Job Description

Job Overview

LISI AEROSPACE, a subsidiary of the LISI Group, is a global leader in fastening and structural components for the aerospace industry. We supply major industry players such as Airbus, Safran, and Dassault with high-quality fasteners produced at our manufacturing sites in France and internationally.

Within our Fasteners Europe division, we design and manufacture technically advanced fasteners, hydraulic fittings,and locking devices for airplanes and helicopters.

Within our Sales team dedicated to the Airbus World, we are seeking a Sales Manager to oversee strategic client relationships customers alike Airbus UK, SPIRIT and other UK Airframe customer accounts.

SUMMARY:

The Sales Specialist ensures the quality of service to the customer(s) by:

- maintaining a trusted relationship,

- ensuring the development of new opportunities,

- managing commercial negotiations in coordination with internal teams (industrial sites, marketing, supply chain, methods & industrialization

- managing customer's request in order to give the best possible information to the factories

The Sales Manager also participates in cross-departmental topics: project manager (customer projects, contract Phase In/Out, Product growth support), participates in LEAP topics (continuous improvement, PSM, etc.)

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

According to the portfolio of activities and customers:

Manage and develop strategic customer relationships with Airbus Atlantique and Airbus Canada. Maintain and grow the client portfolio by building trust and identifying new business opportunities. Support the definition and achievement of the sales budget for your scope. Lead contract negotiations in close collaboration with sales, marketing, and manufacturing teams. Ensure internal conditions are met to deliver projects on time, particularly those in qualification phases. Collaborate closely with Customer Service teams to optimize client satisfaction. Handle customer complaints, objections, and operational issues proactively. Report regularly on sales activities to management and production sites. Conduct market monitoring and intelligence gathering to share relevant customer and industry insights.

Learning and Development Opportunities

Gain in-depth product and technical expertise through hands-on experience at our manufacturing sites (forging, machining, surface treatments). Master long and complex industrial sales cycles typical of the aerospace sector. Develop a strategic, global commercial vision within a world-leading company. Enhance cross-functional management, international negotiation, and multi-site project management skills.

The position includes:

Direct Management: YES

Functional Management: YES

The position includes regular business travels:

Yes

Nationwide YES Worldwide YES

Foresight: 40-60 %

Specific to Health, Safety and Environment:

HSE duty of all employees: every employee must respect HSE rules defined by his/her site. Every employee has to point out environmental gaps and risky situations when he/she notices it. HSE duty of expertise: every employee participates to HSE analysis on his/her position scope. He/she carries out actions to insure HSE rules are respected on his/her role(s) implications.
HSE duty of a Direct Manager: If the employee is a Direct Manager, he/she insures that people under his/her responsibility, or people interacting with equipments under his/her responsibility, are respecting the HSE rules of the site.

ESSENTIAL JOB REQUIREMENTS SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

LISI GROUP Skills and abilities:

The employee has to demonstrate Customer Orientation, Performance Improvement capability, Communication skills, Team worker skills, Leadership, Exemplary way of working, Ability to help and develop others, Personal commitment, Results orientation.

Technical / Functional/ Job Skills:

Office tools: PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, Access... - Mandatory Customer portal Waer Lynx, Air Supply, others according to customers - Appreciated Knowledge of Supply Chain principles - Appreciated Knowledge and practice of Excel - Mandatory
Behavioral Skills :

Analytics Rigorous Autonomous Dynamic and proactive, Excellent communication and customer relationship Sense of negotiation

Language Skills:

English French ?????

Read Read

Written Written

Spoken Spoken

Fluent

Optional

Computing skills:

Excel ERP ODBC Tableau SalesForce

Expert expert intermediate intermediate

Profile:

Experience: At least one experience from Industry, ideally within the Aerospace sector and/or complexe technical environment. Have ideally already have functional or Hierarchical responsibilities. Grades/ Certifications: engineering school or equivalent

Specific characteristics of the job (Physical Demands, Work environment and Health and Safety conditions -if applies-):

The Sales Manager is required to participate to European Sales Meetings that can stand in Paris or other location near to lisi Facilities Worldwide.
Two Stage Interview Process:

1) Interview

2) Case Study presentation

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From 50,000.00 per year

Language:

English (required)
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person