Commercial Sales Manager

FIRE FIGHTERS CHARITY; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A charitable organization in the UK is seeking a Commercial Sales Manager to enhance their commercial strategy. This role is responsible for managing client relationships and identifying new business opportunities to diversify income. The ideal candidate will have a proven sales background and excellent communication skills. Flexibility is essential, as it involves travel and occasional evening and weekend work.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of meeting and exceeding sales targets.
• Ability to analyze market trends and competitor activity.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive revenue and profitability across commercial activities.
• Manage and develop client relationships.
• Identify new business opportunities.

Skills

Proven track record of meeting sales targets

Strong commercial acumen

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Competent market research and financial analysis skills

Job description

Are you an experienced sales professional looking to use your skills to work within a meaningful and rewarding environment?

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing charity as we have ambitious plans to grow our income so that we can develop and deliver our services to help our fire families. To do this, we are seeking a Commercial Sales Manager to join our Commercial Sales team to be at the forefront of our commercial strategy, driving revenue and profitability across our range of commercial activities.

Playing a key part in managing and developing client relationships, this role is ideal for someone who thrives on building relationships. It’s a pivotal role with a focus on diversifying and increasing our income, identifying new business opportunities whilst ensuring the sales strategy is aligned with charity goals.

This is a visible, field-based role with a requirement to travel across the UK, working closely across the charity with other team members and externally with our partners, ensuring efforts are aligned, providing feedback to influence our product and service offerings.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• a proven track record of meeting and exceeding sales targets
• strong commercial acumen the ability to analyse markets trends and competitor activity, proactively identifying new and exciting opportunities for us to explore
• excellent interpersonal and communication skills to build new and strengthen existing relationships
• competent market research, report writing and financial analysis skills and will use these to support your activities and contribute to the overall business reporting environment.

This role will work across the UK and therefore a flexible approach is required to support our commercial activities and there will be some evening and weekend working as required within the scope of the role.

The post is subject to a Disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community. When recruiting our new team members, regardless of the role, we are looking for people who share our values.

How to apply

Please apply through our recruitment portal, providing both a CV and a covering letter which clearly outlines why you are interested in joining our team and how your skills and experience fulfil our criteria for this role.

More information about us and the role can be found on our website. If you would like to arrange an informal call to discuss the role please contact Rebecca Webster, Organisational Development & People Partner on 01256 366580.

The closing date for applications to be received is 9am on Thursday 4 September 2025.

First stage interviews will take place via MS Teams, on 11 September 2025, with second in person interviews to take place on 17 September 2025 (Please note this will be held at our Head Office in Basingstoke) where a presentation will be required.

We reserve the right to close this role early should we receive a sufficient number of applications. Due to the number of applications we receive, regrettably we are unable to contact applicants who are not shortlisted for interview. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application was not successful this time.