Client Sales Lead

Location

Leeds, York, Newcastle, Glasgow + Location Independent Worker

Excellent basic salary plus bonus and Vodafone benefits

Full time 37.5 hours per week – Monday to Friday

As a Location Independent Worker, for operational reasons you may be required to perform your duties, either temporarily or permanently, from any of our offices or customer sites within a reasonable geographic area of your home address. Our “Office in a Box” home working kit will provide you with everything you need, no matter where you are.

The Client Sales Manager will own, grow and transform a portfolio of public sector accounts across the North of England, acting as a strategic field seller and trusted advisor. They will:

• Develop and execute account strategies aligned to public sector priorities such as efficiency, resilience, digital inclusion and cyber security.
• Deliver sales KPIs across the full portfolio, balancing retention, growth and transformation.
• Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships from operational contacts through to C‑suite decision makers.
• Own pipeline management, forecasting accuracy and conversion of opportunities.
• Lead contract renewals, commercial negotiations and in‑life account performance.
• Drive cross‑sell and upsell across Vodafone Business products and solutions.
• Orchestrate internal teams to deliver customer‑centric proposals, bids and solutions.
• Improve customer satisfaction and NPS through proactive engagement, governance and service leadership.

We are looking for an experienced field sales professional with:

• Experience of public sector telecommunications sales or complex B2B sales.
• Proven record selling multi‑product ICT and telecoms solutions such as mobile, fixed, WAN/LAN, UC, cloud, security and IoT.
• Experience working with public sector customers, including local authorities, NHS, education, blue light or government environments.
• Strong at building and managing senior stakeholder relationships across operational, technical and executive levels.
• Commercially astute, with ability to shape account strategy, negotiate effectively and drive sustainable revenue growth.
• Ability to translate technical capability into clear business outcomes and customer value.
• Comfortable working in long, complex sales cycles and able to stay resilient, focused and organised throughout.
• A self‑starter with a growth mindset, strong ownership, attention to detail and a disciplined approach to pipeline, forecasting and delivery.

We care about our people’s success by offering great pay, bonuses, up to 28 days off plus bank holidays, paid time for charity work, benefits such as discounts, vouchers, a pension plan, learning tools and parental leave policies.

We are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and all offers of employment for this role are subject to background checks, including criminal (DBS) and financial checks to meet the regulator’s standards.

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