Sales Manager - Hygiene | Sydney

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Lead and mentor a high-performing sales team while executing growth strategies within a global hygiene market leader, ensuring safety and compliance in all activities.

Lead. Grow. Succeed with a Global Market Leader.

Are you an accomplished sales leader with a passion for driving growth and developing high-performing teams? This is an outstanding opportunity to join a global, market-leading organisation within a dynamic, supportive, and collaborative environment.

Our Sydney branch is seeking an organised, results-driven Sales Manager to lead and mentor a team of Initial Key Account Managers and Sales Consultants. Reporting directly to the Business Manager, you will play a critical role in executing growth strategies, achieving sales targets, and fostering a strong performance culture.

This role offers a balance of office-based leadership and field engagement, allowing you to coach your team on the road while applying strong time management and leadership skills. Safety is our highest priority, and ensuring compliance across all activities is essential.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop, communicate, and monitor sales strategies and targets to drive sustainable business growth
  • Lead, coach, and motivate the sales team to achieve and exceed performance objectives
  • Promote ethical and sustainable sales practices, with a strong focus on new customer acquisition
  • Secure major accounts through prospecting, submissions, presentations, tenders, and negotiations
  • Drive new business development opportunities
  • Expand service offerings within existing customer portfolios
  • Collaborate closely with Operations to deliver a customer-first experience

About You

  • Proven success in a Sales Management role, preferably within a service-based industry
  • Demonstrated experience in field or territory sales
  • Strong leadership skills with the ability to coach, motivate, and provide constructive feedback
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work collaboratively with operational teams
  • Experience in washroom hygiene is not required, but will be highly regarded
  • Exposure to Government or public-sector accounts is advantageous, though not essential

About Rentokil Initial

Rentokil Initial is the world’s leading hygiene company, employing over 38,000 people across more than 40 countries. Since 1903, we have been helping organisations manage hygiene risk and create safer, healthier workplaces. Backed by science and decades of expertise, our tailored hygiene solutions are delivered seamlessly, without disrupting our customers’ operations.

Additional Information

To be successful in this role, you must have the right to work in Australia and be able to pass pre-employment medical, police, and reference checks.

If you are ready to take the next step in your leadership career with a global organisation offering long-term career opportunities, apply now.

Rentokil Initial provides services that protect people and enhance lives.We protect people from the dangers of pest-borne disease and the risks of poor hygiene. We enhance lives with services that protect the health and wellbeing of people, and the reputation of our customers’ brands.We are always looking for hardworking, energetic and enthusiastic individuals to join our business. We're a very welcoming company, many of our colleagues see each other as their family!Our main brands are Rentokil, Initial and Ambius who provide services including pest control, washroom solutions, specialist hygiene, medical waste disposal, property care and also interior/exterior landscaping for companies within any industry.We have over 1800 local service teams across the world covering 91% of global GDP in over 90 of the world’s 100 largest cities across North America, Europe, UK and the Rest of World, Asia and the Pacific.Our main drive is to offer outstanding and consistent customer service, to support our colleagues and promote colleagues from within, all whilst making sure we have the best health and safety standards possible - we want everyone to get home safely.Does this sound like the company for you? Have a look at our vacancies below!

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