High Voltage Sales Manager

Jobtailor; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a driven sales professional in the UK to lead project and solution sales within the power transmission infrastructure and cables sectors. You will shape bid strategy, manage large turnkey/EPC opportunities, and coordinate cross-functional bid teams.

Responsibilities include defining sales goals, driving revenue growth, and maintaining strong relationships with clients and stakeholders across Europe, including travel within the UK and to Italy.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in a relevant business or engineering discipline.
• At least 3 years’ experience in a project and/or solution sales environment.
• Strong business acumen and experience developing relations with customers.
• Problem-solving attitude and target-oriented mentality that recognises and manages identified risks.
• Team-oriented, able to network and share competences with the wider team.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop business opportunities from project initiation and development through contract closure.
• Achieve and exceed defined sales targets.
• Lead tender processes and communicate bid strategy within the organisation.
• Coordinate offer preparation and lead bid teams.
• Provide strategic, commercial, and contractual input and ensure governance.
• Lead contract negotiations and coordinate offer clarifications.
• Facilitate client communication and build long-term customer relationships.
• Develop detailed knowledge of the market, clients, competitors, and stakeholders.
• Assess and prioritise the opportunities portfolio with the Regional Business Director.
• Define sales goals and develop a deliverable business strategy.
• Implement sales strategies to achieve profitable business and establish new revenue streams.
• Foster effective relationships across Sales and other business departments.
• Monitor business performance against targets.
• Develop and manage regular sales and market activity reports.
• Support the project team during execution on commercial and client matters.
• Improve proposal quality and sales processes through analysis and lessons learned.

Skills

Project and solution sales

Bid management

Contract negotiations

Customer relationship management

Sales strategy implementation

Risk management governance

Market analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or engineering

Job description

• Identify and develop business opportunities from project initiation and development through contract closure
• Achieve and exceed defined sales targets
• Lead tender processes and communicate bid strategy within the organisation
• Coordinate offer preparation and lead bid teams
• Provide strategic, commercial, and contractual input and ensure commercial and risk-management governance
• Lead contract negotiations and coordinate offer clarifications
• Facilitate client communication and build long-term customer relationships
• Develop detailed knowledge of the market, clients, competitors, and stakeholders
• Assess and prioritise the opportunities portfolio with the Regional Business Director
• Define sales goals and develop a deliverable business strategy
• Implement sales strategies to achieve profitable business and establish new revenue streams
• Foster effective relationships across Sales and other business departments
• Monitor business performance against individual and company targets
• Develop and manage regular sales and market activity reports
• Support the project team during execution on commercial and client matters
• Improve proposal quality and sales processes through analysis and lessons learned

Requirements

• Educated to degree level in a relevant business or engineering discipline
• At least 3 years’ experience in a project and/or solution sales environment
• Working experience or good understanding of the dynamics of the power transmission infrastructure business
• Familiarity with the cables industry would be beneficial
• Positive background and aptitude dealing with complex and high value turnkey/EPC bids
• Strong business acumen and experience developing relations with customers
• Problem-solving attitude and target-oriented mentality that recognises and manages identified risks
• Team-oriented, able to network and share competences, ideas, and information with the wider team
• Interest in learning and taking responsibility for business development
• Comfortable interacting with all organisational levels internally and externally, including senior management
• Good communication skills and ability to act as the company interface with customers and third parties
• Comfortable speaking publicly with wider audiences
• Ability to set and handle priorities effectively within a deadline-driven environment
• Technically apt for participation in high-level engineering discussions with customers
• Competence in contractual texts; knowledge of industry-standard conditions ideally
• Willingness to travel predominantly within the UK and across Europe, including visits to clients and stakeholders, seminars, and company meetings in Italy

Core Competencies

Demonstrates strong business acumen and expertise in project and solution sales, with a focus on developing customer relationships and managing complex bids. Capable of implementing effective sales strategies and providing strategic input in contract negotiations within the power transmission infrastructure and cables industries.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Project And Solution Sales Experience
• Contract Negotiation Skills
• Business Development Strategy
• Customer Relationship Management
• Power Transmission Infrastructure Knowledge

Hard Skills

• Sales Strategy Implementation
• Bid Management
• Risk Management Governance
• Proposal Quality Improvement
• Market Analysis

Soft Skills

• Problem-Solving Attitude
• Team-Oriented Collaboration
• Effective Communication
• Public Speaking
• Priority Management

Industry Keywords

• Power Transmission Infrastructure
• Cables Industry
• Turnkey/EPC Bids
• Commercial Governance
• Stakeholder Engagement