Sales Manager

Major Recruitment North West Perms; Lancashire; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in Lancashire is seeking a Sales Manager to lead and transform a sales team of over 30 people. This full-time role requires a confident leader with strong emotional intelligence and skills in coaching and process improvement. You will influence team structure and performance in a hybrid work environment, offering a salary of £50,000 plus up to 10% bonus. Autonomy and strong leadership support are provided.

Benefits

Up to 10% bonus

Free parking

Strong leadership support

Autonomy to lead with impact

Qualifications

• Experience managing sales teams through change.
• Ability to build trust and handle difficult conversations.
• Strong understanding of balancing people, process, and performance.

Responsibilities

• Drive performance and engagement across the sales team.
• Coach and develop team leaders and staff.
• Define new standards for process and results.
• Align sales journey with business goals.
• Collaborate across departments.
• Lead with emotional intelligence and motivation.

Skills

Emotional intelligence

Leadership

Coaching

Process improvement

Job description

Sales Manager - Lead, Transform, Inspire

Blackpool (hybrid, near M55) • £50,000 + up to 10% bonus • Full-time, permanent

Are you the kind of leader who can read the room, steady the ship, and raise the bar? We’re looking for an experienced people manager to take charge of a well-established sales team during a key period of transformation. This is not just a sales management role – it's your chance to influence structure, culture, and performance in a team of 30+ people.

Why this role matters

You’ll be empowered to build new ways of working, improve communication, reset standards, and support people through change. That means:

• reviewing and redesigning processes
• creating consistency and clarity
• helping experienced team members navigate what’s next

Responsibilities

You’ll be doing things like:

• Driving performance and engagement across a 30‑person sales team
• Coaching, mentoring and developing team leaders and sales staff
• Defining new standards for process, service and results
• Aligning the sales journey with business‑wide goals
• Collaborating closely with marketing, customer experience, IT and finance
• Leading with emotional intelligence – listening, guiding, motivating

Ideal candidate

You're a great fit if you:

• Are a confident, emotionally intelligent leader with experience managing sales teams through change
• Know how to build trust and buy‑in, even when delivering difficult messages
• Understand the balance between people, process and performance
• Can spot bottlenecks and opportunities across the sales journey – and fix them
• Want to leave things better than you found them

Benefits

• £50,000 base salary + up to 10% bonus
• Office location close to M55, free parking
• Strong backing from leadership to make your mark
• Autonomy, responsibility and support to lead with impact

Interested? We know that leaders like you are often busy (and not always job hunting). So if your CV isn’t up to date, don’t worry. Just send over what you have or drop a quick note explaining why this role caught your attention – we’ll take it from there.