National AI Awards 2025Discover AI's trailblazers! Join us to celebrate innovation and nominate industry leaders.

Nominate & Attend

Sales Manager - Aerospace

JOIN
Birmingham
5 months ago
Applications closed

Related Jobs

View all jobs

Sales Manager

Sales Manager

Sales Manager

Sales Manager

Sales Manager

Sales Manager

Join RBC Bearings, named one of the top 100 fastest growing global companies by Fortune magazine, as an Aerospace Sales Manager In the United Kingdom.. RBC Bearings has been a significant part of the industry since 1915. RBC continues to uphold our mission of improving services and delivering innovative product design solutions across various markets. Embrace our core values of Integrity, Personal Responsibility, Respect, and Teamwork, and become a pivotal part of a team dedicated to excellence. In this role, you will engage with clients, providing expert guidance and solutions tailored to their needs while playing a crucial role in expanding our market presence. If you are driven by innovation and firmly committed to advancing the aerospace sector, we invite you to contribute to our legacy of success and growth.

Tasks

  • Develop and maintain strong relationships with current and prospective aerospace clients to understand their needs and provide tailored solutions.
  • Collaborate with the engineering team to ensure product specifications meet customer requirements and industry standards.
  • Conduct market research to identify new business opportunities and trends within the aerospace component manufacturing sector.
  • Prepare and deliver technical presentations and product demonstrations to clients, highlighting the benefits and features of RBC's offerings.
  • Negotiate contracts and close sales agreements, ensuring profitable growth while maintaining the company's values of integrity and respect.
  • 50% travel to visit customers or teams

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in sales and engineering within the aerospace industry.
  • Minimum 5 years leading a sales team.
  • Strong understanding of aerospace component manufacturing processes and products.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with clients and internal teams.
  • Ability to travel as needed to meet with clients and attend industry events.
  • Must reside in the UK and have a proven work history of aerospace component sales management.

Benefits

Company-provided vehicle, mobile phone, laptop, and expense account. Performance-based annual bonus. Additional standard benefits are available to employees in the UK.

RBC Bearings is an equal opportunity employer.



Schaublin SA, located in the city of Delémont, Switzerland, is a company with a rich history that dates back to April of 1915! Schaublin became part of RBC Bearings in the year 2000.

National AI Awards 2025

Subscribe to Future Tech Insights for the latest jobs & insights, direct to your inbox.

By subscribing, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service.

Industry Insights

Discover insightful articles, industry insights, expert tips, and curated resources.

How to Find Hidden Space Jobs in the UK Using Professional Bodies like the RAeS, UKSpace & More

The UK space sector is enjoying rapid growth—driven by satellite constellations, launch services, Earth observation, space science, and defence applications. But while demand for engineers, scientists, mission designers, and space analysts is high, many of the most compelling roles are never advertised publicly. Instead, these opportunities are often filled through professional networks, working groups, innovation clusters, and academic-industry partnerships. This guide will show you how to access hidden UK space jobs by engaging with bodies like the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), UKSpace, British Interplanetary Society (BIS), and regional space clusters. By leveraging membership directories, special-interest groups (SIGs), CPD events, and funded projects, you can position yourself to be first in line—even before roles are posted.

How to Get a Better Space Sector Job After a Lay-Off or Redundancy

Being made redundant from a role in the UK space sector can be disheartening. Whether your work was tied to satellite design, launch services, ground systems, mission operations, or Earth observation analytics, the experience and specialist knowledge you've gained is still highly valuable. The UK government’s Space Strategy, increased commercial investment, and new launch initiatives across Cornwall, Scotland, and Wales continue to drive opportunities in upstream and downstream space technologies. This guide will help you relaunch your career in the UK space sector after redundancy.

UK Space Jobs Salary Calculator 2025: Work Out Your Market Value in Seconds

Why last year’s pay survey already misfires for UK space talent Ask a Satellite Systems Engineer wrestling with RF budgets, a Mission Operations Analyst shepherding cubesats at 04:00 UTC, or a Launch Vehicle Propulsion Engineer machining ablative liners in Cornwall: “Am I earning what I deserve?” The honest answer drifts faster than orbital debris. Since early 2024 the UK Space Agency released £1.6 billion of National Space Strategy funding, SaxaVord’s spaceport edged toward its first vertical launch licence, and Harwell Campus welcomed three VC‑fuelled in‑orbit‑servicing start‑ups. Each headline ratcheted hiring demand—and salaries. A salary guide printed in 2024 is already as dated as a Block II GPS ephemeris: no mention of the Scottish micro‑launcher premium, the AI‑earth‑observation bubble, or the sudden scarcity of flight‑dynamics controllers who can wrangle multi‑constellation mega‑swarms. To replace guesswork with data, UKSpaceJobs.co.uk distilled a clear, three‑factor formula. Feed in your discipline, UK region & seniority; you’ll get a realistic 2025 baseline—no stale averages, no vague “competitive” claims. This article unpacks the formula, explores the forces inflating space salaries, and sets out concrete steps to boost your value within ninety days.