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Working at Airbus

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As a Sales Manager at Airbus India Private Limited in Delhi, India, you will lead sales and pre-sales efforts, drive business growth, and manage key campaigns for wireless communications solutions. This full-time, permanent role requires a professional with extensive experience in governmental and professional markets who can travel at least 50% of the time.

Requirements

  • Master in Management or Master in Telecom or related degree required.
  • 5+ years of experience in Wireless Communications sales in governmental and professional markets required.
  • Experience in large and complex sales campaigns management required.
  • Ability to travel at least 50% of the time required.

Skills & Responsibilities

  • Sales strategy: Deliver order intake contributions and define capture plans for key campaigns in assigned countries.
  • Campaign management: Coordinate commercial actions, submit offers prepared by bid teams, and negotiate to close deals.
  • Market expansion: Drive business growth and expand market penetration with public safety organizations, transport companies, and utilities.
  • Customer relations: Maintain a deep knowledge of customer environments, respond to needs with PSS solutions, and ensure high customer satisfaction.
  • Forecasting and analysis: Maintain a qualified sales funnel, accurately forecast order intake and revenues, and elaborate operating plans with the Head of Sales.
  • Potential transition routes: People from Key Account Management or Business Development roles may bring strong negotiation and client-relationship skills, alongside meeting the required background in wireless communications sales and complex campaign management.

Job description

Job Description:

POSITION: SALES MANAGER - India

DEPARTMENT: Airbus India

SUPERVISOR: Head of Sales Africa Middle East and India

STATUS: Full-time

SUMMARY

Under limited supervision, the Sales manager is responsible to:

  • Deliver the order intake contribution according to the operative planning (OP) of the Region.

  • Lead sales and pre sales efforts on selected key campaigns.

  • Review and align sales strategy for every assigned country with Head of Sales.

  • Maintain a qualified sales funnel and accurately forecast order in-take and revenues, including filtering information to predict success in this area.

  • Maintain a competitive edge, obtain competitor information and share this promptly within PSS marketing and product portfolio strategic group.

  • Maintain customers’ satisfaction.

  • Assist finance in obtaining full and timely payment from customers where necessary.

  • Act according to Airbus ethic and compliance policy.

This position interfaces with all the PSS departments supporting the Sales effort, establishes peer-to-peer relationships aimed to coordinate the needed activities, creates and leads virtual sales team with the goal to grow PSS reputation and position in the Indian market and to identify strategies to improve winning rate.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND CORE COMPETENCIES

Main Responsibilities

  • Lead sales and pre sales effort on selected campaigns including notably:
    • definition of the sales strategy and the capture plan;
    • coordination of the commercial actions and submission of the offer prepared by the bid team;
    • delivery of the best commercial proposal according to the internal PSS rules;
    • negotiation with the customer;
    • Closing.
  • Drive business growth and expand PSS market penetration by fostering new business models and product innovations.
  • Develop business with public safety organizations, for critical national infrastructures, with transport companies, industries, utilities and MNOs.
  • Reinforce PSS commercial position by supporting relevant strategic partnerships.
  • Maintain a qualified sales funnel.
  • Get a deep knowledge of customer’s environment, detecting needs regarding PSS products, services and solutions.
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Airbus

SALES MANAGER - India

Delhi
  • Respond to customers’ needs with Airbus PSS solutions.
  • Elaborate with the Head of Sales Operating Plan and Sales Forecasts.
  • Analytical Skills

    • Synthesize complex and diverse information
    • Ability to challenge quotes
    • Use intuition and experience to complement data
    • Able to organise and effectively manage customer meetings
    • Ability to take ownership of tasks and work on own initiative and under pressure to meet customer and company deadlines
    • Consultative approach to selling and problem solving
    • Being cultural aware

    Business Acumen

    • Understands business implications of decisions
    • Demonstrates knowledge of market and competition
    • Aligns work with strategic goals
    • Displays focus to profitability

    Impact & Influence

    • Pursues and wins support for ideas
    • Displays ability to influence key decision-makers
    • Achieves win-win outcomes
    • Uses authority appropriately to accomplish goals
    • Addresses divergent opinions

    Innovation

    • Displays original thinking and creativity
    • Meets challenges with resourcefulness
    • Generates suggestions for improving work
    • Develops innovative approaches and ideas

    Leadership

    • Exhibits confidence in self and others
    • Inspires respect and trust
    • Reacts well under pressure
    • Shows courage to take action
    • Motivates others to perform well

    Planning & Organization

    • Prioritizes and plans work activities
    • Uses time efficiently
    • Plans for additional resources
    • Integrates changes smoothly
    • Sets goals and objectives

    Presentation Skills

    • Tailors presentation to audience needs
    • Engages and focuses attention
    • Presents information logically and persuasively
    • Handles difficult questions and situations
    • Inspires audience to action

    Problem Solving

    • Identifies problems in a timely manner
    • Gathers and analyzes information skillfully
    • Develops alternative solutions
    • Resolves problems in early stages
    • Works well in group problem solving situations

    Product Knowledge

    • Displays knowledge of products & solutions
    • Responds to product & solutions questions
    • Explains product & solutions features and benefits
    • Matches products and solutions to customer needs

    Strategic Thinking

    • Develops strategies to achieve organizational goals
    • Understands organization’s strengths and weaknesses
    • Analyzes market and competition
    • Identifies external threats and opportunities
    • Adapts strategy to changing conditions

    SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

    • Master in Management or Master in Telecom or related degree
    • 5+ year experience in Wireless Communications sales in governmental and professional markets in the field of communications and information systems
    • Experience of large campaigns management, ability to manage complex sales campaigns
    • Strong communication skills - verbal, written, and interpersonal
    • Ability to build customer relationship
    • Ability to multi-task, prioritize tasks, make critical decisions
    • Ability to handle uncertainty and stress
    • Ability to travel at least 50% of the time
    • Position is located in Delhi, India

    This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

    Company:
    Airbus India Private Limited

    Employment Type:
    Permanent
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    Experience Level:
    Professional

    Job Family:
    Sales, Marketing & Commercial Contracts

    By submitting your CV or application you are consenting to Airbus using and storing information about you for monitoring purposes relating to your application or future employment. This information will only be used by Airbus.
    Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

    Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to emsom@airbus.com .

    At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

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