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Emily Davies

London,United Kingdom

Summary

Senior commercial leader with 12+ years' experience building and scaling high performing teams across marketplace and FMCG environments. Currently lead Just Eat's UK SMB sales organisation, with responsibility spanning national growth strategy, acquisition, commercial investment, market expansion and partner activation. Track record of building commercial models that deliver sustainable growth, including £25M+ annual new business revenue, significant market share growth and the launch and scale of new categories from the ground up. Experienced leading through managers and partnering across Finance, Product, Marketing, Operations, Legal and Strategy to turn data and market insight into clear commercial priorities, investment decisions and measurable growth.

I lead with pace, clarity and accountability. I use data to make informed decisions, focus teams on the biggest opportunities and build strong leaders who can take ownership of performance and deliver consistently.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Head of Sales

Justeattakeaway.com
London, United Kingdom
05.2021 - Current

Lead Just Eat's UK SMB sales organisation, with responsibility for national growth strategy, acquisition, commercial investment, market expansion and team performance across competitive local markets.

Scope & Leadership

  • Lead a 45 person department through 7 Regional Sales Managers, with accountability for performance, capability and succession.
  • Own the national SMB sales strategy, including market prioritisation, coverage models, resource allocation and investment decisions across the UK.
  • Work closely with Finance, Product, Marketing, Operations, Legal and Strategy, using market and performance insight to shape priorities and improve how we operate.

Commercial Impact

  • Delivered £25M in new partner deal revenue in 2025, following 18 consecutive months of double digit growth.
  • Manage multi million pound commercial budgets, balancing growth, efficiency and profitability and making investment decisions based on performance.
  • Improved sales conversion from 3% to more than 8.8% through better lead prioritisation, stronger sales capability, AI enabled learning and improved commercial tools.

GTM & Commercial Operating Model

  • Designed and implemented a lead scoring and prioritisation model that contributed £2.3M in incremental revenue in 2025.
  • Built and standardised an end-to-end partner onboarding and activation model, improving speed-to-value from 18 days to 3 days.
  • Expanded seller ownership beyond acquisition into early partner performance, introducing activation and order metrics that improved first year new partner churn by 38% in 2025.

Category & Market Expansion

  • Scaled Just Eat’s SMB grocery vertical from 0 to 4,000+ partnerships, increasing category market share by +15 points.
  • Led city and segment level growth strategies, using market potential, competitor insight and performance data to determine where we focused people, resource and investment.

People & Culture

  • Built a stronger coaching culture across the organisation, increasing average team tenure from 0.8 to 2.8 years.
  • Increased female representation across the commercial organisation from 8% to 42% through changes to hiring and development. Launched Women's Link to support the progression and retention of women into commercial leadership roles.

Senior Commercial Manager

Just Eat UK
London, United Kingdom
03.2020 - 05.2021
  • Led the London growth strategy across four field sales teams, increasing market share by 14 points in eight months.
  • Designed and launched Just Eat's first hybrid Sales and Account Management model, bringing acquisition and partner growth closer together and delivering 165% year on year growth in new partnerships.
  • Worked across Marketing, Product and Operations to test and scale new acquisition and growth initiatives across London.

Regional Growth Manager

Just Eat UK
London, United Kingdom
10.2018 - 03.2020
  • Led the team managing Just Eat's highest revenue London partnerships, with responsibility for a £60M annualised portfolio.
  • Delivered 18% year on year order growth through stronger account planning, trading strategies and partner performance management.
  • Reduced top tier partner churn from 16% to 3.2% by improving account planning, partner engagement and early intervention on performance & stronger KPI structures.

District Sales Manager

The Coca-Cola Company
Toronto
12.2016 - 10.2018
  • Managed a team of 13 Account Managers responsible for a £150M portfolio across new business and existing accounts.
  • Led the largest GTV region in Canada, spanning SMB and Key Accounts, with full accountability for performance, territory execution, and commercial outcomes.

Market Development Manager

The Coca-Cola Company
Toronto, Canada
05.2015 - 12.2016
  • Named national Top Sales Associate and awarded Presidents Club (2016), achieving 24% YoY growth vs. national team average of 7%.
  • Built and nurtured strong customer relationships across key accounts, ensuring long-term retention and improved in-market execution.
  • Developed territory-wide execution plans across national and local accounts.

Education

Bachelor of Commerce

Dalhousie University
Canada
2014

Skills

  • UK Market & Commercial Strategy
  • Marketplace & SMB Growth
  • Commercial Operating Models
  • Organisational Design & Leadership
  • Sales & Account Management
  • Commercial Investment & Profitability
  • Acquisition, Activation & Retention
  • Market Expansion
  • Influence & Communication
  • Cross Functional Leadership
  • Data Led Decision Making

Leadership Scope

  • Lead a 45 person national commercial organisation, with accountability for performance, capability, succession and organisational effectiveness
  • Lead through 7 Regional Sales Managers, operating as a second line leader across multiple UK markets and sales channels
  • Delivered £25M+ in new partner deal revenue in 2025, following 18 consecutive months of double digit growth
  • Own national UK SMB growth strategy, including market prioritisation, coverage models, resource allocation and multi million pound commercial investment decisions
  • Experience across both Sales and Account Management, with responsibility spanning acquisition, activation, partner growth and retention
  • Deep marketplace and high volume SMB experience, building scalable commercial models while adapting execution to local market dynamics

Timeline

Head of Sales

Justeattakeaway.com
05.2021 - Current

Senior Commercial Manager

Just Eat UK
03.2020 - 05.2021

Regional Growth Manager

Just Eat UK
10.2018 - 03.2020

District Sales Manager

The Coca-Cola Company
12.2016 - 10.2018

Market Development Manager

The Coca-Cola Company
05.2015 - 12.2016

Bachelor of Commerce

Dalhousie University
Emily Davies