Technical Sales Manager - Aerospace & Defense

Plansee Group

$90K — $120K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS degree in Marketing, Business, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 5-7 years of industrial sales and marketing experience in B2B.
  • Proficient in MS Office Suite; knowledge of SAP R/3 preferred.
  • Strong leadership, organization, and time management skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills across diverse cultures.
  • Demonstrated ability to present effectively to all organizational levels.
  • Capable of solving complex customer-related problems.
  • Familiar with Market Intelligence Tools like CRM and CCM.
  • Willing to travel 50% of the time, including internationally.
  • Must meet requirements for ITAR and export control projects.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute sales and marketing strategies for High Performance Materials in Aerospace and Defense.
  • Manage customer relationships regarding pricing, delivery, and technical support.
  • Collaborate with engineers and sales teams to provide customer solutions.
  • Address Aerospace & Defense market requirements with innovative strategies.
  • Coordinate with colleagues for efficient market information sharing.
  • Work with global teams to meet customer material needs.
  • Introduce strategic goals for growth in the Aerospace and Defense segments.
  • Prepare CRM reports and conduct monthly and quarterly sales reviews.
  • Maintain the Customer Competitor Matrix for market intelligence.
  • Initiate contact with prospective customers to expand customer base.
  • Participate in industry trade shows, conferences, and sales meetings.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in the dynamic Aerospace and Defense sectors.
  • Access to cutting-edge Digitalization Tools.
  • Collaborative environment with global teams and across various verticals.
  • Chance to influence and shape market strategies.
  • Participation in international conferences and visits to global headquarters.
Full Job Description
  • Develop and ensure the success of Sales and Marketing strategies for PLANSEE's High Performance Materials products and services for Aerospace and Defense business segments within PLANSEE' s defined region within the USA and Canada.
  • Provide commercial management to customers relating to price, terms, evaluation, and delivery. Educate customers on PLANSEE's materials, capabilities, and technical expertise along with our Digitalization Tools (My Plansee, Plansee Online Shop).
  • Capable of working in a team environment with engineers, production, and other technical personnel to come up with solutions to benefit the customer. Works with product management, inside sales, and outside sales representatives to overcome challenges and pain points of prospective customers. Keeps account roadmap activities and literature up to date.
  • Strategically navigate complex Aerospace & Defense market requirements and provide innovative solutions that positively position Plansee as market demands expand.
  • Coordinate with colleagues across US sites representing other Aerospace & Defense market verticals to ensure quick dissemination of market information and effective Sales team collaboration.
  • Collaborate with Global teams to meet customer's unique material needs for cutting edge Aerospace & Defense applications.
  • Introduce and execute strategic goals in collaboration with the Business Division North America Managers to ensure growth within Aerospace and Defense Business Segments.
  • Prepares customer conversation reports within CRM (Customer Relationship Management) including customer visits, calls, and emails regularly. Provide monthly and quarterly reviews of sales, travel summaries and analysis of account growth, profitability, potential, and forecast.
  • Responsible creating Marketing intelligence by updating CCM (Customer Competitor Matrix) regularly
  • Provide data for the annual planning procedure and set targets for the annual budget.
  • 10. Increase current customer base by initiating contact with prospective customers for adding new technical capabilities and diversifying our product offering along with promoting Plansee Digital Tools.
  • Participation in industry trades shows and conferences, sales meetings, and periodic planned visits to Global headquarters in Austria and other PLANSEE facilities throughout the world as required.


Qualifications and Skills

  • BS degree in Marketing, Business, Engineering, or a related field. An equivalent combination of directly related experience and education may be considered.
  • Minimum five to seven years industrial sales and marketing experience in a business-to- business environment.
  • Solid proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook). Knowledge of SAP R/3 sales module desired.
  • Proven leadership abilities, organization, and time management skills.
  • Demonstration of strong written and verbal communication skills as well as effective interaction at all levels and across diverse cultures.
  • Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from management, customers, and prospects.
  • Ability to solve complex problems that may arise in support of satisfying customer demands.
  • Familiarity with Market Intelligence Tools such as CRM and CCM.
  • Willingness to travel 50% of the time, domestically and internationally to increase sales within assigned market units.
  • Ability to meet requirements to work on ITAR and export control restricted projects.


The base compensation for this position is between 90-120k annually, commensurate with skill and experience level. This role will also be bonus eligible.

Recruitment Team | [email protected]

Plansee USA LLC

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