Sales Manager

Overview

Are you a sales focused professional with a passion for lead generation and conversion? Do you enjoy developing strategies, managing pipelines and coaching others to hit targets? Are you keen to take ownership of a key role that directly drives business growth?

Express Recruitment are excited to be working with a forward‑thinking professional services business looking to recruit a Sales Manager to join their expanding Business Development team.

Responsible for managing the end‑to‑end lead process from developing conversion strategies and overseeing CRM data quality, to collaborating with internal stakeholders and coaching a Business Development Executive. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with proven experience in lead management to step into a role where they can truly make an impact.

Competitive salary of up to £40k, plus a £2k quarterly bonus, 25 days holiday plus stats, health insurance and more.

• Develop and deliver lead generation and conversion strategies with measurable ROI
• Track and report weekly enquiry performance, ensuring 100% of outcomes are recorded in the CRM
• Qualify inbound enquiries and maximise conversion into instructions
• Maintain and monitor response time targets across all stages of the sales cycle
• Oversee CRM pipeline management, ensuring accuracy and progression of all leads
• Line manage and coach employees, setting KPIs and providing structured feedback

• Experience in a similar sales management role
• Communication skills: confident, articulate and persuasive
• Ability to use data and insight to make decisions
• CRM and marketing automation experience essential
• Organised, results‑driven and able to manage performance for themselves and others

Full time Monday – Friday

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time

Location:

Oxford, Oxfordshire