Regional Sales Manager

CAE Inc; Burgess Hill; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as a Regional Sales Manager, where you will play a pivotal role in driving business growth across Europe. In this fast-paced environment, you will identify and pursue lucrative opportunities while leveraging your extensive sales experience. Your expertise in market analysis and negotiation will be crucial in presenting winning bids and ensuring customer satisfaction. This role offers the chance to work closely with a diverse client base and contribute to innovative training solutions in aviation. If you thrive in a collaborative setting and are passionate about sales, this is the perfect opportunity to make a significant impact.

Qualifications

• 8-12 years of experience in a fast-paced sales environment.
• Strong background in business aviation or airline sectors.

Responsibilities

• Identify and convert profitable business opportunities.
• Generate budgets and manage bid processes effectively.

Skills

Sales Management

Negotiation Skills

Market Analysis

Fluency in English

Fluency in German

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Job description

Join our Business Aviation Training Centre in Vienna (Schwechat) as Regional Sales Manager where you’ll be part of our global Business and Helicopter Aviation Training Sales team.

CAE will initially operate six state-of the-art FFSs in Vienna, including the Global 7500, a Global 6000 Vision, and four yet-to-be-announced Full Flight Simulators for business jets from leading manufacturers. The new 8,000-square-metre facility will have space for expansion with a capacity for up to nine Full Flight Simulators and will be purpose-built to deliver the most advanced pilot training experience in Central Europe.

The role we are offering you:

You will be responsible for identifying, pursuing and converting profitable business opportunities within CAE’s business unit’s domain. The assigned territory of this role covers the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Malta. With a higher emphasis on revenue management, you will also be responsible for generating new business. For greater customer proximity, the role could also be based in the assigned territory, at one of CAE’s locations.

Key responsibilities of the role:

• Understand the market in which CAE conduct its business, remaining close to the user and relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure that opportunities are identified at the earliest stage to facilitate initial marketing contacts and positioning and to identify competitor’s strengths and weaknesses to determine CAE’s competitive advantage.
• Generate a budget for approval by the Sales Director to pursue the identified opportunities which require external and/or internal resources.
• Ensure that prospective partners are identified that reduces project risks and increase bid discriminators.
• Present a bid strategy to Senior Management, which will highlight the value of the opportunity, the potential partners, the technology requirements, the potential win price and the CAE discriminators.
• Identify and manage the bid team within the agreed budget to meet timescales and Company profitability targets whilst producing a winning bid.
• Negotiate, when appropriate, with the customer during the bid appraisal stage prior to preferred bidder announcement.
• Conclude final pricing, terms and conditions in conjunction with the Senior Management.
• Transfer accountability for project execution to the Programme/Project Manager on completion of the internal contract review.
• Play an active role in Company exhibitions, demonstrations and public relations.
• Minimum of 8 to 12 years of relevant experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Thorough sales and marketing experience within a project environment.
• Experience of managing the bid process.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Fluency in English and German

What kind of person will succeed in this team?

You are a strong communicator and team player with a selling mentality. As a confident and experienced sales professional, you enjoy working in a deadline driven and fast-paced environment as part of a global team. You are experienced in maintaining a culturally diverse client base in a competitive market and can showcase strong negotiation and presentation skills.

With over 13,000 employees located in 35 countries, CAE is a global leader in training for the civilaviation, defence and security, and healthcare markets. To learn more: Visit www.cae.com !

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Position Type

Regular

About This Role

Join our Business Aviation Training Centre in Vienna (Schwechat) as Regional Sales Manager where you’ll be part of our global Business and Helicopter Aviation Training Sales team.

CAE will initially operate six state-of the-art FFSs in Vienna, including the Global 7500, a Global 6000 Vision, and four yet-to-be-announced Full Flight Simulators for business jets from leading manufacturers. The new 8,000-square-metre facility will have space for expansion with a capacity for up to nine Full Flight Simulators and will be purpose-built to deliver the most advanced pilot training experience in Central Europe.

The role we are offering you:

You will be responsible for identifying, pursuing and converting profitable business opportunities within CAE’s business unit’s domain. The assigned territory of this role covers the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Malta. With a higher emphasis on revenue management, you will also be responsible for generating new business. For greater customer proximity, the role could also be based in the assigned territory, at one of CAE’s locations.

Key responsibilities of the role:

• Understand the market in which CAE conduct its business, remaining close to the user and relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure that opportunities are identified at the earliest stage to facilitate initial marketing contacts and positioning and to identify competitor’s strengths and weaknesses to determine CAE’s competitive advantage.
• Generate a budget for approval by the Sales Director to pursue the identified opportunities which require external and/or internal resources.
• Ensure that prospective partners are identified that reduces project risks and increase bid discriminators.
• Present a bid strategy to Senior Management, which will highlight the value of the opportunity, the potential partners, the technology requirements, the potential win price and the CAE discriminators.
• Identify and manage the bid team within the agreed budget to meet timescales and Company profitability targets whilst producing a winning bid.
• Negotiate, when appropriate, with the customer during the bid appraisal stage prior to preferred bidder announcement.
• Conclude final pricing, terms and conditions in conjunction with the Senior Management.
• Transfer accountability for project execution to the Programme/Project Manager on completion of the internal contract review.
• Play an active role in Company exhibitions, demonstrations and public relations.

Our ideal candidate:

• Minimum of 8 to 12 years of relevant experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Business aviation or airline experience desirable.
• Thorough sales and marketing experience within a project environment.
• Experience of managing the bid process.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Fluency in English and German

What kind of person will succeed in this team?

You are a strong communicator and team player with a selling mentality. As a confident and experienced sales professional, you enjoy working in a deadline driven and fast-paced environment as part of a global team. You are experienced in maintaining a culturally diverse client base in a competitive market and can showcase strong negotiation and presentation skills.

With over 13,000 employees located in 35 countries, CAE is a global leader in training for the civilaviation, defence and security, and healthcare markets. To learn more: Visit www.cae.com !

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Position Type

Regular

CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.

Equal Opportunity Employer

CAE is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender indentity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, veteran status, age, or other characteristics protected by local laws.

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