An Interim Sales Director operational within 72 hours

Whether it's boosting growth, sales restructuring, or a change in business model, Delville Management provides an interim Sales Director who is operational in less than a week.

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Responsibilities

The responsibilities of an Interim Sales Director

The Interim Sales Director leads teams, manages objectives, action plans, and client relationships. They are involved in boosting growth, structuring a sales organisation, or supporting a change in business model.

Sales Strategy

The Interim Sales Director develops a strategy aligned with growth objectives, by analysing the market, client needs, and the competitive environment to identify areas for differentiation.

Implementation and Operational Management

They lead the sales action plan, adjust pricing policy, structure the offering, and ensure rigorous performance monitoring to guarantee results-oriented execution.

Sales Team Management

The Interim Sales Director supervises and energises sales teams, fosters a lasting collective dynamic, and motivates teams around ambitious, clear, and well-defined objectives.

Goals and Performance Tools

They set realistic sales targets and deploy appropriate tools — CRM, dashboards, KPIs — to monitor individual and collective performance and foster skill development.

Client Acquisition and Retention

The interim Sales Director identifies new leads, develops lasting commercial relationships, and implements targeted actions to retain strategic clients and secure recurring revenue.

Partnership Development

They negotiate structuring contracts and develop new growth drivers through commercial alliances, both in the domestic and international markets.

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Industry Expertise and Proven Results

The interim Sales Directors in our network have proven their capabilities in various situations: offer repositioning, sales transformation, process redesign, or crisis management. They integrate quickly, provide a relevant diagnosis, and implement an effective action plan within the first few weeks.

Responsiveness and Support at Every Stage

We thoroughly analyse your needs and, within a few days, propose an interim Sales Director perfectly suited to your sector and culture. Rigorous follow-up is then ensured throughout the assignment, with regular meetings between the client, the manager, and the Engagement Director.

Strong Regional Presence to Address Local Realities

Our offices are located across France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Spain to provide local support.

Tailored Intervention for Your Commercial Challenges

The interim Sales Director takes charge of sales management without a transition period and delivers tangible results within the first few weeks, while securing short-term business objectives.

An External Perspective to Challenge Existing Strategy

The interim Sales Director evaluates the effectiveness of existing action plans, identifies areas of friction, and refocuses efforts on the most impactful levers to achieve commercial objectives.

Delville Manager Profile

Profiles who have led sales organisations and complex development strategies in competitive markets, with direct responsibility for revenue growth.

Our interim Sales Directors are selected for their ability to revitalise sales momentum, structure high-performing sales systems, and rapidly generate measurable results.

Accustomed to demanding environments, they assume their duties with immediate autonomy and promptly implement the most impactful actions.

industries
Information Technology / IT

Our IT interim managers are deployed within 72 hours to manage your IT crises, lead your digital transformations, and ensure the performance of your information systems.

Insurance

Our interim insurance managers are deployed within 72 hours to lead your transformation projects, ensure your regulatory compliance, and guarantee the performance of your operations.

Aerospace

Our aerospace, space, and defense interim managers are available within 72 hours to secure your industrial operations, manage your complex projects, and accelerate your production ramp-up.

Medical-Social Services

Our Medical-Social interim managers are deployed within 72 hours to ensure service continuity, steer your strategic projects, and support the transformation of your organisations.

Energy and Resources

Our energy interim managers are available within 72 hours to lead your industrial projects, secure your operations, and accelerate your energy transition.

Construction

Our interim managers specialising in Construction are deployed within 72 hours to secure your construction sites, manage your projects, and restructure your construction operations.

Transportation and Logistics

Our interim transport and logistics managers are deployed within 72 hours to optimise your flows, drive your transformations, and secure your organisation's performance.

Public Sector and NGOs

Our public sector and NGO interim managers are available within 72 hours to lead your reforms, modernise your organisations, and ensure the continuity of your public interest missions.

Luxury

Our luxury interim managers are available within 72 hours to lead your strategic projects, strengthen your operational excellence, and support the transformations of your brands.

Banks

Our interim banking managers are deployed within 72 hours to lead your digital transformations, secure your regulatory compliance, and ensure the continuity of your banking operations.

Agri-Food

Our agri-food interim managers are deployed within 72 hours to secure your operations, lead your transformation projects, and ensure your regulatory compliance.

Technology and Media

Our tech and media interim managers are deployed within 72 hours to drive your digital transformations, manage your crises, and accelerate your operational performance.

Healthcare

Our healthcare interim managers are deployed within 72 hours to ensure operational continuity, lead your critical projects, and drive transformations within your healthcare facilities.

Finance and Consulting

Our finance interim managers can be deployed within 72 hours to lead your transformation projects, secure your processes, and enhance the performance of your financial functions.

Supply chain

Our interim supply chain managers are deployed within 72 hours to secure your supply flows, drive your logistics transformations, and restore your supply chain's performance.

Retail and Distribution

Our retail interim managers are deployed within 72 hours to secure your operations, drive your omnichannel transformations, and strengthen your competitiveness.

Reaching excellence with Delville Management

François Denis
GENERAL MANAGER - GEOTAB

Delville is an excellent interim management firm. The team is highly professional and excels at accurately understanding the precise needs of its client companies.

Pierre Magro
CEO - BABYMOOV GROUP

Professional, high-quality, and efficient team, even under pressure.

Nicolas Péjout
CEO - EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL

The benefit of the mission was immediate. Sylvie, the interim manager, successfully laid the foundation for a smooth, human-centric, and rigorous transition.

Matthieu Lambeaux
CEO - AGRIBIOTHERS

A highly professional team capable of finding the right candidates who match the expressed needs.

Jérôme Delanoë
PRODUCTION DIRECTOR - SFERIS

Interim management seemed like a good solution, and it proved to be.

Eric Gauthier
HEAD OF OPERATIONS EUROPE - WINDROSE

I needed people who had already worked with Chinese people or in China, because that helps culturally. [...] We were lucky to have two managers from Delville Management, who did an excellent job and helped us.

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