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How much do sales force effectiveness jobs pay per hour?

As of Aug 26, 2026, the average hourly pay for sales force effectiveness in the United States is $46.05, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $15.62 and $71.88 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is Sales Force Effectiveness?

Sales Force Effectiveness (SFE) refers to the strategies, processes, and tools used to maximize the productivity and performance of a company's sales team. It involves analyzing sales data, setting clear goals, optimizing sales processes, and ensuring that sales representatives have the necessary skills and resources to succeed. SFE is crucial for improving sales results, customer satisfaction, and overall business growth. Companies often use metrics to measure effectiveness and continuously refine their sales approaches.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive in Sales Force Effectiveness?

To thrive in Sales Force Effectiveness, you need strong analytical abilities, knowledge of sales processes, and a background in business or sales management, often supported by a relevant degree. Familiarity with CRM systems like Salesforce, data analytics tools, and certifications in sales operations or analytics are typically used. Exceptional communication, problem-solving skills, and stakeholder management help professionals stand out in this position. These skills are crucial for optimizing sales performance, driving revenue growth, and ensuring alignment between sales strategies and business goals.

What are the typical challenges faced by professionals working in Sales Force Effectiveness roles?

Professionals in Sales Force Effectiveness often encounter challenges such as aligning sales strategies with evolving business objectives, ensuring consistent adoption of new tools and processes by sales teams, and collecting accurate data to measure performance. Balancing short-term sales targets with long-term organizational improvements can also be complex. Effective collaboration with sales, marketing, and operations departments is essential to drive sustainable changes and achieve measurable improvements in sales productivity.

What is the difference between Sales Force Effectiveness vs Sales Operations?

AspectSales Force EffectivenessSales Operations
Primary FocusOptimizing sales team performance and strategiesSupporting sales processes and infrastructure
Key ResponsibilitiesTraining, coaching, performance analysisCRM management, territory planning, data analysis
Required SkillsSales strategy, analytics, communicationProcess management, technology, data analysis

Sales Force Effectiveness focuses on improving individual and team sales performance through strategies and training, while Sales Operations handles the supporting processes, tools, and data management that enable sales teams to function efficiently. Both roles are essential for maximizing sales results but differ in their core functions and responsibilities.

Which sales force effectiveness jobs are in demand?

In sales force effectiveness, roles such as sales analysts, sales operations managers, and CRM specialists are in high demand. These positions require skills in data analysis, sales strategy, and proficiency with tools like Salesforce or other CRM platforms, often supported by certifications in sales or business analytics.
Infographic showing various Sales Force Effectiveness job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 80% Full Time, 19% Part Time, and 1% Contract. Highlights an 78% Physical, 1% Hybrid, and 21% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $95,777 per year, or $46 per hour.

Consultant - Sales Force Effectiveness

Chicago, IL • On-site


Aon
Business Management Consulting • 10K+ employees

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Job description

Aon is looking for a Consultant, Sales Force Effectiveness

As part of an industry-leading team, you will help empower results for our clients by delivering innovative and effective solutions from our Sales Force Effectiveness practice within Talent Solutions. Preferred locations are New York, NY, Boston, MA, Chicago, IL, Houston, TX or Tampa, FL.

Your impact as a Consultant

Aon's Sales Force Effectiveness Practice works with organizations to identify, prioritize, and capture profitable revenue growth opportunities! Our practice understands that salespeople are expensive resources that often operate remotely from headquarters, interact directly with customers, and have a significant impact on business results. Given these factors, we believe that proper customer targeting, organization deployment, sales talent management, and motivation of salespeople are critical to our client's success.

As a Consultant, you will be responsible for data analysis, problem-solving, solution creation, project management, and delivery. You will partner with experienced senior consultants and leaders to develop greater technical skills and functional knowledge in sales force effectiveness.

Aon is in the business of better decisions

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.

