Export Sales Director (M/F)
Job Description:
Location: Gennevilliers, France
Let's build a future of trust together
Thales is a world leader in high technologies specializing in three business sectors: Defense & Security, Aeronautics & Space, and Cyber & Digital. It develops products and solutions that contribute to a safer, more environmentally friendly, and more inclusive world. The Group invests nearly 4.5 billion euros per year in Research & Development, particularly in key areas of innovation such as AI, cybersecurity, quantum, cloud technologies, and 6G. Thales has nearly 85,000 employees in 65 countries.
Our commitments, your benefitsSuccess driven by our technological excellence, your experience, and our shared ambitionAn attractive compensation packageContinuous skill development: training courses, academies, and internal communitiesAn inclusive, caring environment that respects employee work-life balance***Recognized societal and environmental commitment
Your daily life
The Gennevilliers Campus is the heart of design, development, and support activities for major defense systems: radiocommunications, resilient networks and infrastructure systems, satellite communications, collaborative combat, and cybersecurity. Located north of Paris, it is easily accessible by public transport.
As Export Sales Manager, you will join the Support and Services team for Thales SIX products (mainly radiocommunications products).
In this capacity, your main missions will be the following:
- Develop and identify new opportunities within the client portfolio for service offers, operational maintenance, renovation of existing systems, spare parts and repairs, or even Performance Based Contract (PCB).
- Support the construction of offers in collaboration with various internal functions (Marketing, projects, finance, legal, purchasing, quality, export control, etc.) for our industrial and state clients in more than 50 countries.
- Manage the entire commercial process: from forecasting and qualifying opportunities, and preparing offers, to negotiation and contract signature, and then the initialization and monitoring of regulatory obligations.
- Interact daily with the various Key Account Managers of Thales local entities (Defense Services Centers, Partners) deployed in export countries and with various clients.
Your profile
Holding a Master's degree (business school or equivalent), you have significant experience of more than 5 years internationally in the field of export trade or in a Business Development position in the field of services and support.
You are proactive, curious, and autonomous in performing your tasks.
You have an appetite for technical projects.
You are proficient in office tools.
You have good interpersonal skills and a collaborative spirit.
You are fluent in English.
Do you recognize yourself? Then this position is made for you!
A word from the manager
We offer you the opportunity to join a multidisciplinary team, to work in a sector experiencing rapid international growth.
At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here, apply now!