Head of Sales overseeing the UK telesales organization at Carwow Group. Leading sales strategy execution and managing team performance across multiple locations in the UK.
Responsibilities
Lead the Sell-My-Car telesales organisation, taking full ownership of sales conversion, revenue delivery, and overall sales performance.
Execute and continuously refine sales strategies to meet daily trading targets, elevating processes and operations to maximise productivity and revenue per FTE.
Set clear performance expectations, distribute team targets aligned to business goals, and oversee team-wide metrics to drive focus and accountability.
Manage the full sales pipeline, ensuring optimal workload balance, opportunity management, and adherence to SLA’s through your sales team leaders.
Identify risks to the plan early, escalate appropriately, and drive mitigation actions.
Ensure robust structures, quality controls, and standards are in place across all sales interactions to protect and enhance customer experience for both consumers & dealer partners.
Champion improvements to systems, tooling, and sales enablement, partnering cross-functionally to prioritise initiatives with highest impact.
Oversee & sign off rota planning to ensure consistent coverage and readiness to meet volume demands year-round.
Drive continuous improvement, identifying operational inefficiencies and implementing enhancements that lift productivity and service quality.
Lead, coach, and mentor your Sales Team Leaders, empowering them to develop high-performing teams and maintain a strong performance culture.
Oversee recruitment, training, and onboarding frameworks to ensure new hires are equipped to ramp quickly and succeed.
Conduct regular team and leadership meetings to align on updates, share best practices, and proactively address challenges.
Represent Sales within the Sell-My-Car senior leadership team, owning weekly performance reporting, strategic updates, and forward plans.
Collaborate closely with Fulfilment, Product, Marketing, and Commercial stakeholders to ensure seamless coordination and unified delivery across the customer journey.
Handle high-priority escalations and resolve complex seller issues, safeguarding customer satisfaction and brand reputation.
Contribute to the creation and execution of broader business initiatives that enhance the seller experience and support long-term growth.
Requirements
Proven experience in a sales leadership role, within high pace, high volume telesales environments
Previous leadership of sales teams of 20+ individual contributors, with experience leading other people managers
Record of achievement managing team performance within a target focused environment, overseeing goals across revenue generation, lead pipeline management & SLA’s towards metrics of response time, outbound calling activity & lead conversion.
Excellent communication, interpersonal, and coaching skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire team members.
Solid understanding of how to define a sales process to align with customer journeys & product roadmaps. With the ability to map out necessary requirements across sales enablement, system & process & goal setting
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify trends, analyze data, and implement effective solutions in line with senior leadership strategies
Ability to work independently and as part of a team, contributing to a positive and collaborative work environment.
Prior experience in the automotive industry is desirable, but not essential
Experience working with CRM systems (preferably Salesforce) and other relevant software tools to manage a sales process
Benefits
Competitive comp package
28 days' holiday plus bank holidays, increasing to 35 with length of service, plus extras for house moves, weddings and more!
Employee-friendly share options
Pension scheme via Royal London - up to 5% company contribution
Vitality private healthcare insurance
Life Assurance - 4x annual salary
Monthly coaching sessions with Spill - our mental wellbeing partner
Inclusive parental, partner and shared parental leave including up to 20 weeks' full pay maternity and shared parental leave, and 8 weeks' full partner pay, as well as fertility treatment and pregnancy loss policies
Bubble childcare support and discounted nanny fees for little ones
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