Sr. Sales Director Jobs

Summary The Sr. Sales Director is a customer facing role focused on winning business for GE Aviation. The Sr. Sales Director owns and influences commercial business operating guidelines and has ownership and influence over budgets guided by functional policy. There is autonomy within the role to enter into/execute Commercial arrangements. High levels of Commercial judgement are required to achieve outcomes required outcomes required.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Interprets internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services. Utilizes understanding of industry trends to inform decision making process.
• Develops commercial expertise across one or more countries, product lines, markets, sales processes, or customer groups. Influences policy and ensures delivery across large and/or diverse sales territories.
• Responsible for selling product(s), services, parts, solutions, or projects within a specific geographic region
• Leads others to find creative solutions to address complex projects, product lines, markets, sales processes, or customers. Has the ability to evaluate quality of information received and questions conflicting data for analysis. Uses multiple internal and external resources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision.
• May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity. Communicates complex messages and negotiates mainly internally with others to adopt a different point of view. Influences peers to take action and may negotiate with external partners, vendors, or customers.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 6 years of relevant experience in sales).

Desired Characteristics

• Master's degree.
• Specialized knowledge across product lines, markets, sales processes, or customer groups; strong commercial awareness.
• Established project management skills.
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• Strong oral and written communication skills; strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong leadership skills; demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.

To comply with US immigration and other legal requirements, it is necessary to specify the minimum number of years' experience required for any role based within the USA. For roles outside of the USA, to ensure compliance with applicable legislation, the JDs should focus on the substantive level of experience required for the role and a minimum number of years should NOT be used.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

• This is a remote position