Inside Sales Team Lead

Inside Sales Team Lead Bedfordshire Up to £50,000 DOE Permanent Full-time Office-based The Opportunity We are recruiting an experienced Inside Sales Team Lead to lead a knowledgeable, established sales team within a technical B2B distribution environment. This is not a role for someone who wants to manage from a dashboard. We need a commercially strong sales leader who can get close to the team, challenge performance, improve conversion, protect margin and help create more opportunities across both existing and new customers. You will be working with experienced salespeople who know their market. To succeed, you will need to bring credibility, ideas and commercial value from day one. The Role Your focus will be simple: improve sales performance. You will: Lead and develop an experienced Inside Sales team Drive revenue, margin, conversion and new-business performance Improve quote follow-up and opportunity conversion Increase cross-selling and account penetration Identify opportunities to reactivate lapsed customers Coach the team around negotiation, objection handling and closing Challenge unnecessary discounting and improve margin awareness Use pipeline and CRM data to identify gaps and opportunities Maintain clear forecasting and pipeline visibility Run effective 1-2-1s and performance reviews Support the team with pricing, negotiations and larger opportunities Create clear sales focus around target markets and customer segments Work closely with field ..... full job details .....