Business Development Manager (Aerospace)
Permanent
Monday- Thursday 8:30am-5pm, Fridays 8:30am-3:30pm
Office Based
Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire
We are looking for an ambitious and commercially focused Aerospace Business Development Manager to join our team and drive profitable, sustainable growth across the Aerospace channel.
Reporting directly to the BFC Sales Director, you will play a key role in developing new business, strengthening existing customer relationships and building a strong, sustainable sales pipeline. This is a highly customer-focused position, combining face-to-face engagement with strategic sales activity to identify, develop and convert new opportunities.
You will represent BFC Aerospace as part of The Tibbetts Group, helping to raise our profile and showcase our capabilities across the market.
Duties:
- Develop and deliver profitable and sustainable sales within the Aerospace channel.
- Develop relationships with both new and existing customers through regular face-to-face engagement.
- Generate and deliver sales opportunities as part of the Aerospace team.
- Promote the BFC Aerospace channel as part of The Tibbetts Group through customer visits, written communication, social media and telephone activity.
- Recognise and work within divisional and channel budgets, with the aim of exceeding targets for both turnover and CoS Gross Margin.
- Grow the BFC Aerospace sales funnel through targeted activity and maintain its status through Winman CRM.
- Maintain and make available a schedule of customer visits through the MS Outlook calendar.
- Work closely with relevant internal sales staff to ensure effective information sharing and opportunity follow-up.
- Develop, maintain and enhance a corporate presentation promoting BFC's Aerospace capabilities and product offerings.
- Work in conjunction with other Group departments to achieve common objectives.
- Carry out any other duties that may be required and agreed in line with Group procedures.
Annual Objectives
The successful candidate will be expected to:
- Meet or exceed the annual divisional sales and profitability budgets.
- Create a medium- to long-term growth trajectory in line with The Tibbetts Group's overall plan.
- Build and maintain a strong and sustainable Aerospace sales funnel.
- Develop profitable customer relationships and identify opportunities for continued growth.
About You
We are looking for someone who is commercially driven, proactive and confident in developing customer relationships.
You will ideally have:
- Proven experience in a sales or business development role within the Aerospace industry.
- A strong ability to develop new business and grow existing customer relationships.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- A proactive and target-driven approach.
- Strong commercial awareness and an understanding of sales and profitability.
- The ability to build effective relationships with customers and internal teams.
- Excellent organisation and time-management skills.
- A genuine drive to develop opportunities and deliver sales growth.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary, dependent on experience.
- Company car.
- Up to 15% annual bonus.
- Cashplan scheme available upon successful completion of your probationary period.
- Pension scheme.
- Bi-Annual Summer Social.
- Value Scheme.
- Employee Referral Programme.
- The opportunity to play a key role in the continued growth of the BFC Aerospace channel.
- The opportunity to build and develop strong, long-term relationships with customers across the Aerospace sector.
If you are an ambitious sales professional with the drive to develop business, build lasting customer relationships and deliver profitable growth within the Aerospace sector, we would like to hear from you.
Apply now to join BFC and help drive the continued growth of our Aerospace channel.
Please email your cv and covering letter to [email protected]
Pay: Up to £50,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company car
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
Work Location: In person
