European Sales Manager

Job Details

Line Up Aviation is a specialist aviation and aerospace recruitment company that has been operating worldwide for more than 35 years. We work with some of the industry’s best-known companies who demand the highest standard of service.

We are seeking a committed and experienced Sales Manager to join our clients growing aviation maintenance business. This is a results-driven role focused on promoting and selling maintenance and repair services to Europea based airlines, maintenance organisations (MROs), and OEMs, supporting a network of European service centres.

Job Title: European Sales Manager
Location: Europe (Travel required)
Contract Type: Permanent, Fulltime.
Package: Competitive
Language skills: At least two of the following Spanish, German and Polish

To be considered, you will need to have the right to live & work in Europe, sponsorship is not available.

We are seeking a committed and experienced Sales Manager to join our clients growing aviation maintenance business. This is a results-driven role focused on promoting and selling maintenance and repair services to European-based airlines, maintenance organisations (MROs), and OEMs, supporting our European service centres.

The successful candidate will play a key role in driving business growth by developing new customer relationships, maintaining existing accounts, and actively executing regional sales strategies. This position requires regular travel across Europe to visit both new and existing customers, identify new business opportunities, and strengthen our client’s global brand.

You will be responsible for managing your territory, maintaining a strong sales pipeline, and producing detailed trip reports, market insights, and competitor intelligence to support business development and strategic decision-making. The role also involves supporting the maintenance team during client-facing meetings to ensure technical and commercial alignment and deliver a high level of customer engagement.

This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive and commercially driven sales professional who thrives in a dynamic aviation environment and enjoys building long-term partnerships with airlines, MROs, and OEM customers.

Key Duties:

* Establish new and maintain existing relationships
* New business development
* Generation of sales with new and existing customers
* Create and implement customer engagement plans and maintain a sales pipeline
* Develop relevant market intelligence and competitive information
* Management of our sales process from enquiry through RFP/RFQ to order intake and post-sales support
* Assist and execute strategy creation and delivery
* Responsible for planning and developing forecasts
* Support the negotiation of contracts and terms and conditions
* Attend any relevant trade shows within the agreed region and at times out of region globally

Education and Experience:

* Bachelor’s degree from a related field, preferred in business, engineering or a technical field
* Must have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar role or industry
* Understand Powerplant & Ground Support Equipment in its form and function
* Demonstrable sales experience within business to business

Required Skills:

* Excellent communication and people skills
* Proactive approach to the role and be committed to delivering excellent customer service
* Effectively communicate external customer requirements to internal departments
* Recommend maintenance solutions to solve customer requirements
* Work both independently or as part of a team
* Regular travel throughout Europe
* Conscientious and self-motivated to deliver high quality and results
* Clean and valid driver’s license