Commercial Sales Manager

The Fire Fighters Charity; Remote; GBP 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-respected charity in the UK is seeking a Commercial Sales Manager. This seamless role focuses on driving revenue, developing client relationships, and identifying new business opportunities. The ideal candidate is a seasoned sales professional with a strong commercial acumen and the ability to analyze market trends. The position is remote with travel requirements, suitable for someone who thrives on building relationships and has the flexibility to support various commercial activities. Excellent benefits package included.

Benefits

Annual salary plus car allowance

Excellent benefits

Qualifications

• Experience as a sales professional with a proven track record.
• Ability to analyze market trends and identify opportunities.
• Strong communication skills to build and maintain relationships.

Responsibilities

• Develop client relationships and drive revenue.
• Identify new business opportunities aligned with charity goals.
• Travel across the UK as required for commercial activities.

Skills

Proven track record of meeting sales targets

Strong commercial acumen

Excellent interpersonal skills

Market research and financial analysis

Job description

Commercial Sales Manager

Full time – 37.5 hours per week

Annual Salary £43,931 plus car allowance / travel expenses £3,400 p.a plus excellent benefits

Location – Remote ( Post holder will be expected to be based within the Midlands / Southern Region)

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 occasional 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.

The closing date for applications to be received is 9am on 16 January 2026.

First stage interviews will take place via MS Teams w / c 27 January 2026, with second in-person interviews to take place on 3 February 2026 ( Please note this will be held at one of our centre locations) 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.