Director, Key Accounts

APPLIED COMPOSITES, Inc. • $125K — $150K *
Brea, CA 92821In-Person
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Post-secondary degree or equivalent education and experience
  • 10+ years of relevant experience in business development
  • Expertise in complex products and regulated industries
  • Strong financial acumen
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong leadership and interpersonal skills
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office and database management tools

Responsibilities

  • Oversee all phases of business development to meet goals
  • Plan and establish high-value contracts to generate revenue
  • Maintain relationships with senior decision-makers
  • Promote new business initiatives actively
  • Conduct research to identify opportunities and key decision-makers
  • Lead strategy and account management, including contract review and dispute resolution
  • Perform other responsibilities as assigned

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Short and long-term disability insurance
  • Accident and critical illness insurance
  • Basic and supplemental life insurance
  • Employee assistance program
  • Retirement savings with matching
  • Tuition reimbursement and developmental opportunities
Full Job Description
This critical role provides significant business development expertise and actively promotes new business initiatives on behalf of Applied Composites. Maintains primary responsibility for new business opportunities and oversees all phases of business development to ensure business and financial objectives are attained. The ideal candidate will have established relationships with major aerospace defense primes.

Job Accountabilities:
• Oversees all phases of business development to ensure business and financial goals are attained
• Plans, facilitates and/or establishes high-value contracts for solutions and/or services to produce revenue
• Maintains effective customer relationships with key senior-level decision makers, aligning the customer's requirements with the organization's solutions
• Provides significant business development expertise to actively promote new business initiatives on behalf of Applied Composite
• Provides research to identify opportunities and the decision makers and influencers who are important for contracting new business
• In addition to leading strategy and business development for assigned accounts, serves as the account leader, providing program management support, contract review and dispute/claims resolution
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Job Specifications:

Education: Post-secondary degree or equivalent combination of relevant education and work experience Years' Experience: 10 years or more of relevant experience

Skills:
• Significant business development expertise with complex products and/or regulated industries
• Strong financial acumen
• Strong leadership and effective interpersonal skills
• Ability to solve complex problems, taking a new perspective on existing solutions and exercising judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications and database management tools

Benefits:

At Applied Composites, we recognize how important your career and benefits are to you and your family. We offer a full suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability coverage, accident insurance, critical illness insurance, basic and supplemental life insurance, employee assistance plan, retirement savings and matching, tuition reimbursement and other developmental opportunities. We are committed to supporting the way you live and work.

Location: Remote (Optional)

Up to 50% travel.

This position requires the use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee.

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