Sales Manager UK (Internal Vacancy)

About the role

Reporting to the UK Sales Director, the Sales Manager will be responsible for leading and managing a high-performing sales team, ensuring the achievement of revenue targets, customer acquisition goals, and strategic business objectives. The role combines hands-on sales leadership, coaching, pipeline management, sales forecasting, and strategic customer relationship development.

What you'll do

Sales Leadership & Team Management

• Lead, motivate, and develop the sales team to achieve and exceed individual and team targets.
• Conduct regular one-to-one meetings, coaching sessions, and performance reviews.
• Foster a high-performance culture focused on accountability, continuous improvement, and customer success.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, and training of new sales team members.

Revenue Growth & Business Development

• Develop and execute sales strategies that align with company growth objectives.
• Identify new business opportunities within existing and target markets.
• Support the sales team in managing complex and strategic sales opportunities.
• Drive customer acquisition, retention, and account growth.

Pipeline & Performance Management

• Monitor sales activity, pipeline health, and conversion rates.
• Maintain accurate forecasting and reporting through CRM systems.
• Analyse sales data and market trends to identify opportunities and areas for improvement.
• Ensure sales processes and methodologies are consistently followed.

Customer & Stakeholder Engagement

• Build strong relationships with key customers, partners, and stakeholders.
• Participate in customer meetings, presentations, demonstrations, and negotiations when required.
• Work collaboratively with marketing, customer success, product, and operational teams to maximise commercial opportunities.
• Act as a customer advocate, ensuring feedback is shared across the business.

Strategic Planning

• Contribute to annual sales planning, budgeting, and target setting.
• Monitor competitor activity and market developments.
• Provide regular updates and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Support strategic initiatives and commercial projects across the business.

Skills and Experience

Essential

• Proven experience in a Sales Manager or Sales Leadership role.
• Demonstrable success in achieving and exceeding sales targets.
• Strong coaching, mentoring, and people management skills.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.
• Strong commercial awareness and analytical skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and evolving environment.

Desirable

• Experience within the Edtech sector.
• Experience selling into schools, MATs, colleges or public sector organisations.
• Knowledge of consultative and solution-based selling techniques.
• Experience managing remote or hybrid sales teams.
• Experience in managing and reporting through Salesforce

Performance Measures

• Team sales performance against targets
• New customer acquisition volumes
• Pipeline creation and conversion rates
• CRM accuracy and forecasting effectiveness

Working Environment

•Hybrid working — with travel to our Leicester office and to meet customers and stakeholders.

•Flexible working options within a supportive, inclusive team culture.

What We Offer

• •Competitive salary and commission structure
• •Pension, holiday, and sick pay.
• •Life Insurance and Private Healthcare cover.
• •Professional development and training opportunities.
• •The chance to make a tangible impact in the education sector
• Ready to use your sales leadership skills to make a real difference for UK schools? Apply now and help school communities thrive!
• VenturEd Solutions UK is a leading EdTech provider dedicated to providing innovative, user-friendly software solutions for the Education industry.
• We proudly support over 6,000 schools, multi-academy trusts, local authorities and EdTech partners across all parts of the UK. Our mission is to ensure every school community thrives and stays connected.
• As part of our continued growth, we are seeking an ambitious and results-driven Sales Manager to lead, develop, and inspire a team of sales professionals while driving revenue growth across our portfolio.