AAR is focused on driving global commercial success in the aviation sector, and they are seeking a Manager, Business Development to lead bid and proposal activities across multiple sites. This role involves coordinating and developing proposals, maintaining business development data systems, and providing guidance to new team members as the business expands.
Responsibilities:
- Lead end‑to‑end bid and proposal activity for all ACS sites and global customers
- Conduct kickoff meetings, define requirements, and coordinate capability alignment across facilities
- Develop bidding instructions, collect pricing inputs, and assemble complete proposal packages
- Maintain the ACS RFP database, business development pipeline, and opportunity tracker
- Build and update the ACS MRO pricing catalog using historical bid data
- Maintain and update the global ACS capability list
- Support data analysis, reporting, and other business development projects
- Collaborate cross‑functionally with operations, pricing, and commercial teams
- Provide guidance to new team members as ACS expands its data and business development functions
Requirements:
- Lead end‑to‑end bid and proposal activity for all ACS sites and global customers
- Conduct kickoff meetings, define requirements, and coordinate capability alignment across facilities
- Develop bidding instructions, collect pricing inputs, and assemble complete proposal packages
- Maintain the ACS RFP database, business development pipeline, and opportunity tracker
- Build and update the ACS MRO pricing catalog using historical bid data
- Maintain and update the global ACS capability list
- Support data analysis, reporting, and other business development projects
- Collaborate cross‑functionally with operations, pricing, and commercial teams
- Provide guidance to new team members as ACS expands its data and business development functions
- 5-7 years of experience in pricing, proposals, business development, or commercial operations
- Strong analytical, organizational, and project management skills
- Experience coordinating multi‑site or multi‑stakeholder commercial activity
- Excellent communication and cross‑functional collaboration abilities
- Bachelor's degree preferred (Business, Aviation, Finance, or related field)