RBC Bearings is a leading manufacturer in the aerospace and defense industries, seeking a driven Aerospace Account Manager. The role involves managing the sales lifecycle, developing business opportunities, and serving as a liaison between customers and engineering teams.
Responsibilities:
- Identify, pursue, and capture new aerospace and defense business opportunities
- Develop and execute strategies to grow market share within assigned accounts
- Expand existing relationships while building a pipeline of new opportunities to support new and existing programs
- Target competitor opportunities and new application wins
- Partner with engineering, procurement, and program teams
- Translate technical requirements into tailored solutions
- Conduct customer visits, presentations, and facility tours
- Serve as the primary commercial and technical interface between customers and RBC divisions
- Own the full sales cycle: prospecting through closing
- Maintain pipeline visibility using CRM tools
- Meet or exceed revenue and growth targets
- Track industry trends, competitor activity and customer programs to identify growth opportunities
- Share insights with internal teams
- Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver solutions
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Business or related fields
- Proven business development success and territory growth
- Strong mechanical aptitude and ability to communicate technical concepts
- Excellent communication, relationship building, and presentation skills
- Willingness to travel 40–50%
- 3–5+ years of B2B technical sales experience