Sales Performance Senior Manager (12 Months Secondment)

Vodafone; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading telecommunications company in the UK is seeking an individual to drive accurate trading and sales performance within the Group Products & Services portfolio. You will foster relationships with senior stakeholders and ensure the execution of commercial plans. Ideal candidates will exhibit strong financial and analytical skills, strategic thinking, and a track record in stakeholder management. This role offers a project-based 12-month opportunity and focuses on promoting best practices within the organization.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in building relationships and managing complex stakeholders.
• High-level understanding of Beyond Connectivity products and associated technologies.
• Experience in analyzing complex financial and commercial scenarios.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly sales performance forecasting and present results.
• Influence senior stakeholders to drive initiatives meeting growth targets.
• Share and implement best practices across products and markets.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Financial analysis

Strategic thinking

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Degree in Telecommunications, IT Engineering, or Business

Job description

Join Us

At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.

What you’ll do

This role is responsible for driving accurate trading and sales performance for the Group Products & Services (P&S) portfolio across key markets: the UK, VBI, and the EU Cluster. By leveraging insights from across regions and products, you will help maximise sales outcomes and foster growth across the Group P&S portfolio.

This is a project based role - 12 months opportunity.

Drive Commercial Trading Performance in Markets

• Lead monthly sales performance forecasting and present results at monthly interlock meetings with Market and Group SLTs.
• Support Detailed Budget (DB) execution by reviewing and constructively challenging commercial plans.

Build Strategic Relationships Across Group & Markets

• Influence senior stakeholders, including Directors, to drive initiatives that meet DB targets and deliver year-over-year growth.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships across global OpCos, navigating complex decisions and trade-offs.

Be a Market Evangelist

• Share and implement best practices across products and markets.
• Serve as the trusted point of contact for markets—collecting and representing local insights and needs to inform Group strategy and drive success.

Who you are

• Engage: a track record in building and developing strong internal relationships, direct and indirect influencing, and complex stakeholder management experience to D-level.
• Drive: the ability to lead on the execution of targets and plans, virtual team leadership and experience in driving change / improvement in matrix organization.
• Beyond Connectivity Products: a high-level understanding of typical Beyond Connectivity products & associated technologies, an appreciation the create / sell build / run model for enterprise customers, and the structure and components of Group products and services.
• Ability to understand complex financial and commercial scenarios and distil them into simple concepts.
• Strong EQ / IQ balance to drive decisions, navigate through challenging objectives, understand unique market circumstances whilst promoting & driving best practice & central strategies.
• Expert understanding of financial processes and ability to interpret financial data and communicate in a clear and easy to understand way to Sales, Commercial & Product colleagues.
• Ability to use an insight led approach to analyse complex data and trends to highlight performance risks and opportunities (sales & revenue).
• Strategic thinker with ability to influence board level stakeholders.
• Experience of working in a matrix organisation / performing through direct & non direct reports.
• Language skills – English (fluent business).
• Appropriate Degree (or equivalent experience) in Telecommunications / IT Engineering or Business / Commercial area.
• Analysis: experienced in using data to gain underlying insight, evaluate trends, determine cause-effect relationships, and provide insight & ability to work across multiple teams, Commercial Planning, Finance, Sales, Product both within Group & in the markets.