Sales Performance Senior Manager (12 Months Secondment)

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At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.

What you’ll do

This role is responsible for driving accurate trading and sales performance for the Group Products & Services (P&S) portfolio across key markets: the UK, VBI, and the EU Cluster. By leveraging insights from across regions and products, you will help maximise sales outcomes and foster growth across the Group P&S portfolio.
This is a project based role - 12 months opportunity.

Drive Commercial Trading Performance in Markets:
•    Lead monthly sales performance forecasting and present results at monthly interlock meetings with Market and Group SLTs.
•    Support Detailed Budget (DB) execution by reviewing and constructively challenging commercial plans

Build Strategic Relationships Across Group & Markets:
•    Influence senior stakeholders, including Directors, to drive initiatives that meet DB targets and deliver year-over-year growth.
•    Develop and maintain strong relationships across global OpCos, navigating complex decisions and trade-offs.

Be a Market Evangelist:
•    Share and implement best practices across products and markets.
•    Serve as the trusted point of contact for markets—collecting and representing local insights and needs to inform Group strategy and drive success.

Who you are

•    Engage: a track record in building and developing strong internal relationships, direct and indirect influencing, and complex stakeholder management experience to D-level.
•    Drive: the ability to lead on the execution of targets and plans, virtual team leadership and experience in driving change/improvement in matrix organization
•    Beyond Connectivity Products: a high-level understanding of typical Beyond Connectivity products & associated technologies, an appreciation the create/sell build/run model for enterprise customers, and the structure and components of Group products and services.
•    Ability to understand complex financial and commercial scenarios and distil them into simple concepts. 
•    Strong EQ/IQ balance to drive decisions, navigate through challenging objectives, understand unique market circumstances whilst promoting & driving best practice & central strategies
•    Expert understanding of financial processes and ability to interpret financial data and communicate in a clear and easy to understand way to Sales, Commercial & Product colleagues
•    Ability to use an insight led approach to analyse complex data and trends to highlight performance risks and opportunities (sales & revenue)
•    Strategic thinker with ability to influence board level stakeholders.
Experience of working in a matrix organisation/performing through direct & non direct reports
•    Language skills – English (fluent business)
•    Appropriate Degree (or equivalent experience) in Telecommunications/IT Engineering or Business/Commercial area
•    Analysis: experienced in using data to gain underlying insight, evaluate trends, determine cause-effect relationships, and provide insight & ability to work across multiple teams e.g., Commercial Planning, Finance, Sales, Product both within Group & in the markets

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.

What's in it for you

• Yearly bonus: 20%
• Company car: company funded car of £580 per month + private fuel or cash alternative of £630
  per month.
• Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays + the opportunity to buy/sell/carry over 5 days/year
• Charity days: 5 days/year
• Maternity leave: 52 weeks: the first 13 weeks are fully paid, followed by 26 weeks of half pay
• Private pension: You can contribute up to 5% of your basic pay with 2:1 matching from Vodafone up to 10%.
• Access to: private medical, private dental, free health assessments, share save scheme
• Additional discounts: Vodafone retail, gym, cinema, cycle to work, season ticket loan

Who we are

We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people's lives and the world around us. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.

Belonging at Vodafone isn't a concept; it's lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You'll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. ;We're committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.

If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, please refer to https://careers.vodafone.com/application-adjustments/ for guidance.

Together we can.