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Senior Sales Director (m/f/d)

Employer
GE Aviation
Location
Garching, United Kingdom
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
29 May 2019

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Clearance Level
SC, None / Undisclosed
Sector
Aerospace
Job Type
Permanent
Garching, France, Germany, United Kingdom

Business:
    GE Aviation
Function:
    Sales
Role Summary/Purpose:
    The Senior Sales Director leads sales activities, translates concepts, develops strategy, and implements change.
Essential Responsibilities:
  • Lead sales activities and work closely with the Product Line and Engineering functions to pursue and win opportunities
  • Solicit new business and / or retain and penetrate existing business to drive growth and income, and be responsible for developing and maintaining partnerships within GE or with external stakeholders
  • Build customer relationships with key stakeholders and participate in negotiations as needed to close deals
  • Execute on assigned operating plan and targets to assure that the business wins profitable sales through Technical Sales and positioning on Value Propositions
  • Provide leadership for sales to assigned segments and customers through the formulation and execution for strategies and plans that capitalize on the customer's strengths as supplemented by GE's products and services
  • Maintain knowledge of market trends, competitive actions, product needs, and customer base
  • Work with Marketing to develop project specific sales strategies for assigned customers
  • Meet or exceed operational requirements: analytical reporting, operating reviews, and pursue costs initiatives
Qualifications/Requirements:
  • Degree preferably in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Business Administration or equivalent knowledge or experience
  • Profound experience in sales, marketing, and business development preferably with capital equipment
  • Value-based Solution Selling
    - Experience in creating strategic solutions for customers that add long term value to both the customer and GE Additive
  • Analysis/Problem Assessment
    - Securing relevant information and identifying key issues and relationships from a knowledge base, relating and comparing data from different sources
  • Organizational Awareness
    - Having and using knowledge of systems, situations, pressures, and culture within the company to identify potential organizational problems and opportunities
  • Experience with sales planning and forecasting
  • Willingness to travel extensively
Desired Characteristics:
  • Strong technical aptitude and experience with highly technical products
  • Working knowledge in French or German is desirable

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