Inside Sales Manager – Team Lead Inside Sales

Hello Lemon GmbH

Inside Sales Manager driving the commercial performance of an Inside Sales team in Germany. Leading team development and optimizing sales processes in a hybrid work environment.

Posted 5/10/2026full-timeHilden • 🇩🇪 GermanySenior💰 €54,000 - €60,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

You will manage the commercial performance of the Inside Sales team with a focus on revenue, margin and strategic account development.
You will actively develop your team, promoting commercial maturity and ownership at all levels.
You will optimize sales processes, pipeline quality and closing rates through clear structures and KPI-driven management.
You will ensure coordination between Sales, Logistics, Engineering and other interfaces.
You will identify operational bottlenecks and drive sustainable process improvements.
Together with another leader, you will assume responsibility for adjacent operational areas such as Order Management and Vendor Coordination.
You will ensure that commercial decisions are operationally feasible and economically sound.
You will initiate cross-functional improvement projects to increase efficiency, quality and customer satisfaction.

Requirements

What you’ll need

You have several years of experience in a leadership role in B2B sales or Inside Sales.
You have proven responsibility for revenue, margin and strategic customer development.
You have experience in developing and leading commercial teams across different seniority levels.
You understand operational processes such as order fulfillment, supply chains or vendor management and can actively manage them.
You influence stakeholders across departments and create alignment even without direct authority.
You think strategically, act pragmatically and consistently drive topics to completion.
You work in a structured, solution-oriented way and have a strong entrepreneurial mindset.
You have business-fluent German (minimum C1) and business-fluent English (minimum C1).

Benefits

Comp & perks

You gain access to attractive roles that are often not publicly advertised.
You receive personal guidance and support throughout the entire application process.
You benefit from honest feedback, discretion and our industry expertise.
You save time as we handle communication with employers on your behalf.
You will be offered a permanent position in a future-proof company.
You benefit from flat hierarchies, short decision-making paths and a collegial working environment.
You continue your professional and personal development through targeted support.
You receive full home office equipment including a laptop, two monitors and a height-adjustable desk.
You benefit from a company pension plan, capital-forming benefits and private supplementary health insurance.
You enjoy flexible working hours, additional days off for special occasions and the option of one home-office day per week.
You work in an open corporate culture with regular team events and group activities.
You benefit from a long-term perspective in an international and future-proof market environment.
You are offered a compensation package in the range of €54,000 – €60,000 annual base salary plus a variable component.

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Hard Skills & Tools

B2B salesInside Salesrevenue managementmargin managementstrategic account developmentsales process optimizationKPI-driven managementorder fulfillmentsupply chain managementvendor management

Soft Skills

leadershipteam developmentstakeholder influencestrategic thinkingpragmatic actionproblem-solvingstructured approachsolution-oriented mindsetentrepreneurial mindsetcross-functional collaboration