Jonathan Lee Recruitment
European Business Development Manager - Aerospace
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European Business Development Manager - Aerospace
Our client is a global supplier of investment castings/castings, precision machining and added value process capabilities (AS9100/NADCAP etc..) and have manufacturing plants in Asia, Europe and North America. In support of their continued development of existing and future aerospace, energy and medical customers, working from a remote home basis in the UK, this position of European Business Development Manager is focused on customer and market engagement along with business growth, primarily targeting the OE, Tier 1 and Tier 2 levels.
Responsibilities
- Supporting our client's further development of core relationships within the UK and European aerospace, energy (IGT) and medical sectors; with an emphasis on developing suitable aerospace clients in particular.
- Managing and further developing existing relationships with clients in the UK and Europe.
- Supporting the introduction and growth of our clients' capabilities into other aerospace, energy and medical programmes.
- Understand key market trends & programmes in the UK and European aerospace/energy/medical sectors and support successful company positioning.
- Strategically identify new business opportunities including new customers and partners and identify product requirements to support successful market engagement.
- Engage at a mid to senior level, working closely with the existing global technical and operational teams to support:
- Opportunity identification
- Bid and tender delivery
- Programme integration and development
- Communication and customer support
- Target added-value content
- Establish and deliver sales growth.
- Support business strategies for markets and customers.
- Customer relationship management - build and maintain enduring relationships with customers and users gauging their needs and developing proposals to address these.
- Attend conferences and events to build relationships with customers and partners, representing our client where required in the UK and Europe.
- Provide the organisation with competitor news and data along with providing direction on requirements to support business wins.
- Work closely with the senior management team within the organisation to support further UK and European success.
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- Suitable candidates will need to have existing relationships within the UK and European aerospace sector primarily, but where possible, also have exposure to the IGT/energy and medical sectors.
- This role requires significant travel and customer facing engagement on a 'hunting' and key account management basis.
- Candidates should have a suitable technical level (ideally to degree level), and proven senior level commercial strength which supports direct and successful customer engagement, discussion and negotiation.
- This is a permanent role and has a core strategic focus working closely with this firmly established and qualified, privately owned supplier. This role is ideally to be home based in England.
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