Sales Manager

Role Overview

The Sales Manager will lead the sales function at Widmore Park, taking overall responsibility for sales performance, pipeline management, and the customer journey. The role requires experience in leading, coaching, and developing a sales team to achieve strong results.

What You Will Do

The Sales Manager will lead the sales team, set clear expectations, provide regular feedback, and coach and develop the team to achieve sales and occupancy targets. The role involves creating a positive sales culture, working collaboratively with Marketing, and using customer insights to identify target audiences and commercial opportunities.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of leading, coaching, and developing a sales team, with experience in contributing to and implementing a sales strategy in partnership with Marketing. The candidate should have strong people leadership skills, commercial awareness, and the ability to use data and insight to inform decisions.

Requirements

• Previous sales experience within an Independent Retirement Community or retirement village environment
• A proven track record of leading, coaching, and developing a sales team to achieve strong results
• Experience contributing to and implementing a sales strategy in partnership with Marketing
• Strong people leadership skills, with the ability to motivate, challenge, and support individuals with different levels of experience
• A sound understanding of the end-to-end retirement property sales process, including reservations, sales progression, exchange, and completion
• Experience managing sales performance, pipelines, and CRM systems
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to use data and insight to identify opportunities and inform decisions
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills
• The confidence to build trusted relationships with prospective residents, their families, colleagues, and external partners
• A proactive and solutions-focused approach, with the ability to take ownership and maintain momentum
• Experience supporting the launch of a new retirement community or development would be advantageous

Benefits

• Salary from £40,000 per annum, negotiable depending on experience
• Commission earned on both team and personal sales
• Bupa Health Cash Plan, including Employee Assistance Programme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Life Assurance at four times your annual salary
• 25 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Holiday buying scheme – purchase up to one additional week
• Big birthdays off for milestone birthdays ending in 0
• 5% matched pension scheme
• Retail discounts across a wide range of outlets
• Access to SMART tech for everyday convenience
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities
• Wellbeing hub and resources, including discounts on wellbeing initiatives
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Electric car scheme

Tagged as: Pipeline Management