Internal Sales (Aviation)

/ Position: Internal Sales                              

/ Location: Bournemouth or Farnborough (Hybrid working option available)

/ Working Hours: Full-Time, 40 Hours per week

Mon – Fri, Flexible Hours

• Competitive Salary + Excellent Benefits!
• Great work-life balance with our Hybrid Working Policy and Flexible Hours!
• Opportunities for professional growth and development!

We have an exciting position of Internal Sales to join our Rest of World MRO Strategic Business Unit in Bournemouth. Working within the dynamic MRO Sales Team within our aircraft maintenance organisation, this role will report directly to the Head of Sales MRO. You will be responsible for lead generation, prospect data, and the provision of timely sales proposals. The role will also involve liaising with different internal departments to ensure all quotes presented are accurate and clear.

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate a working knowledge of aircraft maintenance checks, quoting, and prospecting. You will need to be a confident face-to-face communicator able to develop positive working relationships with a range of key stakeholders. An understanding of aircraft maintenance manuals and service bulletins would be advantageous.

You will have a great deal of responsibility with endless opportunity for impact and freedom for initiatives.

/ About us:

Gama Aviation is a hugely diverse business that offers much more than perhaps its name would suggest. Yes, we fly but we also save lives, provide mission critical intelligence, and build systems that deliver decisive advantage.

With operations in the UK, US, Middle East and Hong Kong a career with us can offer travel, personal growth opportunities and the ability for long-term progression in a fast paced and dynamic service industry.

/ Responsibilities:

• Support the Sales teams with proposals and bids for new maintenance inputs
• Assist with the creation of an automated quoting system for common maintenance inputs across different OEM makes and models
• Take responsibility for the accuracy of all quotes and proposals being put together in conjunction with the Planning team
• Work closely with the commercial teams and Senior Management to understand market information, trends & changes, and requirements for lead generation
• Researching and completing any ad-hoc project work as directed by the Head of Sales
• Developing and upkeeping of all databases used for sales and quoting
• Developing and upkeeping of the Hubspot sales CRM system
• Assist with collating and correcting data for invoice processing and generation
• General and technical administration as required
• Liaising with customers and internal teams during inputs to provide regular updates on the status of work being carried out

/ Skills, Qualifications and Experience required:

Essential

• Possess a good working knowledge of raising estimates and generating quotations.
• The ability to read and understand aircraft maintenance manuals, Service Bulletins, Airworthiness Directives, STCs, design and modification documents
• Excellent communication skills are required for this position with customer facing experience    beneficial
• A good standard of English and Maths
• Attentive to detail with the ability to sustain thoroughness and accuracy
• Proficient in MS Office, including Excel, Word, Outlook
• Experience in CRM software such as Hubspot

Advantageous

• Raising of cost estimates and generating quotations in corporate aviation
• Have experience of working in a manufacturing, workshop, or engineering environment, with preference given to candidates from within the aviation/aerospace industry ideally with Bombardier, Textron and/or Embraer experience
• Recent experience in processing invoicing and billing is an advantage
• Experience with CAMP/Traxxall/relevant aircraft status reports is an advantage
• Preference given to candidates from within the aviation/aerospace industry

/ In addition to a Competitive Salary, we will offer you:

• Great Work-Life Balance with our Hybrid Working Policy – 1 day in the office, 4 days from home
• Competitive Group Pension Scheme
• Comprehensive Life Assurance *
• Comprehensive Income Protection *
• Comprehensive Travel Insurance *
• Comprehensive Private Healthcare (after successful passing of probation) *
• Free Car Parking
• 2 Paid Volunteering Days each calendar year (subject to line manager approval)
• Investment in Training, Qualifications and Professional Development

*(Subject to insurance underwriting)

Due to the volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interview will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within 20 working days then your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.