Oliver Sanderson is partnered with a leading international energy services organisation operating at the forefront of energy, smart infrastructure and digital services. We are looking to appoint a Sales Director.
This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for driving growth across three core divisions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leading national sales and account development across three technical service lines
- Delivering new business growth and expanding key strategic accounts
- Building and executing account development and go-to-market strategies
- Driving revenue growth of circa £10m – £20m+, within a wider ambition to double business turnover over 3 years
- Leading, developing and inspiring a high-performing sales team (c. 13–14 heads)
- Owning complex, solution-led sales cycles ranging from 6 months to multi-year infrastructure contracts
- Building senior-level client relationships and acting as a trusted advisor to key customers
- Working closely with operations to ensure commercial propositions are deliverable, scalable and profitable
- Identifying cross-sell and up-sell opportunities across existing and new accounts
- Ensuring disciplined pipeline management, forecasting and performance reporting
Skills & Experience:
- Proven leadership of high-performing sales teams in a B2B environment
- Strong background in energy, infrastructure, FM, engineering, smart technology or adjacent sectors
- Experience selling long-cycle, high-value, contract-based solutions
- A strong “hunter” mentality combined with strategic account development capability
- Ability to operate effectively in matrix organisations
- Strong commercial acumen and experience shaping large-scale deals
- Confidence engaging senior stakeholders and unlocking complex customer relationships
- A hands-on, entrepreneurial leadership style with the ability to scale teams and performance.
This is a rare opportunity to step into a senior sales leadership role with significant scale-up ambition, clear growth targets and exposure to cutting-edge energy transition and smart infrastructure solutions.
This is a hybrid role based in London.
This role has an exciting package on offer.
If this opportunity resonates with your career aspirations and you have the skillset required, apply today!
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