Business Development Manager - Military Veterans

This organization is a third-generation family business supplying precision-made parts to the aircraft industry and other companies in the United States and around the world. This organization grew from a small wartime contract manufacturing shop to become a long-term supplier of aircraft control cable fittings.

The patented turnbuckle locking clip they helped develop became an aircraft industry standard and is still used today on aircraft from small private planes to the largest jet airliners. Over the years, they have expanded the product range to include other government and industry standard parts to complement the control cable fittings. They are currently looking for a Business Development Manager for their Memphis, Tennessee location.

The company established products that are qualified to military standards and offer significant revenue growth potential. This role is an opportunity to develop the business development strategy and lead its execution. They are looking for someone who is hungry and will continue to manage existing relations and also develop new business.

Essential job functions and responsibilities include the following:

- Ensure consistent revenue growth through further leveraging existing markets, capturing new markets, and/or developing new products

- Leverage innovative ways to capture market intelligence from various research sources and customer communication channels

- Provide market analysis and strategic direction backed with data to promote company growth and profit

- Ensure that their brand is presented effectively (digital and print marketing) to capture new business

- Define, implement, and track key business development metrics and consistently meet or exceed them

- Establish and maintain exceptional relationships with strategic customers and industry stakeholders

- Analyze overall customer experience to identify gaps and collaborate with necessary functions (customer service, marketing, manufacturing, engineering, quality, and so on) to improve customer satisfaction

- Establish pricing for customer quotations based on market conditions and the quoted product's manufacturability

Base salary, $110 - $140K plus a performance bonus plan. They offer great benefits and a 401k. 70% Travel and 30% in office. Candidate is projected to be the next Assistant GM and potential GM thereafter.

This organization has a long history of hiring veteran talent.

Job 57835