Aerospace Business Development Strategist

Safran; Wolverhampton; Presencial; GBP 70.000 - 100.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Safran is seeking a Business Development Manager to support aftermarket sales growth across Large Commercial, Regional & Business and Helicopter segments in the assigned UK territory. The role focuses on building a 12-24 month strategic pipeline, maintaining pipeline coverage, and driving revenue with strong customer relationships.

You will leverage market insights, manage RFQ/bid processes, and collaborate on marketing plans.

Formación

• Familiar with the aerospace aftermarket industry practices and business models.
• Knowledge of helicopter, regional & business and civil aircraft markets.
• Technical understanding of flight controls and hydraulic systems an advantage.
• Cultural agility to work across all customers and internal facilities.
• Business and commercial acumen.
• Existing customer relationships preferred.
• Ability to perform detailed business analytics using Excel and Power BI.
• Degree in Business preferred and a degree in Aerospace Engineering an advantage.
• Can actively seek out opportunities to leverage the wider organisation.
• Curious, always learning & promotes learning culture.
• Establishes meaningful relationships; empathetic.
• Strong analytical skills and may come from a finance background.

Responsabilidades

• Builds and maintains a robust 12-24 month strategic opportunity pipeline aligned to priority platforms and customers.
• Maintains pipeline coverage greater than annual sales target with clear conversion milestones (incremental opportunities that delivery sales plan with factored probability)
• Leverage market insight and customer engagement
• Ensures sustainable long-term growth
• Holds monthly pipeline reviews.
• Further enhance RFQ and bid management processes to improve speed, quality, and win rates of non-contacted work
• Drives improve bid win rate, Reduce RFQ turnaround time and ensures on-time bid submission.
• Build on process improvements already implemented
• Directly drives revenue and customer satisfaction
• Supports development and deployment of marketing plan
• Supports identification of route cause and execute corrective action to ensure issues resolution
• Gather, collate and feedback market intelligence to the Business Intelligence and Proposal team
• Develop and enhance customer relationships and interactions to ensure business growth.

Conocimientos

Aerospace aftermarket knowledge

Aircraft market knowledge

Flight controls & hydraulics

Excel & Power BI analytics

Customer relationships

Business & commercial acumen

Opportunity identification

Curiosity & learning culture

Empathy & relationships

Finance analytics background

Educación

Bachelor's in Business

Bachelor's in Aerospace Engineering

Herramientas

Excel

Power BI

Descripción del empleo

Safran is seeking a Business Development Manager to support aftermarket sales growth across Large Commercial, Regional & Business and Helicopter segments in the assigned UK territory. The role focuses on building a 12-24 month strategic pipeline, maintaining pipeline coverage, and driving revenue with strong customer relationships.

You will leverage market insights, manage RFQ/bid processes, and collaborate on marketing plans.