Sales Support Coordinator

This role will support the Sales team for Bids Management and RFQs. Using commercial understanding of costing and pricing and coordination of multifunctional inputs for proposal reviews.,

• Provide support and coordination for 'New Business Acquisition,' including funded project opportunities and day to day RFQ's .
• Support the Sales team in Bidding Activities (i.e. Bids Management) for all opportunities.
• Act as the focal point for support to all Sales Directors / Managers (regardless of location) for bids.
• Support the completion of review packs with the relevant departments to capture the requirements of the deliverables in S0-S2 process gates.
• Ensure the successful use by the wider team of sales Tools (e.g. CRM)
• Collate all necessary documentation and upload cost prices on ERP system
• Construct cost prices for the recommended spares parts list (RSPL) for aircraft entry into service
• Use in house systems to produce robust cost files for aftermarket manufactured parts.
• To upload all data defined in M3 per aftermarket requirements and ensure data integrity
• Extract and analyse bills of materials (BOMs) verify and check routings.
• Liaise with the Engineering team to ensure good housekeeping of BOM's and routes.
• Raise internal RFQ's to obtain valid cost prices for purchased parts via the Strategic Purchasing team.
• Identify risk elements i.e. signal codes, tooling costs etc. to minimise the business risk.
• Liaise with the relevant departments to obtain information for accurate costings.
• Analyse the make versus buy option to maximise in house production capabilities.
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• Experience of working within a similar role
• Demonstrable experience/ desire to work in cross functional teams
• Interested in becoming involved in managing Change Management & Processes Activities
• Confident, with the ability to work and liaise across the business departments, including the Executive team.
• Excellent organization skills with the ability to plan and consistently achieve challenging deadlines
• Technical awareness
• Clear understanding of Processes & Continuous Improvement
• Competent user of MS Office packages
Desirable:
• Experience in providing programme support
Competencies, Behaviours and Skills
• Knowledge of the aerospace industry
• Competent user of CRM
• Qualification in a Technical / Engineering discipline
  
  Safran is an international high-technology group operating in the fields of aerospace (propulsion, equipment and interiors), space and defense. Its mission is to contribute sustainably to a safer world, where air transport becomes ever more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Present on every continent, the Group employs 110,000 people and generated €31.3 billion in revenue in 2025. Safran holds, either independently or through partnerships, leading global or European positions in its markets.
Safran was ranked second in the Aerospace & Defense sector in TIME magazine's ""World's Best Companies 2025"" ranking. With more than one million seats installed across the fleets of the world's leading airlines, Safran Seats is one of the global leaders in passenger, crew, aircraft and helicopter seating, delivering innovative, high value-added solutions., Safran - Here, we craft excellence together. At Safran, excellence is a journey - and we'd love you to be a part of it. As a trusted global leader in aerospace, defence, and space, we are proud to be a company where diversity, innovation, and opportunity come together to shape a sustainable future where we can all succeed together through a shared vision. Are you interested in working at the business end of Aerospace, where airline brand meets innovative passenger experience? Then your next opportunity could be with Safran Seats, an industry award winning, premium designer and manufacturer of First and Business Class seating and technology. Our passenger experience prides itself on innovation, customization, quality and industrial design. At Safran Seats, we are unique within aerospace, as we interface with both the world's biggest airlines and airframers alike, with the largest seats portfolio of all seats suppliers. One day you could be liaising with one of the world's largest airframers, and the next, some of the biggest airline brands around the world! In the UK, Safran Seats specialises solely in the First Class and Business Class seating markets for wide body aircraft, with industrial and engineering teams in Cwmbran and Newport, Wales and Brackley, England.

Looking after the people who make Safran great is our priority. We offer a range of flexible benefits designed to support you, both in and out of work, including:
• Competitive salary
• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• Industry leading pension scheme with salary sacrifice employer contributions up to 10%.
• Private medical cover (to include Digital GP and rapid access Physio with no excess) with ability to upgrade level of benefit and cover family members.
• Access to salary sacrifice benefits scheme including cycle to work
• 4 x Life Assurance
• Interactive benefits platform including wide range of discretionary benefits including technology, retail benefits, income protection.
• Enhanced family friendly policies and benefits (enhanced maternity and paternity leave) and employee assistance programme
• Annual share save schemes.
• We support your ambitions with training, development, a personalised career plan and mobility opportunities. Benefit from support through Safran University and our internal Training and Development Schools