On-Demand Sales Leadership. Results Focussed. No Long-Term Commitment
Hire a proven Interim Sales Director to fix, build, and accelerate your sales performance—starting this week.
- ⏱ Available for immediate deployment
- 📈 Fix broken pipelines, underperforming teams & missed forecasts
- 🧠 Deep sales transformation expertise across B2B sectors
- 💰 Boost win rates, orders, revenue, margins & deal velocity
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What Is an Interim Sales Director?
Interim Sales Director = Strategic Sales Leadership Without the Delay or Overhead
An interim sales director gives you high-level sales leadership—without the cost, risk, or delay of permanent hire. From day one, they step in to fix, build, and execute your commercial growth strategy with minimal disruption.
Typical Interim Sales Director Engagements
Where an Interim Sales Director Delivers Maximum Value
We’re hired when
- You’re under Board pressure and need fast sales performance fixes
- The pipeline is full—but deals aren’t closing
- You’re heading into investment/due diligence
- Your permanent Sales Director has exited unexpectedly
- You’re launching new markets/products and need experienced oversight
Here’s a quick checklist to see if you’d benefit from engaging an Interim Sales Director in the short term
- Sales performance is missing target for more than one quarter.
- You’ve lost your Sales Director (resigned, promoted, or underperforming) and need leadership now.
- Your sales pipeline is full, but deals aren’t closing — or are closing too slowly.
- Board or investor pressure is mounting for short-term performance fixes.
- There’s a lack of sales accountability, forecasting accuracy, or CRM discipline.
- You’re entering new markets, launching new products, or repositioning — and need experienced commercial leadership.
- You’re planning for investment, M&A, or due diligence and need to polish your sales operation.
- Your sales team lacks strategic direction, momentum, or internal coaching support.
- You’re stuck in a cycle of high discounting, low margins, and unpredictable results.
- You need fast, external insight without the long-term cost or risk of a permanent hire.
Interim Sales Director | Case Studies & Metrics
Proof in Performance
Clients work with Morton Kyle because they want fast, measurable impact. Here’s what we’ve delivered:
✅ Tripled sales-qualified lead volume in 60 days
✅ 26% reduction in discounting across all deals
✅ Reduced sales cycle duration by 30% via sales process restructure
✅ +£850k recovered from a stalled pipeline in < 7 days
✅ Increased margin on new business by over 10% within three months
✅ Improved meeting sit rates by over 80%
✅ Reduced waste – took sales close rate from 1:27 to over 1 in 5 within 7 days of meeting / quote
✅ Delivered a joined up sales and marketing plan to drive lead volume growth and quality
Engagement Models & Fees | Interim Sales Support
Flexible. Transparent. Fast to Deploy.
Choose the level of engagement that matches your challenge
| Model | Scope | Duration | Investment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fix & Focus | Half-day per week | 6 weeks | £6,250 – £8,500 |
| Hands-On Turnaround | 3 days/week | 8–12 weeks | £12K + |
| Full Function Leadership | Full-time | 3–6 months | Custom Pricing |
These investment ranges reflect typical engagements. For a customised quote – let’s chat about your specific needs and we can provide a more tailored quote against focussed deliverables and timescales – select your preferred time / date here
Our Approach to Interim Sales Support
The Morton Kyle Way: Fast Diagnosis. Precise Fix. Embedded Growth.
Using the S.A.V.E.R.™ Framework, we identify where revenue leaks, underperformance, or structural friction is holding your team back.
Mini-description of S.A.V.E.R. (as a visual framework or 5-block grid):
- Scan – full audit of sales performance
- Assess – quantify revenue gaps vs revenue opportunity
- Validate – verify and validate root causes
- Engineer – design sales improvement solutions and interventions
- Result – track progress, embed change using data trackers and performance management frameworks
Learn more about the Morton Kyle Sales Audit
FAQs
What You Need to Know
1. What is an Interim Sales Director?
An Interim Sales Director is a highly experienced sales leader brought into your business on a short- to medium-term basis. They focus on fixing sales performance issues, building pipeline momentum, and delivering measurable commercial results—without the delay or risk of a permanent hire.
2. When should I hire an Interim Sales Director?
You should consider hiring an Interim Sales Director when your sales function is underperforming, you’ve lost key leadership, your pipeline is stagnant, or you’re preparing for investment, acquisition, or rapid scale. It’s also ideal during restructures, launches, or high-pressure board scrutiny.
3. What results can I expect from an Interim Sales Director?
Expect rapid diagnosis of issues, increased sales velocity, improved conversion rates, higher margins, tighter forecasting, and renewed team energy. Morton Kyle clients typically see 30–50% improvements in pipeline performance within 90 days, dependant on when you bring us in.
