ROLE OVERVIEW
The Senior Vice President, Commercial Sales will oversee all aspects of planning, strategy, sales, acquisitions, targets, and group structure related to the Americas region commercial sales. Primary responsibilities include strategic leadership, team management and business development along with deep domain experience, measurable results outside of the market wave, track record of significant shareholder value, understand industry know-how, dedicated focus on growing and transforming targets, financial planning and strategy, forecasting, and budget development.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Leading the Commercial sales performance metrics across the Americas region and individually with Sales Directors and Sales Managers.
- Collaboration with the marketing department to develop and implement effective marketing strategies for commercial products and communications.
- Robust understanding of customer demand for commercial material, expected annual shop visits, and strategies to capitalize on market conditions.
- Identification of improvements to the commercial sales processes and strategies within the Americas group and across the company.
- Management of budgets and targets.
- Planning and management of Commercial Program team T&L, customer events, and travel.
- Regular travel to visit customers and potential customers and attend all relevant trade shows.
- Monitoring the market and competitor products and activities, providing detailed forecasting.
- Leading all Americas region business development activity.
- Creating Commercial sales performance reports and providing feedback to the leadership team.
- Execution of the Americas region annual sales plan.
- Management of Americas region sales related KPIs and reporting to ELT.
REQUIREMENTS
- You are an Experienced Pioneer: You have 8+ years of experience in the Aviation & Aerospace industry, specifically related to commercial sales in airframe materials.
- You have Hands-on Experience: You have a history of successful revenue growth with ability to build to scale. You have a proven track record of successful program management, including budgeting, strategic planning, and personnel management.
- You are Well-Educated: A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in business, finance, aviation, or a related field is preferred or commensurate experience.
COMPENSATION
A meaningful compensation package will be developed for the successful candidate that includes a base salary plus performance-based bonus.
To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter, preferably in MS Word format, to Derek Bush – dbush@harvardsearch.com. A fully detailed, formal specification will be sent to “top-level”, qualified candidates.