Senior Product Lead - Business Development

Job Description

Our client is seeking a Senior Product Lead - Business Development to support their critical mission system capabilities. Managing the coordination of end customer/government and commercial orders/contracts. Knowledge of terms & conditions to the Commercial department upon receipt to ensure all information is accurate and acceptable

Job Function:

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for processing, distributing, and logging all new/change orders and RFPs in accordance with established procedures
• Maintain and update internal procedures as required for continuous improvement as well as establishing SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures)
• Manage coordination of end customer/government and commercial orders/contracts. Knowledge of terms & conditions to Commercial department upon receipt to ensure all information is accurate and acceptable
• Support business development efforts to generate new orders
• Actively engage our customers and Sales team (Manufacturers Representatives & Distributors) to identify new opportunities and future programs
• Support Business Development financial planning budget & forecast based on customer’s existing /future programs projections
• Generate and distribute sales reports as required
• Visit and manage customers/Reps/Sales team as directed by management
• Knowledgeable of export compliance. Prepare DD250’s on government orders where required
• Attend regularly scheduled production meetings to ensure our commitments to the customers are being met and issues resolved
• Coordinate information between various departments ensuring a timely flow of data into Sales & BD Department
• Maintain our customer relationships by responding and following through on all customer requests
• Prioritize and monitor workload to achieve departmental objectives
• Follow up on quotes from submittal to win or loss; manage the win/loss report
• Carry out other duties as reasonably required by Management
• Qualify lead and new business opportunities (NBOs)

Job Requirement:

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree (Technical) or applicable experience
• 5+ years in promoting specialized Electrical Assemblies (HMIs, EMI Filters, Capacitors, Magnetics, Avionics sensing & control, etc.)
• 3+ years of government contracts-ideally in the Aerospace & Defense (A&D) industry
• 5+ years meeting or exceeding Business Development financial planning budget & forecast based on customer’s existing /future programs projections
• Knowledge of Government contracts
• This position requires either a US Person or a non-US Person who is eligible to obtain any required Export Authorization
• Ability to travel to customer locations in the U.S

Desired Skills:

• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing with personnel at all levels of the organization
• Ability to liaise with both internal and external customers and key stakeholders
• Ability to work effectively and achieve targets in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Comfortable managing a varied workload, with the ability to identify priority tasks
• Working knowledge of ERP and MRP systems