4. How quickly can you start?
The sales diagnostic process usually begin within 48 hours of engagement confirmation. That means no long onboarding, no lengthy contracts—just fast, focused sales leadership when you need it most.
5. What industries do you work with?
We work with B2B companies across SaaS, tech, recruitment, professional services, consultancies, manufacturing, logistics, business services, engineering, publishing, finance and membership organisations, typically with turnover between £5M–£50M.
6. Is there a minimum engagement period?
Yes. The minimum engagement is typically 6 weeks, allowing enough time to assess, intervene, and drive meaningful results. Longer strategic engagements can last 3–6 months or more depending on scope. We operate on rolling 30 day contracts – no long term commitments, and we exit when you have the results you need. No lengthy contracts!
7. What’s the difference between an Interim Sales Director and a Sales Consultant?
An Interim Sales Director leads your sales team, owns results, and operates inside your business like a full-time sales leader. A sales consultant advises from the outside. Morton Kyle provides both models—Done-With-You or Done-For-You leadership. Just let is know what will work best for you.
8. Do you work remotely or onsite?
We offer both. Most engagements are hybrid or remote-first, depending on the business need. We can attend critical meetings, run team coaching sessions, and manage sales reviews in-person if required…again, we work together to establish what the business needs to get the results you’re looking for.
9. How much does it cost to hire an Interim Sales Director?
Engagements start from £2,500 for a six-week part-time Fix & Focus plan, up to £12K/month for intensive hands-on sales turnaround programs. We tailor each package based on your goals and sales challenges. Without doubt it’s faster, more cost effective and easier to take on an Interim Sales Director for a three months sales turnaround project that waiting for a full time Sales Director to start. Your interim Sales Support hits the ground running – forget about induction and corporate onboarding – it’s not needed. So you get speed, ease and daily performance against agreed milestone – Plus – no need to worry about those hefty recruitment fees!
10. What happens after the interim engagement ends?
At the end of the engagement, you’ll receive a full sales performance report, training transfer if needed, and clear next-step recommendations. We believe in full knowledge transfer to your team at all stages, so your business retains the skills, knowledge and frameworks it needs to continue building sales momentum. We can also support you in hiring a permanent Sales Director or continue in a lighter-touch advisory capacity.
11. What if I only need you part-time?
Perfectly fine – your needs will be specific to you and your business. Let’s have a chat and talk about more flexible options that suit your needs and your budgets – select a time and date to suit you here.
12. How do you measure impact?
Using our S.A.V.E.R Framework we monitor all the success critical sales metrics daily – and you can do the same.
What Sales Leaders Say
Managing Director | National Recruitment Company…
We hired Carol to effectively remove an impasse to growth in The Interim Register. The business had reached a ceiling in terms of sales and we needed an expert third party opinion to help us look at the business from a new angle to regain momentum. Carol’s core ideas formed the basis of subsequent restructuring which has been a great success. I would definitely recommend Carol!
M.D | Service Management Consultancy Firm…
She is a pleasure to work with as she is always direct, focused and has the ability to see the big picture, whilst still delivering at the tactical level which is a significant benefit when achieving complex business goals. She is a recognised problem solver and respected by peers, management and board members alike. I would strongly recommend her as an asset to any organization.
Director | National Insolvency Practitioners…
Carol has worked with our company for a number of years, assisting us in our company growth.
Her role has covered many aspects of our business and sales development, and she consistently delivers more than is asked of her.
Interim Sales Support | Fast Sales Results. No Long-Term Tie-In.
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All Sales Director / Commercial Director contracts are via Morton Kyle Limited – a sales transformation consultancy, working across the UK since 2003
Hi, welcome to Morton Kyle Limited.
As Founder and Lead Consultant, I’ve spent the last 30+ years in the trenches of sales—fixing broken pipelines, rebuilding underperforming teams, and helping businesses close more deals at higher margins.
I’ve worked with global brands, challenger firms, and fast-growth sales teams, helping them:
✔ Fix underperforming pipelines – turning ghosted leads into closed deals.
✔ Increase win rates – without discounting or chasing bad-fit prospects.
✔ Build sales systems that actually work – so you don’t waste time on ‘busy work’ that doesn’t convert.
I’m not another ‘sales trainer.’ I don’t teach theory. I fix sales problems – fast. And if you’re still reading, it means you’ve got a problem that needs fixing.
I know how sales leaders think because I’ve been one. I know what the board wants because I’ve sat in those meetings.
And I know what works – because I’ve done it, tested it, and proved it across industries, markets, and economic downturns.