James Slade

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Sales and Marketing Director @ United Kingdom
United Kingdom
James Slade's Location
New Malden, England, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
About James Slade

An outstanding, stable and progressive Sales Director with 12 years sales leadership. At Vodafone Business, I led 16 x Sales Executives. Grew the Cloud, Security, and Software business from £87m to £112m. Also, 13-years at CIVICA, grew the Consulting & Software Practice from £25m to £46m. Strong Sales leader, transforming, building, and developing sales teams.WHAT I OFFER:- Stable track record of sales success- 12-years Sales Leadership experience- Extensive UK sales leadership experience- Success of building 3 x sales teams for 2 companies- Strong selling experience into the office of the CIO & CTO- Ability to manage complex deals orders into the multi-millions- Creates sales discipline, pipeline management and forecasting- Building, developing and coaching elite performing sales teams- Led teams of up to 16 reports including SDRs, AEs, Enterprise Sales & Managers- Strong UK customer focus in Public Sector, Not for Profit & Commercial verticalsSOLUTIONS SOLD:365 Cloud Migration, Azure, Back-up, Citrix, Cloud, Consulting, Cyber Security, Data Management, Email Archiving, Location Analytics, Managed Firewall, Managed Services, Mobile Security (SaaS), Storage, Symantec, Training, Trend, VMware.COMPETITOR LANDSCAPE:Verizon, BT Global, WIPRO, Oracle, SAP, IBM, Cerner, Insight, Dabs and Kingfisher Group.

James Slade's Current Company Details
Symity - A Charterhouse Group Company

Symity - A Charterhouse Group Company

Sales and Marketing Director
United Kingdom
James Slade Work Experience Details
  • Symity - A Charterhouse Group Company
    Sales And Marketing Director
    Symity - A Charterhouse Group Company
    United Kingdom
  • Symity - A Charterhouse Group Company
    Sales & Marketing Director
    Symity - A Charterhouse Group Company Oct 2024 - Present
    London Area, United Kingdom
  • Vodafone Business
    Senior Sales Manager Uk - Saas, Security & Services
    Vodafone Business Sep 2020 - Oct 2024
    United Kingdom
    Senior Sales Manager UK - SaaS, Security & ServicesGiven extra responsibility of the SaaS and Security divisions across all UK vertical markets.- Increased team to 16 reports including 6 x SDRs- Led forecasting and reporting into Vodafone Group- Complex multi-million, complex software deals to CIO, CTO, IT and CFO personas- Created sales campaigns to drive pipeline in Public Sector and Enterprise accounts- Launched new Location SaaS product- 7 out of 8 team members hit target in FY23 / 2x Global Growth Champions - Closed £112m against target of £87m (SaaS, Security, and Services solutions)Sept 2020 – Feb 2022, Sales Manager UK - SaaS, Security & ServicesHeadhunted to turnaround an underperforming team of 4 x Account Executives. - Selling Cloud Migration, Managed Firewall, Legacy Application Migration, Data Centre, Security Solutions & Vodafone’s own Services- Focused on Financial Services, Insurance, Automotive, Retail, Transport, Construction, Logistics, and Professional Services verticals- Installed leadership and structure into sales team- Grew team to 8 x sales by March 2021, hired Senior Sales, Cloud and Security Sales Specialists- Created strong leadership, sales training, solid qualification of pipeline- Improved forecasting accuracy- Exceeded target of £21m (2021-22), achieved £22.4m
  • Civica
    Sales Director
    Civica 2011 - Sep 2020
    London, United Kingdom
    Promoted into Sales Director role. Reporting into the MD, asked to lead the UK sales team covering the “Not for Profit” (NFP) sector. - Leadership role selling software & services to Universities, Housing Associations, and Charities - Inherited a team of 4 x Account Executives- From 2011 to 2016 built up Microsoft’s Azure/365 Consulting & Software Practice- From 2016 to 2020, promoted to lead the Services team selling to Government and Councils- Increased sales team to 6 x Account Executives- Implemented SCOTSMEN, Miller Heiman and CIVICA sales methodologies- Developed a high performing sales team with limited budget- Help grow the Azure/365 Consulting & Software Practice from £25m to £46m in 9 years- Hit target in 7 out of 9 years- Achieved Diamond Club performance exceeding 110% over a 4-year period- Two team members attained Diamond Club performance, and Salesperson of the Year awards
  • Civica
    Senior Sales - Vm Ware, Citrix And Symantec
    Civica Sep 2009 - Feb 2011
    London, United Kingdom
    Promoted into a larger individual contributor role, with the additional responsibility of turning around sales of the underperforming VMware and Citrix product lines. - Mix of internal and field sales of VMware, Citrix and Symantec products- Trained CIVICA sales teams on the VMWare and Citrix solutions- Focused on both Public Sector and Corporate markets- Led forecasting and reporting - Closed software and services deals ranging from £5k to £1m+- Increased sales pipeline for all product offerings - Achieved growth of 189% for VMware, 134% for Symantec and 121% for Citrix- Delivered Diamond Club 110% each year
  • Civica
    Senior Sales, Symantec
    Civica Feb 2007 - Sep 2009
    Putney
    Hired to grow the new Symantec Enterprise Business within CIVICA. This role was funded by both Symantec and CIVICA. CIVICA provided implementation services for the Symantec products.- Individual Contributor role- Sold into Public Sector, 80% existing accounts, 20% new logos- Responsible for Sales Campaigns, Customer engagement, KPI’s and Forecasting- Trained the CIVICA sales team on Symantec products- Focused on Symantec Security Suite along with Enterprise Vault and NetBackup solutions- Closed £4m deal with UK Prison Service (£3m software / £1m services) on a per seat basis- Grew revenue over 212% during a 2.5-year period
  • Equanet
    Key Account Manager
    Equanet Sep 1999 - Oct 2005
    Surbiton
    B2B new business direct sales role into Corporate and Government sectors.- Hired to hunt, close and then upsell new customers in the UK from scratch- Targeted corporates employing from 500 to 3,000 individuals- Focused on IBM products, HP Servers, HP Storage and Toshiba laptops- 100 calls per day plus field sales meetings- Won multiple new accounts within 2 years- Upsold and expanded account base during last 3 years- Grew new business revenue from £0 - £30k per month in 2 years- Key Wins – Liberty International / Tibco Software- Exceeded all sales targets

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