Strategic Account Manager (Commercial Lead)
Ref: 633923
Manchester, England
£70,000
- Permanent
- Healthcare Commercial Leadership
- Strategic Account Growth
- CRM Sales Process Optimisation
About the candidate
Commercially driven sales and commercial leader with over 25 years’ experience across healthcare, medical devices and industrial sectors. They have a strong track record of leading multi-channel sales teams, managing strategic accounts and delivering growth across NHS and healthcare environments.
This candidate has led multi-million-pound portfolios, built high-performing teams and worked closely with clinicians, procurement teams and senior stakeholders to deliver value-led solutions. They bring a hands-on, collaborative style with strong experience in CRM adoption, forecasting, contract negotiation and commercial planning.
What makes them great?
- Strong commercial delivery: Led commercial performance across an approx. £11m healthcare portfolio, delivering 104% of target.
- Proven pipeline growth: Built an approx. £5m pipeline from scratch within 14 months, supporting long-term new business growth across healthcare and commercial sectors.
- Team leadership with measurable impact: Has led teams of up to 7 direct reports and 20 indirect staff, while also delivering approx. £1m+ revenue in NHS environments and approx. £800k revenue in a sales management role.
Areas of expertise
- Strategic account management: Experienced in developing key customer relationships across NHS, healthcare and commercial markets, with strong stakeholder engagement at clinical and procurement level.
- Sales leadership and coaching: Has managed field sales, key account and telesales teams, setting targets, improving accountability and developing team capability.
- CRM and sales process improvement: Confident leading CRM implementation and adoption to improve pipeline visibility, reporting and forecasting accuracy.