As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive, diverse team, and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

What the day will look like:
  • Execute project work steps, analyze data, and accumulate knowledge of business models through actual engagements
  • Apply cutting-edge consulting methodologies to complex client business problems
  • Develop relationships with internal clients such as senior consultants, peers, and associates in other offices to establish a professional reputation and increase project opportunities
  • Responsible for interacting and establishing trust with client contacts and improving individual utilization
  • Assist in the design, development, and implementation of strategies and programs aimed at addressing clients' business and people challenges
  • Support the sale of client projects; listen for possible extend/expand opportunities in client interactions
  • Contribute to client proposals by observing client scoping conversations with senior consultants
  • Conduct research at the direction of senior consultants.
  • Respond to client needs and complete project plans to deliver optimal engagement value to both the client and Aon
  • Deliver work products of the highest quality as directed by Sr. Consultants and Project Managers.
  • Participate in scheduled and on-the-job training to develop a full understanding of Aon's consulting methodologies; Supplement this with outside reading to develop a deeper understanding of the business issues and trends
  • Support internal initiatives to develop new consulting content, develop new markets, and recruit new consultants.
  • Ability to travel on an as-needed basis up to 50%
Skills and experience that will lead to success:
  • 4-6+ years of relevant work experience in sales force effectiveness
  • Aptitude for defined technical skills; excellent proficiency in Microsoft Excel (vlookups, pivot tables and formula development) and data/analytic tools such as PowerBI, Tableau, data cubes, and data visualization
  • Broad-based and business-oriented understanding of sales process, sales tools, incentives, reporting, planning, quota, territory, forecasting, process and sales talent issues
  • Strong written and oral skills who can draft business correspondence, reports and presentations
  • Strong analytical skills; the ability to synthesize data and develop insights
  • Demonstrated problem-solving skills, think critically and question data
Preferred Experience:
  • Demonstration of leadership in extracurricular activities
  • Sales Experience
  • Demonstrate intellectual curiosity by reading industry journals, participating in industry-wide community activities, and taking advantage of training offered
Education:
  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Math, Statistics, Economics, Accounting or General Business
  • MBA preferred

We offer you

Aon offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and regular part-time colleagues, including, but not limited to: a 401(k) savings plan with employer contributions; an employee stock purchase plan; consideration for long-term incentive awards at Aon's discretion; medical, dental and vision insurance, various types of leaves of absence, paid time off, including 12 paid holidays throughout the calendar year, 15 days of paid vacation per year, paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws, short-term disability and optional long-term disability, health savings account, health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts,employee and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance; optional personal insurance policies, adoption assistance, tuition assistance, commuter benefits, and an employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions. Eligibility for benefits is governed by the applicable plan documents and policies.

How we support our colleagues

In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage an inclusive workforce. Plus, our agile environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance, ensuring you can be your best self at Aon. Furthermore, all colleagues enjoy two "Global Wellbeing Days" each year, encouraging you to take time to focus on yourself. We offer a variety of working style solutions for our colleagues as well.

Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips you to learn, share and grow, helping you achieve your fullest potential. As a result, at Aon, you are more connected, more relevant, and more valued.

Aon values an innovative and inclusive workplace where all colleagues feel empowered to be their authentic selves. Aon is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Aon provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran, marital, domestic partner status, or other legally protected status. People with criminal histories are encouraged to apply.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and fostering an inclusive workplace. If you require accommodations during the application or interview process, please let us know. You can request accommodations by emailing us at ReasonableAccommodations@Aon.com or your recruiter. We will work with you to meet your needs and ensure a fair and equitable experience.

For positions in San Francisco and Los Angeles, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction record in accordance with local Fair Chance ordinances.

Aon is not accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this position. If you are a search firm, you will not be compensated in any way for your submission of a candidate, even if Aon hires that candidate.

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Pay Transparency Laws:

The salary range for this position (intended for U.S. applicants) is $105,000 to $125,000 annually. The actual salary will vary based on applicant's education, experience, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. The salary may also be adjusted based on applicant's geographic location.
The salary range reflected is based on a primary work location of Chicago, IL. The actual salary may vary for applicants in a different geographic location.

This position is eligible to participate in one of Aon's annual incentive plans to receive an annual discretionary bonus in addition to base salary. The amount of any bonus varies and is subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan.

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Aon plc (NYSE:AON) is a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions. Our 50,000 colleagues in 120 countries empower results for clients by using proprietary data and analytics to deliver insights that reduce volatility and improve performance.

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Business management consulting

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10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

Chicago, IL, US

Year founded

1992


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