Sales Manager

Inspired

Manchester

Hybrid

GBP 60,000 - 90,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Training and development opportunities

Company pension

Life insurance

Enhanced maternity and paternity

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4pm finish on Friday

Job summary

Inspired is seeking a Sales Manager – Optimisation & Decarbonisation Solutions to drive new business revenue across its sustainability and building optimisation division. You will work with pre-qualified leads from around 3,000 energy consultancy customers and convert opportunities into long-term client relationships.

Reporting to the Sales Director, you will balance commercial strategy with technical delivery, aim to deliver energy savings and carbon reductions, and help clients accelerate

Qualifications

Proven track record of achieving and exceeding sales targets in B2B environments.
Experience in sustainability, energy management, ESG, decarbonisation or net-zero contexts.
Knowledge of UK energy and building regulations and compliance frameworks.
Experience with energy monitoring, controls integration or smart building providers.

Responsibilities

Drive new business revenue across sustainability and building optimisation solutions.
Qualify, convert and develop warm opportunities from pre-qualified leads (~3,000 clients).
Maintain CRM records and forecasts; manage client relationships end-to-end.
Collaborate with Solution Development and Pre-Sales to build compelling business cases.
Represent Inspired at industry events and support marketing initiatives.

Skills

B2B sales

Sustainability

Energy management

ESG

Decarbonisation

Communication

Negotiation

Tools

Building Management Systems (BMS)

IoT technologies

Building automation

Data analytics

Energy efficiency solutions

Job description

Inspired is a market leading, technology-enabled provider of energy and sustainability solutions in the UK - supporting businesses to transition to net zero carbon and manage their response to climate change.

Established in 2000, we became the first publicly quoted advisor following a successful AIM debut in 2011. We are now the UK’s number one destination for businesses seeking expert insight and advisory services to help them manage their energy costs, reduce their carbon emissions and prove their net zero carbon and ESG strategies to their investors and customers

We are looking for a Sales Manager to join our successful Optimisation team. This role is home based with occasional travel to offices required.

This is an opportunity to play a key role in the commercial growth of one of the UK's most exciting optimisation and decarbonisation businesses, helping clients reduce energy consumption, improve building performance and accelerate their journey towards net zero. The successful candidate will work alongside an experienced commercial leadership team and contribute directly to the future direction of Inspired's sustainability offering, driving measurable impact across the built environment.

Role and Responsibilities

The Sales Manager – Optimisation & Decarbonisation Solutions is responsible for driving new business revenue across Inspired's sustainability and building optimisation division, selling energy efficiency, smart building, retrofit, decarbonisation and energy generation solutions.

Reporting to the Sales Director – Optimisation, the role works pre-qualified leads generated from Inspired's existing base of c.3,000 energy consultancy customers — there is no requirement for cold outreach or lead generation. The Sales Manager qualifies these warm opportunities, converts them, and develops them into long-term client relationships in line with the divisional commercial strategy.

The Sales Manager acts as the day-to-day commercial point of contact for clients, bridging client objectives and technical delivery capabilities to ensure solutions deliver measurable energy, carbon and operational performance improvements while meeting commercial, regulatory and sustainability requirements.

The successful candidate's responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

Business Development & Revenue Growth

Deliver against individual new business revenue and margin targets contributing to the divisional sales plan set by the Sales
Director.Work a steady flow of warm, pre-qualified leads sourced from Inspired's c.3,000 existing energy consultancy customers — no cold prospecting or outbound lead generation is required.

Close new opportunities across:

Building Management Systems (BMS)
Smart building technologies
IoT-enabled building optimisation
Energy efficiency upgrades
Decarbonisation programmes – Solar and Battery Energy Storage
Renewable energy and on-site generation solutions
Build and maintain a healthy pipeline of qualified opportunities and manage activity through the full sales cycle, keeping accurate CRM records and forecasts.

Client Relationship Management

Understand client operational challenges, sustainability objectives and asset performance requirements.
Position Inspired's solutions as strategic investments that deliver operational savings, improved building performance, enhanced ESG outcomes and regulatory compliance.

Working with Solution Development & Pre-Sales

Inspired has a dedicated Solution Development and Pre-Sales team that owns the technical heavy lifting and business case build — energy audits, building performance assessments, sustainability reviews, ROI modelling and technical and commercial proposals. The Sales Manager's role is to convert a strong, well-qualified business case into a closed deal.

Brief the Solution Development and Pre-Sales team on client requirements, drivers and decision criteria so they can build a compelling business case.
Act as the commercial owner of the opportunity — position the business case to client stakeholders, lead commercial negotiation, manage objections and drive to close.
Maintain enough technical fluency to have credible client conversations, leaving deep engineering, modelling and proposal work to the Pre-Sales team.
Feed client and market insight back to the Sales Director and Pre-Sales team to sharpen the wider proposition.

Market Awareness & Industry Engagement

Represent Inspired at industry events, conferences, client forums and networking opportunities to generate leads and raise the profile of Inspired's optimisation and decarbonisation capabilities.
Stay informed on market trends, legislation, competitor activity and emerging technologies, sharing insight with the Sales Director and wider team.
Act as a trusted advisor to clients on smart buildings, energy efficiency, sustainability and building performance strategies.
Support marketing and business development initiatives through client presentations, content contribution and industry engagement.

Sales-to Delivery Transition

Ensure a seamless handover from sales to project delivery teams.
Work closely with project managers, engineers and technical specialists to ensure client expectations, project scope and commercial objectives are clearly documented and understood.
Stay engaged with clients throughout project delivery to maximise customer satisfaction and identify repeat and follow-on opportunities.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Success in this role will be measured against:

New business revenue generated against individual target.
Gross margin.
Growth and coverage of qualified sales pipeline.
Conversion rates and sales cycle velocity.
CRM hygiene and forecast accuracy.

Measurable client outcomes, including:

Energy savings
Cost reductions
Carbon reduction achievements
ESG and sustainability improvements
Contribution to market positioning, brand reputation and competitive differentiation.

Internal Stakeholders

Subject Matter Experts
Solar and Battery systems
BMS and IoT
IoT & Digital Solutions Teams
Engineering & Technical Delivery Teams
Sustainability & ESG Advisory Teams

Qualifications and Experience Requirements

Proven track record of achieving and exceeding sales targets within B2B environments.
Experience within sustainability, energy management, ESG, decarbonisation or net-zero environments.
Knowledge of UK energy and building regulations, compliance frameworks and sustainability reporting requirements.
Experience working with energy monitoring, controls integration or smart building solution providers.
Property management
Facilities management
Building owners and occupiers
Developers and asset managers
Retail, leisure, manufacturing and educational verticals
Experience closing deals with a contract value of £1m or more.
Ability to communicate technical solutions in commercial terms and articulate business value to both technical and executive stakeholders.
Strong consultative selling, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
Excellent communication, presentation and influencing abilities.
Self-motivated, target-driven and comfortable working autonomously within a defined commercial strategy.

Familiarity with smart building and building optimisation technologies sufficient to hold credible client conversations (deep technical expertise sits with the Pre-Sales team), including: