Sales Team Leader in Wandsworth, Greater London

Sales Team Leader + £33k basic + upto £1150/ month commission + Permanent role + 25 days holiday

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Sales Team Leader to join a successful and fast-paced sales team based in Battersea.

This is a genuine people-management role, where you will be responsible for leading, motivating and developing a team of Sales Executives, whilst also playing an active role in the sales operation.

We are looking for someone who has previous experience managing or leading a sales team. You'll need to be confident managing performance, coaching people and having those more challenging conversations when required.

As Sales Team Leader, you will:

• Lead and motivate a team of Sales Executives to achieve individual and team targets
• Monitor team performance against KPIs and sales targets
• Conduct regular 1-to-1s, providing coaching, feedback and development
• Monitor calls and provide constructive feedback to improve performance
• Identify underperformance and put appropriate improvement plans in place
• Support team members with customer queries, objections and escalations
• Lead by example and maintain your own sales activity
• Help create a positive, energetic and high-performing team environment
• Ensure the team follows agreed sales processes, procedures and best practice
• Work closely with the Sales Centre Manager to deliver wider sales objectives
• Recognise strong performance and share best practice across the team
• Deal confidently with attendance, conduct and performance issues when required
• Work collaboratively with other departments to ensure customers receive a high level of service

We're looking for someone who can demonstrate:

• Previous experience managing or leading a sales team.
• A strong background in sales, ideally within a target-driven environment
• Experience managing KPIs, targets and individual performance
• Confidence conducting 1-to-1s and performance conversations
• Strong coaching and people-development skills
• The ability to challenge and manage difficult situations when required
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• A commercial and customer-focused approach
• Experience working in telesales, internal sales or a similar environment would be beneficial
• Confidence using CRM systems and sales performance data
• The ability to work in a fast-paced environment while maintaining high standards

Most importantly, we're looking for someone who genuinely enjoys developing people and getting the best out of a team, while still being commercially driven and comfortable working towards challenging targets.

If you're an experienced Sales Team Leader, Sales Supervisor, Sales Manager or Telesales Manager looking for your next opportunity, we'd love to hear from you.