Head of Business Development and Sales (Saab Seaeye)
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Key Responsibilities:
- Identify and generate new sales opportunities through targeted business development.
- Establishes formal sales plans and strategies.
- Develop new and maintain existing customer relationships.
- Facilitate peer-to-peer relationships.
- Respond to RFQ and assist in the generation of commercial/technical proposals.
- Attend meetings with prospective customers for contract negotiations.
- Carry out product and company presentations.
- Manage a network of Distributors.
- Work with other members of the sales team to support prospect qualification and creation of a suitable strategy and effective solution for custom proposals.
- Make, develop and encourage technical/commercial suggestions or solutions that will enhance the overall competitiveness of company products.
- Follow Saab Winning Business (WB) process encompassing CRM.
- Participate in bid/contract review and approval in line with the Saab WB process.
- Lead the contract handover process.
- Support variation orders for existing contracts.
- Provide competitor and market intelligence (CMI) in support of bids.
- Maintain awareness of market trends, Knowledge of the subsea robotic market, key market drivers and competitor position.
- Represent the company at trade shows and industry events.
- Qualifications and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
- Experience in a similar Business Development/Technical Sales Role.
- Experience with ROVs or other Subsea Robotics.
- Strong leadership, management, and communication skills.
- Ability to develop and execute strategic plans.
- Strong understanding of business principles and market dynamics.
- Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to identify and resolve complex business problems.
- Strong negotiation and persuasion skills.
- Ability to analyse data and identify trends.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Deep understanding of the industry and target markets.
- Proven experience working on multi-engineering discipline systems (electrical, mechanical, hydraulic).
- Saab UK Company Benefits:
- 30 days annual leave
- Workplace pension scheme with 8% company contribution
- Private medical insurance
- Group income protection scheme
- Death in service insurance
- Up to 5% share matching scheme
- Company enhanced Maternity/Adoption & Paternity leave.
- Much more
- By submitting an application to Saab UK you consent to undertaking workforce screening activities that may include but are not limited to: Baseline Personnel Security checks, National Security Vetting, reference checks, verification of working rights and in all circumstances preferred candidates will be placed through a security interview.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
- Experience with ROVs or other Subsea Robotics.
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