Sales Performance Senior Manager (12 Months Secondment)

Vodafone Limited; Newbury; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international telecommunications company is seeking a candidate for a project-based role focused on enhancing sales performance. The position requires fluency in English and involves influencing senior stakeholders and maintaining strong relationships across global markets. The ideal candidate will also analyze complex data to identify trends and performance risks. This role comes with a competitive salary and benefits including a yearly bonus and company car.

Benefits

Yearly bonus: 20%

Company car funded at £580 per month

Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays

Charity days: 5 days/year

Private medical and dental access

Qualifications

• Experience in using data to gain insights and evaluate trends across multiple teams.
• Ability to understand complex financial scenarios and communicate effectively.
• Fluent in English (business level).

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly sales performance forecasting and present results.
• Influence and drive initiatives that meet departmental budget targets.
• Maintain strong relationships across global teams for strategic objectives.

Job description

Overview

Join Vodafone. We’re shaping the future of connectivity and creating a sustainable and more inclusive world. This is a 12-month project-based role within the Group Products & Services (P&S) portfolio across the UK, VBI, and the EU Cluster.

What you’ll do

• 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.
• Engage: demonstrate a track record in building and developing strong internal relationships, influencing at senior levels, and managing complex stakeholder relations.
• Drive: lead on the execution of targets and plans, provide virtual team leadership, and drive change/improvement in a matrix organization.
• Beyond Connectivity Products: maintain a high-level understanding of Beyond Connectivity products and related technologies, including the create/sell/build/run model for enterprise customers and the structure of Group products and services.
• Ability to understand complex financial and commercial scenarios and distill them into simple concepts.
• Strong EQ/IQ balance to drive decisions, navigate challenging objectives, understand market nuances while promoting central strategies and best practices.
• Expert understanding of financial processes and ability to interpret financial data and communicate clearly 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 the ability to influence board-level stakeholders.
• Experience of working in a matrix organisation with direct and indirect reports.
• Language skills: English (fluent business).
• Appropriate degree (or equivalent experience) in Telecommunications/IT Engineering or Business/Commercial area.
• Experience in using data to gain underlying insight, evaluate trends, determine cause-effect relationships, and provide actionable insights across multiple teams (Commercial Planning, Finance, Sales, Product) within Group & in the markets.

Who we are

We are a leading international Telco serving millions of customers. Vodafone believes connectivity is a force for good. We empower people, connect everyone regardless of who they are or where they live, protect the planet, and help our customers do the same. We are committed to diversity, inclusion, and creating a place where everyone feels safe, valued and included.

Belonging & Accessibility

If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey (e.g., extended time or breaks during online assessments), please refer for guidance. We are committed to Inclusion for All.

What’s in it for you

• Yearly bonus: 20%
• Company car: company funded car of £580 per month + private fuel or cash alternative of £630 per month.
• Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays + the opportunity to buy/sell/carry over 5 days/year
• Charity days: 5 days/year
• Maternity leave: 52 weeks; the first 13 weeks are fully paid, followed by 26 weeks of half pay
• Private pension: You can contribute up to 5% of your basic pay with 2:1 matching from Vodafone up to 10%.
• Access to: private medical, private dental, free health assessments, share save scheme
• Additional discounts: Vodafone retail, gym, cinema, cycle to work, season ticket loan