Sales & Operations manager, normal?

[ascjim]

Would it be a good idea to combine a sales managers job role and running the day to day of my small business?

- They will take care of staff

- Be sure the staff have enough work / work that is due is getting done / organising work loads

- Replacing damaged euipment, ect

- Quoting all new work

- Getting new work in and keeping to a minimum turnover (commission based)

If they hit targets, they get paid a bonus.

There is a admin person to take calls, do the accounts / other admin and book in new jobs.

Other dicisions like organising insurances, paying bills, paying staff, choosing the company's direction will be done by the MD.

Is this too much for one person?

 

[Newchodge]

I can't see anything there that amounts to a sales manager's role. It is primarily an admin role

What will you be doing?

 

[Connexions]

Sales people just want to sell. They are not interested in doing anything else.

 

[ascjim]

Sitting on a beach in the sun

 

[ascjim]

I can't see anything there that amounts to a sales manager's role. It is primarily an admin role

What will you be doing?

Sitting on a beach in the sun

Maybe I shouldn't call it a sales manager role, but, they will be in charge of bring in new work.

 

[ascjim]

Sales people just want to sell. They are not interested in doing anything else.

Yeah your right there......maybe I should loom at making two separate roles. The issue is with that, the Op's manager wouldn't have much to do as it doesn't take much time.

 

[webgeek]

Sounds like your admin person needs to be the operations manager and leave the salesperson to sell.