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CAE USA INC Regional Sales Manager in Burgess Hill, United Kingdom
Role and Responsibilities
Join our Business Aviation Training Centre in Burgess Hill (West Sussex) or Vienna (Austria) as Regional Sales Manager where you’ll be part of our global Business and Helicopter Aviation Training Sales team.
The role we are offering you:
You will be responsible for identifying, pursuing and converting profitable business opportunities within CAE’s business unit’s domain. The assigned territory of this role covers the UK, France, Italy and Luxembourg. With a higher emphasis on revenue management, you will also be responsible for generating new business.
Key responsibilities of the role:
Understand the market in which CAE conduct its business, remaining close to the user and relevant stakeholders.
Ensure that opportunities are identified at the earliest stage to facilitate initial marketing contacts and positioning and to identify competitor’s strengths and weaknesses to determine CAE’s competitive advantage.
Generate a budget for approval by the Sales Director to pursue the identified opportunities which require external and/or internal resources.
Ensure that prospective partners are identified that reduces project risks and increase bid discriminators.
Present a bid strategy to Senior Management, which will highlight the value of the opportunity, the potential partners, the technology requirements, the potential win price and the CAE discriminators.
Identify and manage the bid team within the agreed budget to meet timescales and Company profitability targets whilst producing a winning bid.
Negotiate, when appropriate, with the customer during the bid appraisal stage prior to preferred bidder announcement.
Conclude final pricing, terms and conditions in conjunction with the Senior Management.
Transfer accountability for project execution to the Programme/Project Manager on completion of the internal contract review.
Play an active role in Company exhibitions, demonstrations and public relations.
Our ideal candidate:
Minimum of 8 to 12 years of relevant experience in a fast-paced environment.
Business aviation or airline experience desirable.
Thorough sales and marketing experience within a project environment.
Experience of managing the bid process.
Ability to work to tight deadlines.
Fluency in English (mandatory) and French or German (desirable)
What kind of person will succeed in this team?
You are strong communicator and team player with a selling mentality. As a confident and experienced sales professional, you enjoy working in a deadline driven and fast-paced environment as part of a global team. You are experienced in maintaining a culturally diverse client base in a competitive market and can showcase strong negotiation and presentation skills.
Contract details & location
This hybrid position is based at our Business Aviation Training Centre in Burgess Hill, West Sussex or Vienna (Austria). We are offering a full-time and permanent contract. The working hours of the role are Monday to Friday, 39 hours a week. This role requires frequent travel (up to 70%) to the assigned territories.
CAE offers
Attractive benefits including a flexible holiday policy and flexi-time scheme.
Competitive commission scheme
Private health insurance (BUPA)
Healthcare cash plan
Pension scheme
Life Assurance & more!
With over 13,000 employees located in 35 countries, CAE is a global leader in training for the civil aviation, defence and security, and healthcare markets. To learn more: Visit www.cae.com!
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Position Type
Regular
CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.
Equal Employment Opportunity
At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. With no exception.
As captured in our overarching value "One CAE", we’re proud to work as one passionate, boundaryless and inclusive team.
At CAE, all employees are welcome regardless of race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity or age.
At CAE, we equip people in critical roles with the expertise and solutions to create a safer world. As a technology company, we digitalize the physical world, deploying simulation training and critical operations support solutions. Above all else, we empower pilots, airlines, defence and security forces, and healthcare practitioners to perform at their best every day and when the stakes are the highest. Around the globe, we’re everywhere customers need us to be with more than 13,000 employees in more than 200 sites and training locations in over 40 countries. CAE represents 75 years of industry firsts—the highest-fidelity flight and mission simulators, surgical manikins, and personalized training programs powered by artificial intelligence. We’re investing our time and resources into building the next generation of cutting-edge, digitally immersive training and critical operations solutions while keeping positive environmental, social and governance (ESG) impact at the core of our mission. Today and tomorrow, we’ll make sure our customers are ready for the moments that matter.