Join Airbus India Private Limited as a Commercial Director for Skywise in New Delhi, India. In this permanent, full-time professional role, you will lead commercial activities, drive new sales, and manage strategic accounts across India and South Asia with up to 60% travel required.
Requirements
No specific degree is stated in the posting.
Minimum years of experience are not explicitly stated, but professional experience in airline operations, aviation IT, and sales is required.
Required skills include knowledge of airline flight and technical operations, aviation IT and application software, strategic account planning, and Sales Force knowledge.
Proficiency in English is required; other South Asian languages are a plus.
Skills & Responsibilities
Airline operations knowledge: Understand and analyze customer flight and technical operations processes to align Skywise solutions with customer priorities.
Relationship management: Build deep relationships with decision-makers and execute strategic account development plans for strategic accounts.
Sales execution: Drive new sales revenue, up-selling, cross-selling, and contract renewals through consultative selling and effective negotiations.
CRM proficiency: Utilize Sales Force tools effectively to manage sales processes and maximize proposal success ratios.
Potential transition routes: People from airline account management, aviation business development, or technical sales roles may bring relevant commercial and industry skills, alongside meeting the required aviation IT and operations background.
Job description
Job Description:
Skywise is currently seeking a Commercial Director to join our growing team. The Commercial Director is responsible for an assigned territory and/or portfolio of customer accounts, with high potential of development and/or significant existing footprint of Skywise products and services solutions and/or featuring a list of strategic customers for Skywise. This role is responsible for all commercial related activities, including but not limited to, new sales, growing account revenue via up-selling and cross-selling and contract renewals. The Commercial Director will lead and contribute to all selling related activities including prospecting, qualifying, account planning, account development strategy, consultative selling, contract negotiation and signature, handover to delivery, while abiding by the Skywise standard operating procedures.
Role Summary;
Within the designated territory and/or portfolio of customer accounts, achieve new sales revenue and renewals to meet or exceed personal targets/quotas, and achieve specific business objectives as assigned by Skywise management (e.g. new product launch customer, market share target in assigned territory for a specific product or a portfolio of products, ...). The Commercial Director objectives are set to have a significant impact on the region's business achievements.
Commercial Director Responsibilities
Understand and Analyze the customer’s flight and technical operations processes, procedures, tools, systems and services, understand the priorities of customer needs and requests.
Maintain expertise on Skywise and partner products in order to help identify up-sell opportunities, and solve customer pains with Skywise solutions, updating customers on new products and technology where appropriate.
Build “High-Wide & Deep” relationships with decision makers and maintain an awareness of issues affecting customers.
For a limited list of strategic accounts within the assigned territory and/or portfolio of customer accounts, establish and successfully implement a strategic account development plan, and set up efficient coordination with Airbus global account management team for the said account, if and where appropriate.
Create new opportunities based on an in-depth understanding of market potential, specific customer requirements and company capabilities.
Seek opportunities for increased revenue via up-selling and cross-selling through additional product lines, features, and services.
Manage contract renewals through effective negotiation of terms, conditions, pricing and commitments that enhance profitability and business relationship with customers.
Develop commercial strategies, tactics, price target settings, and action plans to penetrate and grow awareness and sales of Skywise solutions in the assigned territory and/or portfolio of customer accounts
Prepare and present clear, compelling and persuasive sales presentations.
Effectively negotiate terms, conditions, pricing and commitments that enhance profitability and the business relationship.
Be proficient in the use of Skywise CRM tools and apply the sales process to maximize the return on key ratios for visits and proposals.
Attend trade shows and user conferences as required.
Assist Portfolio & Program organization and Marketing as required with reviewing specifications, determining priorities and liaising with potential customers.
Coordinate between Skywise internal customers as necessary to resolve invoicing/account receivables problems, contract/pricing issues or any commercial issues.
English, other languages in South Asia region would be a plus
Demonstrated knowledge of airline flight and technical operations, or practical experience in both domains
Demonstrated understanding of airline/aviation IT and application software
In-depth knowledge of airline industry
Demonstrated excellent customer relationship management skills, strong written and oral communication skills and strong listening skills.
Project management and strategic account planning skills
Achievement and results oriented
Willingness to travel considerably as required
Able to function and work independently and confidently
Possess drive and perseverance to ensure all opportunities are uncovered and pursued
Display strong entrepreneurial and mature spirit
Highly independent and hands-on leader
Effective team player in the organization
Possess high level of energy and integrity
Excellent communicator, articulate and persuasive
Sales Force knowledge
Travel Required:
Up to 60% Domestic and International
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.
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