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An Interim Sales Manager or Director can be hired on an "as needed" basis and may be filling the gap of a newly promoted employee, to temporarily replace a sales person that's left the organisation, or to cover maternity, absence, or sabbatical. The organisation may want to trial a new service or product and doesn't want to hire a full time permanent employee, or needs a sales person quickly before a permanent hire can be found. Whatever the circumstances hiring an Interim Sales person is flexible and minimises risk particularly with new employment regulations.

The use of an experienced Sales Interim delivers real results in a wide variety of business scenarios involving growth, change or turnaround. These can include transition or change management, project management and launching new products and services to new markets. Interim Sales Directors can effectively mentor, coach and develop existing sales people because of their objectivity and independence.

Sensibly over qualified for the job in hand, Interim Sales Directors have a demonstrable track record which enables them to be effective from Day One. They stay for as long or short a time as is needed to get the job done.

Interim Sales people can be used to review and evaluate areas where you could be doing better. They can audit your sales proposition, sales processes and systems including sales CRM, channels to market, evaluate your sales people and provide both sales performance management and interim sales management on a part time or temporary basis.

As companies move out of survival mode into recovery some more forward-thinking company executives are realising that they need to invest quickly in sales again to stem competition and get ahead of the recovery curve. How many salespeople are pointing to the recession and blaming this for lack of sales, and more importantly how long after the downturn will it take them to move out of this mental state?

There is a current upsurge in companies looking down the Interim Sales Director route as a quick and flexible way to rapidly grow sales and increase existing sales team performance. An Interim Sales Director can join the team almost immediately, is adept at jumping in at the deep end, learning the ropes quickly and using their skills and experience at gaining significant sales results.

Many Interim Sales Directors bring an executive network of groomed contacts and decision makers that will prove invaluable in gaining new sales.