - from lead through to delivery, meeting (and ideally exceeding) targets set 
  • Implement a performance management culture and routine within the team to unleash their full potential through regular 1:1s, coaching, setting stretching objectives and providing regular feedback on performance against these objectives
  • Recruiting and growing your team for success
  • Forecasting team performance
  • Ensuring we provide outstanding customer service, facilitating the recording of customer satisfaction and sharing best practice measures 
  • Support the team in attending and running customer launch events to spread the word of electric vehicles and how we can help! (virtual and non virtual depending on restrictions)
  • Collaborate with other sales team managers to share best practices and develop consistent approach to drive performance across all teams
  • Work with the wider teams to iterate propositions and materials for the B2B market
  • What you'll need

  • Proven track record of managing a B2B internal (phone based) team is a must
  • A ruthless focus on performance development, team management and continuous improvement
  • Previous sales management experience within a B2B consultative environment would be great along with a strong passion for Electric Vehicles / Energy and decarbonisation 
  • Knowledge of employee benefits and/or car leasing would also be a big benefit
  • A ruthless focus on the customer with a genuine passion for going above and beyond for customers
  • An ability to show a completer finisher mentality and an understanding of processes as a whole being able to see the why behind each section of the business and how that creates the entire vision 
  • A start up / entrepreneurial mind-set being able to adjust to change and keep up with a fast moving business
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