Business Development Manager

This opportunity is located within our Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company business, a global leader of mission-critical hardware and systems solutions including precision energetics systems and innovative explosive solutions. Click here (https://www.eba-d.com/) to learn more. Job Description EBAD is seeking a strong, motivated, accomplished professional for the position of Business Development Manager to lead our strategy and growth in the Missiles marketplace. This position will report to the VP of Business Development and will be located in Simsbury, CT or Moorpark, CA. Job Summary: The Business Development Manager acts as the primary interface between EBAD and customers as they develop new platforms. Roles and Responsibilities: Principal duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned. Responsible for growing EBAD’s future business on new Missile platforms. Identifies areas of client needs, manages business opportunities within the sales funnel, and works as a member of the capture management team to create winning technical solutions and capture new business. Promotes and increases sales through customer technical support, opportunity management, and direct component and subsystem level sales. Direct customer interaction and presentations requiring domestic travel up to 50% of the time. Establishes new customer relationships while maintaining existing relationships. Meets or exceeds booking goals for the Missiles market segment. Maintains a five-year revenue forecast. Provides input to the company’s strategic planning process and recommends new business pursuits and/or possible expansion. Must have the ability to efficiently utilize organizational resources to build an effective team and work within a capture team environment to achieve company and department goals. Strong interpersonal and written communication skills in order to function as the leader or as a member of proposal team, ensuring adequate and acceptable proposals. Participate in trade shows. Requirements: The successful candidate has a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and a minimum of 8 years of related experience in a business development role in a highly technical marketplace. The candidate must have demonstrated the ability to develop new business through market information gathering and assessment, customer interaction, guiding internal technology development, and leading winning proposal efforts. Candidates must meet all requirements under BATFE and ITAR and must be able to obtain a Secret level security clearance. Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, national origin, or veteran status. Ensign-Bickford Industries, (http://e-bind.com) (EBI), founded in 1836, is a privately-owned high technology conglomerate that participates in businesses that are relevant to the future of the world and have multigenerational growth prospects. Over the last 186 years, EBI has grown into a global science and technology leader in pet food science, space and defense, and diagnostic solutions. Our businesses are unified by a common shared operating system and a common set of Core Values. Watch the video above to learn more about some of the incredible challenges we take on every day to deliver the best product for our customers, and ultimately the world. The simple truth is: When you are a part of our team, you stand head and shoulders above the rest. We conduct business in a manner that reflects the highest human and ethical standards, with a commitment to mutually beneficial partnerships, and a belief in the efficacy of genuine economic and social service. Click here to learn about our Core Values (https://ensign-bickfordind.com/ebi-core-values/) AFB International AFB is the leader in pet food flavor enhancers. Ensuring product performance for pet food manufacturers—and their customers—is our business. ⠀ Cawood (https://cawood.co.uk/) Cawood is the UK’s leading scientific group, recognized for its technical capability and value-added service to customers in land-based industries. ⠀ Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (http://www.ensign-bickfordind.com/subsidiaries/ensign-bickford-aerospace-defense/) EBAD is a global leader in precision energetic systems and other innovative explosives, non-explosive and electromechanical solutions for the defense and aerospace markets. ⠀ EnviroLogix (http://www.ensign-bickfordind.com/subsidiaries/envirologix-inc/) EnviroLogix is an industry leader in the development and manufacturing of tests for the rapid detection of GMOs and mycotoxins throughout the worldwide food production chain.