Role
Hire Sales Managers
Leaders capable of coaching reps, managing KPIs and driving predictable sales performance.
Fixed fee: $3,000 engagement + $10,000 success (+ GST)
What the role does
Inside the role.
Sales managers own the number and the team — daily standups, pipeline reviews, call reviews, coaching, KPI management, forecasting and holding people to standard.
Who hires for it
Who this hire is for.
Buyers agencies with three or more sales staff where the founder is still managing performance personally.
Traits of a strong candidate
- Coaches rather than closes on behalf of the team
- Runs a real cadence: activity, pipeline, forecast
- Comfortable with accountability conversations
- Reads and acts on data, not vibes
- Has personally carried a number before managing one
Common hiring mistakes
- Promoting the best closer into management without leadership capability
- Hiring a manager with no authority to set or enforce standards
- Unclear split between selling and managing in the role
How Haven Talent assesses
- Coaching roleplay against a recorded-style scenario
- Underperformance conversation scenario
- Forecasting and pipeline methodology
- Team results under their previous leadership
- Cadence and reporting structure they would install
Investment
Fixed fee, two stages.
$3,000 engagement fee on formal engagement, plus $10,000 success fee when the selected candidate signs. All pricing + GST, with a 90-day replacement guarantee on eligible placements.
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