Sales Director

Rolls-Royce; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace company based in Derby is seeking a Sales Director to drive business growth through strategic sales initiatives. The ideal candidate will be customer-centric and possess strong negotiation skills, as they will significantly influence interactions with key stakeholders. This full-time role offers an opportunity to lead diverse teams in a dynamic environment, delivering impactful sales results. Competitive salary and exceptional benefits included.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Strong customer orientation and negotiation skills.
• Customer-centric with strong stakeholder relationships.
• Excellent presentation skills to various audiences.

Responsibilities

• Deliver business returns and maximise profit for aircraft sales.
• Define and execute campaign strategy for business opportunities.
• Lead the sales campaign team for customer engagements.

Skills

Business Development

Sales Experience

Direct Sales

Marketing

Management Experience

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Job Description

Sales Director

Full time

Derby

What you will be doing :

An outstanding opportunity has arisen for a Sales Director within our Customer Team in Derby.

In this role you will be responsible for understanding customer needs developing sales strategies positioning Rolls‑Royce products and services developing campaign tactics pitching commercial solutions and negotiating complex and high value engine aftermarket proposals. This includes management of the internal sales process (the Sell Value Stream) which assists collaboration with many other parts of the Customer Team and Services organisation.

While Sales Directors report on functional lines into a Vice President Sales it is crucial that they also operate effectively and consistently as part of the Rolls‑Royce multi‑disciplinary account team assigned to manage the customer working closely with and taking direction from other customer account stakeholders.

Responsibilities :

This is a broad and comprehensive role which involves critical interactions with both our own leadership as well as seniors within our customers; where the ability to influence and persuade is key. Your main objectives will be :

• Deliver business returns and maximise profit for both new aircraft and in‑service fleets through original equipment sales and long‑term maintenance support agreements. Undertake internal / supplier Quality audits and support external audits imposed on the organisation as directed.
• Define and execute the campaign strategy required to win the business opportunity and make the internal case for the resources financial people investment or otherwise needed to deliver the strategy.
• Lead the Rolls‑Royce campaign team which may have both permanent and agile members internally and in front of our customers.

Why Rolls‑Royce

Work with us and well welcome you into a culture of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. We will listen first embrace feedback and act with integrity. We will invest in your continuous learning and development and make sure you have access to a wide breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career and make a difference.

We offer excellent development a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Who were looking for :

• You will be customer centric and interpersonal‑savvy able to maintain strong stakeholder relationships.
• Strong customer orientation and negotiation skills.
• You will be a strong communicator able to read situations and act accordingly.
• Excellent presentation skills (oral and written) to a variety of audiences.
• Ability to engage customers and functions as a team player and project leader.

Join us & help Rolls‑Royce to become a high‑performing competitive resilient business.

Please be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk.

The professional level and salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate but is anticipated to be Level C.

This job is advertised at the grades shown and this is the desired operating level for this role.

We encourage applications from candidates with relevant experience from any grade.

It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role.

We are an equal opportunities employer. Were committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have the more successful well be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy here .

Grade: Level C

Closing Date: Midnight 22nd Sept 2025

For further information please contact : Craig Woods

Recruiter: Andy Walsh

Job Category

Sales

Posting Date

12 Sept 2025; 00:09

Posting End Date

22 Sept 2025

Required Experience

Director

Key Skills

Business Development,Sales Experience,Direct Sales,Marketing,SAAS,Hotel Experience,Management Experience,Revenue Management,Salesforce,Sales Management,Enterprise Sales,negotiation

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1