About the Role
As the State Sales Manager for the NSW region, you will lead, develop, and execute the sales strategy to achieve revenue, profitability, and market growth objectives. This role provides leadership and direction to the sales team, builds strong customer relationships, identifies new business opportunities, and ensures exceptional customer service. You will drive sales performance through effective planning, coaching, and performance management while aligning state operations with strategic goals.
Responsibilities
- Foster a high-performance culture aligning commercial success with organizational values.
- Drive profitable revenue growth through effective sales planning, execution, and performance management.
- Lead, coach, and develop Business Development Managers (BDMs) and Inside Sales Account Managers (ISAMs).
- Provide ongoing leadership, mentoring, and support to maximize individual and team performance.
- Conduct regular performance reviews, development discussions, and succession planning.
- Recruit, onboard, and develop high-calibre sales talent.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key customers and strategic accounts.
- Lead commercial negotiations and review high-value proposals and quotations.
- Partner with BDMs to identify and develop high-growth customers, including opportunities exceeding $1M annual spend.
- Develop accurate sales forecasts.
- Provide timely weekly and monthly sales performance reports.
- Monitor sales activity, pipeline health, opportunity conversion, and productivity metrics.
- Ensure customer retention, revenue growth, and margin objectives are achieved.
- Act as the senior escalation point for customer and prospect issues.
- Drive a customer-centric approach to strengthen long-term partnerships and business growth.
Requirements
- Demonstrated success leading and developing high-performing B2B sales teams.
- Strong coaching, leadership, and people management capabilities.
- Proven ability to achieve sales growth, revenue, and profitability targets.
- Experience managing strategic accounts and leading commercial negotiations.
- Strong forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and sales pipeline management skills.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and relationship-building skills.
- Commercial acumen with the ability to balance customer outcomes, profitability, and organizational objectives.
- Ability to influence, motivate, and drive accountability across diverse sales teams.
- Ability to work cross-functionally and influence without direct authority.
Skills
- Sales Strategy
- Revenue Growth
- Profitability Management
- Market Growth
- Team Leadership
- Customer Relationship Management
- Business Development
- Sales Performance Management
- Coaching
- Performance Management
- Strategic Planning
- Commercial Negotiation
- Sales Forecasting
- Sales Reporting
- Stakeholder Management
- Communication
- Relationship Building
- Commercial Acumen
- Influencing
- Motivation
- Accountability
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- CRM (Salesforce)
Work Type
- Hybrid Working Models
Benefits
- Competitive remuneration
- Generous sales commission
- Fantastic incentives
- Career opportunities
- Comprehensive training and development programs
- Fantastic discounts across the JB Hi-Fi Group
- Access to Beny (team member benefits app)
- Exclusive offers
- Wellbeing perks
- Everyday savings
- 12 weeks paid parental leave for eligible primary carers
- Gift for new parents
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Counselling
- Wellbeing resources
About the Company
- JB Hi-Fi is one of Australia’s largest and most trusted retailers.
- The team is passionate, knowledgeable, and down-to-earth.
- We help people with better ways to live, learn, work, and play.
- We offer the latest in technology, consumer electronics, home entertainment, and appliances at great prices.
- We offer unbeatable value, world-class brands, and exceptional customer service across our 300+ store network, online, and in our commercial division, JB Hi-Fi Business.
- JB Hi-Fi is the perfect place to power your career.
Equal Opportunity
- JB Hi-Fi Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a work environment that promotes diversity and inclusion.
