Sales Team Manager

Preston, Lancashire | Full-time | Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm

This is not a management role where you inherit a team, a playbook, and a set of habits. This is a build.

NGP is opening a brand-new office in Preston and we need Sales Team Managers who can recruit, develop, and lead high-performing sales teams from the ground up. You’ll be one of the first leaders through the door — responsible for building a team of Lead Generators and Energy Consultants, coaching them through their first 90 days, and driving the commercial performance of your pod.

If you’ve ever wanted to shape a sales floor rather than join one, this is the role.

• Building and leading a pod of 12–15 Lead Generators and Energy Consultants from Day 1
• Coaching, developing, and performance-managing your team through daily call reviews, 1:1s, and floor support
• Driving pipeline generation, conversion, and revenue against team and individual targets
• Owning your team’s first-90-day experience — you are directly responsible for whether new starters succeed or fail
• Collaborating with the Site Director and other TMs to build the culture and rhythm of the Preston office
• Reporting on KPIs (call time, pipeline, conversion, cash) and implementing improvement plans where needed
• Recruiting your own team members — involved in assessment days and hiring decisions

• You’re building from scratch. No inherited problems, no legacy culture — the team you build is the team you lead
• Management override commission means your team’s success directly drives your income
• Published career pathway from Team Manager to Site Director — the Preston Site Director role will be filled internally from the founding team
• You’ll be supported by NGP’s full infrastructure: CRM, trading desk, procurement team, marketing, and dedicated HR — you focus on coaching and selling

• Management commission on top of base salary — Average earnings £600,000
• 23 days holiday + additional December leave (fully paid December off) + bank holidays
• Access to Simply health (money towards dental care, eyesight checks, physio, etc.)
• EV salary sacrifice scheme
• Access to gyms and on-site fitness facilities
• £2,000 Refer a Friend bonus
• Exciting incentives for excellent performers (so far this year, we’ve sent our people for VIP experiences to: Monaco Grand Prix, Tomorrow land, Champions League matches, Royal Ascot, Wimbledon to name a few…)

• You’ll be one of the founding leaders at our brand-new Preston office — premium city-centre workspace with air conditioning throughout, meeting rooms, a dedicated training room, and modern technology
• This is a ground-floor leadership opportunity. The culture, the standards, the rhythm of this office will be set by you
• Preston is one of the fastest-growing cities in the North West, with excellent transport links (M6, M55, M61), a mainline railway station, and a vibrant city centre with cafés, restaurants, and bars on your doorstep
• No more commuting to Bolton, Blackpool, or Kirkham — if you’re in Lancashire, this is the energy sales role on your doorstep
• Ground-floor opportunity: shape the culture, set the standards, and build something from Day 1 — the people who start here will be the leaders of tomorrow
• Same pay, same benefits, same technology, same support as our Gateshead HQ — but in your backyard
• 40+ parking spaces, or a short walk from Preston station

• You have 2+ years of experience managing or coaching a B2B sales team, ideally in energy, utilities, or telecoms
• You have a demonstrable track record of developing salespeople — not just managing numbers, but building capability
• You understand outbound sales: call structure, objection handling, pipeline management, and target delivery
• You…