Engine Sales Manager - Eastern Region
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As an Engine Sales Manager (PW300/500; HTF7000; TFE731; CFE738; Spey; Tay AE3007; GTCP36) you will assist the other Sales Managers (SM) with the relationship between Business Aviation and its customers, both in sales and customer relations with the goal to achieve sales and maintain positive margin and growth objectives. The ESM will be expected to generate prospects, formulate work scope specification, and finalize the sale through direct customer interactions, strategic marketing, and personal contact. The focus is on technical expertise in the specific discipline, with an emphasis on product knowledge and customer service to help the Global Sales Team and Quoters to craft customized proposals. The ESM will work as a team in the Eastern region, with other sales and production employees, and management to win business for StandardAero. Geographic area covered: Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia.
What you’ll do:
- Meet financial and individual volume goals (P&L) are achieved by managing the business for assigned product lines.
- Manage opportunities in the CRM and with customers directly, maintaining accurate quotes, controlling expenses, addressing customer service needs, and maintaining high closing rates to win work.
- Maintain a high level of involvement in all aspects of the sales process.
- Identify and create opportunities (RFQs) for assigned product lines, driving collateral growth, and closing opportunities.
- Work closely with other Sales Managers, Quoters, site management, production and scheduling departments to ensure a complete and accurate proposal and smooth transition from POS to production handoff.
- Conduct sales calls through visits, correspondence, telephone, and email.
- Monitor sales/market conditions within assigned sales territory.
- Assist in forecasting of corporate aircraft maintenance for specific product lines, including PW 300/500, HTF7000, TFE731, CFE738, AE 3007, Spey & Tay, GTCP36.
- Provide input for development of annual sales plan for assigned product lines.
- Maintains high visibility in industry through involvement with trade association events, customer events, and supplier sales events.
- Expand sales within assigned territory by joining and maintaining relationships with regional aviation groups.
- Support development of appropriate marketing strategies and materials that contribute to successful sales campaigns for assigned areas of focus.
- Performs other duties as required by the Sales Director
Position Requirements:
- Minimum 5 years of aviation MRO inside/outside sales experience
- Must have Corporate Aviation experience
- Must be available to travel on short notice, up to 75%
- Proficient in computer applications, including CRM, Microsoft Word, and Excel
- Strong planning, organizational, analytical, leadership, interpersonal, decision making, oral and written communication skills
- Strong negotiation, conflict resolution and customer service skills
- Must reside in the aforementioned territory (MS, AL, GA, SC, TN, NC, VA)
- Must possess valid US driver’s license
- Must be authorized to work in the US without sponsorship
- Must possess a high school diploma or GED equivalent
Preferred Characteristics:
- Technical expertise with Pratt & Whitney, Honeywell, and Rolls Royce turbofan engines and APUs
- Assertive, possesses high energy, and is self-motivated
- Proficient in Salesforce CRM
- Possess a valid US Passport
Benefits that make life better:
- Comprehensive Healthcare
- 401(k) with 100% company match; up to 5% vested
- Paid Time Off accruing from day one
- Bonus opportunities
- Health- & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Short- & Long-Term Disability
- Life & AD&D Insurance
- Learning & Training opportunities
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About UsRaising the Standard of Excellence since 1911Skills Required
- Minimum 5 years of aviation MRO inside or outside sales experience
- Corporate aviation experience
- Availability to travel on short notice, up to 75%
- Proficiency with computer applications, including CRM, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel
- Strong planning, organizational, analytical, leadership, interpersonal, decision-making, oral communication, and written communication skills
- Strong negotiation, conflict resolution, and customer service skills
- Residence in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina, or Virginia
- Valid U.S. driver's license
- Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship
- High school diploma or GED equivalent
- Technical expertise with Pratt & Whitney, Honeywell, and Rolls-Royce turbofan engines and APUs
- Assertive, high-energy, and self-motivated personality
- Proficiency with Salesforce CRM
- Valid U.S. passport
StandardAero Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about StandardAero and has not been reviewed or approved by StandardAero.
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Retirement Support — Provides a 401(k) and has added an Employee Stock Purchase Plan and an Incentive Award (equity) plan, expanding long-term savings and ownership options. These programs complement base pay with additional wealth-building mechanisms.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Includes PTO, paid holidays, sick time, bereavement leave, military leave, and parental leave, with some roles accruing PTO that can increase with service. Eligibility for benefits typically begins the first day of the month after hire, indicating structured access to time-off programs.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Offers tuition assistance, job training/conferences, company events, and an Employee Assistance Program as part of a comprehensive package. The inclusion of learning support and EAP provides development and wellbeing resources beyond core insurance and retirement.
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What We Do
StandardAero has become one of the aerospace industry’s largest independent maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) providers. Our company’s success is the outgrowth of the synergistic merger of businesses with complementary specialties that have exponentially increased our capabilities and generated unprecedented customer commitment and value. StandardAero offers extensive MRO services and custom solutions for business aviation, commercial aviation, military, and industrial power customers. Nearly 6,600 professional, administrative and technical employees work in more than 50 major facilities worldwide, with additional strategically located regional service and support centers all across the globe. Services include MRO for aircraft and rotorcraft engines, auxiliary power units, components; airframe services including major alterations; FAA authorized avionics capabilities; comprehensive engineering services; and custom exterior and interior design, completion, and paint. We provide these capabilities through our network of specialized facilities and mobile service teams. StandardAero is owned by Carlyle, a global investment firm with deep industry expertise that deploys private capital across four business segments: Corporate Private Equity, Real Assets, Global Credit, and Investment Solutions.
