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Sales Manager

Goodwin RecruitingChicago, IL🇺🇸United StatesPosted 11 Jul 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid Sales Manager role offers significant career growth within a leading manufacturing and solutions provider, allowing you to make a direct impact by expanding market presence and driving revenue for industry-leading clients. You'll thrive here if you have a proven background in aerospace, defense, or military procurement sales and possess strong relationship-building skills, and this exciting opportunity is definitely worth exploring.

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Join a growing, innovative manufacturing and solutions provider serving the aerospace, defense, and military procurement sectors. This is an exciting opportunity to make a direct impact by expanding market presence and driving long-term revenue growth. You’ll work with industry-leading clients and help deliver technical solutions that matter.


Sales Manager Benefits & Compensation

  • Competitive salary commensurate with experience
  • Performance-based incentives and bonus potential
  • Opportunities for career growth within an expanding organization
  • Collaborative, mission-driven culture with strong support from leadership


Sales Manager Requirements & Qualifications

  • Proven experience in aerospace, defense, or military procurement sales, or related technical sector
  • Deep understanding of customer needs within defense system companies, aerospace engineering organizations, or military procurement programs
  • Strong relationship-building skills and ability to foster customer loyalty
  • Demonstrated ability to develop and execute successful sales strategies


Sales Manager Preferred Background & Skills

  • Prior experience transitioning from a technical or operational role into sales
  • Familiarity with complex technical solution selling
  • Ability to analyze market trends and identify competitive opportunities


Sales Manager Day-to-Day Responsibilities

  • Cultivate and maintain long-term client relationships across the aerospace, defense, and military procurement sectors
  • Design, implement, and manage a strategic business plan to grow the company’s customer base
  • Meet or exceed sales targets by identifying new program opportunities and securing contracts
  • Monitor emerging markets, new products, and industry competition
  • Prepare and present accurate sales, revenue, and expense forecasts to management
  • Complete additional tasks as assigned by leadership


If you’re ready to leverage your industry knowledge into a sales leadership role, this position offers the challenge and growth potential you’re seeking.

Skills

Solution Selling

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