Suzie Thompson Commercial
Commercial Strategy & Sales Enablement

Growth ambition turned into consistent commercial performance.

Embedded, honest, rigorous work with your people — not above them — to build sales capability and commercial alignment that lasts beyond the engagement.

Embedded

I work with your people, under real commercial pressure — not from a deck above them.

Honest

I won't tell you what you want to hear if it isn't true. Direct, constructive, kind.

Rigorous

Strong work that holds up. Results that outlast the engagement.

The problem I solve

Most organisations invest in sales activity before they've built the commercial infrastructure that makes it convert.

They hire salespeople into a system that isn't ready for them. They create content their sales team never uses. They run training that doesn't change behaviour — and wonder why revenue remains unpredictable despite the investment.

The gap is rarely effort. It's alignment — between strategy and execution, between sales and the rest of the business, between what the team knows and what they consistently do in front of a client.

When that gap closes, win rates improve, deal velocity increases, and commercial confidence spreads across the organisation.

How I work

Five ways in.

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Diagnose

Commercial & Sales Audit

A structured review of where your commercial function is — strategy, process, capability, enablement, pipeline, messaging, alignment.

Build

Commercial Strategy & Infrastructure

Sales strategy, ICP, pricing discipline, CRM design, pipeline frameworks, alignment to organisational goals.

Enable

Sales Team Capability & Enablement

Methodology embedding (SPIN, MEDDPICC, TAS), coaching, playbooks, messaging that actually lands in market.

Align

Commercial Culture & Alignment

Cross-functional workshops, pitch preparation, commercial leader coaching, shared language and goals.

Sustain

Interim, Fractional & Ongoing

Embedded commercial leadership during transition, scaling or between permanent hires.

Suzie Thompson
Why Suzie Thompson

I've owned the outcome — not just advised on it.

I've built commercial frameworks from inside organisations, under real commercial pressure, with P&L accountability. That means I understand what adoption resistance looks like in practice — and how to design for the real world rather than the ideal one.

More about me
  • Built commercial frameworks from scratch — 7% margin improvement, 55% retention increase, 125% membership growth.
  • Rebuilt underperforming sales and commercial functions to consistency and scale.
  • Designed and embedded sales methodologies including SPIN, MEDDPICC and TAS.
  • Delivered significant contract wins, including a single £3m engagement through structured commercial development.
  • Coached commercial leaders at senior and board level (ILM Level 5).
  • Led cross-functional alignment between sales, marketing, delivery and leadership.
The newsletter

Sales is not a dirty word.

A weekly read on commercial leadership — from networking and large-scale partnerships to cross-functional collaboration and owning the P&L. Real experience. No filter.

Stop leaving commercial growth on the table.

Sales is not a dirty word — a weekly commercial newsletter by Suzie Thompson
In their words
Suzie has been a huge support to me as I've launched two products. She brings the knowledge, structure, and drive needed to turn ideas into reality, but what really sets her apart is how much she genuinely cares — both about the products and about me as a founder. She's not afraid to hold me accountable, challenge my thinking, and make sure we keep moving forward when things get busy or difficult.
Amy Lemberger
Founder, The CISO Hub & Kievo
Where to start

The first conversation costs nothing.

Whether you have a clear brief or just a sense that something in your commercial function isn't working as well as it should — I'd welcome a conversation.

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