Sales Support Manager

Giordani Enterprises Limited; Normandy; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sales organization in the United Kingdom seeks a Sales Support Manager to oversee and optimize the sales administration team. This role entails managing processes and ensuring smooth communication across various teams while enhancing customer relationships. The ideal candidate will possess extensive sales support experience. Strong organizational skills and the ability to balance priorities in a dynamic environment are essential. The position also emphasizes teamwork and strategic thinking.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in sales or sales support.
• Ability to understand pricing, costs, margins.
• Capable of balancing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and optimize sales administration team processes.
• Lead recruitment, onboarding, and performance management.
• Implement strategic sales support initiatives.
• Manage customer freight costing and oversee credit limit monitoring.
• Ensure compliance with global customs regulations in sales documentation.

Skills

Sales support experience

Strong attention to detail

Cross-functional collaboration

Numerical understanding

Job description

The Sales Support Manager is responsible for overseeing and optimising sales administration team processes, ensuring seamless communication between sales, marketing, operational and finance teams. The position will play a crucial role in enhancing customer relationships, supporting financial transactions related to sales, and contributing to the overall efficiency of the sales function. Amore detailed remit is as follows :

• Lead, develop, and mentor the sales administration team, including recruitment, onboarding, training, and performance management
• Support the Sales Director and Managers across the territories with day-to-day sales administration and reporting
• Implementing strategic sales support initiatives
• Attend sales meetings to report key sales information
• Manage customer freight costing.
• Track and report on KPIs and support ISO compliance
• Approve commission statements and oversee their accuracy and timely processing including to 3rd parties
• Manage customer price lists, discounts and payment terms
• Pursue outstanding payments and oversee credit limit monitoring
• Oversee month and year-end sales ledger tasks
• Review and process incoming sales orders for accuracy and completeness
• Key user for sales-related ERP processes, supporting data integrity, reporting accuracy, and system improvements.
• Collaborate with warehouse and production teams to facilitate timely and accurate order fulfilment.
• Ensure all sales documentation, including invoices, packing slips, and movement certificates, aligns with global customs regulations.

You will have extensive Sales or Sales Support experience with a clear commercial dimension and the ability to understand the numerical aspects of sales such as pricing, costs, margins etc. You will be highly organised with strong attention to detail and confident working cross-functionally and challenging constructively. It is a fast-paced environment, so balancing priorities is important and the being able to be both hands on with your team as well strategic