Classification:     Exempt | Salary | Full-time

Location:    Pro Star Aviation GRR (Grand Rapids, MI)

Reports To:    VP – Pro Star Aircraft Sales

Department:    Sales & Marketing

Summary/Objective:

Pro Star Aviation is a factory authorized sales and service center for the Swiss built Pilatus PC-12 and PC-24 business aircraft. Our dealership covers 10 states across the Northeast, and we are looking for a Sales & Marketing Manager to assist with growth and expansion. The position is full time and based out of our Grand Rapids, MI facility. This position offers potential to grow within the company.

Essential Functions:

• Co-ordinate and assist with the development and implementation of digital as well as physical marketing campaigns.
• Track sales and leads data, maintain databases, populate data into CRM system, and prepare reports.
• Prepare marketing and advertising objectives.
• Prepare marketing reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing sales data.
• Support sales staff by providing sales data, market trends and industry forecasts.
• Research competitive products by identifying and evaluating product characteristics, market share and pricing; maintain research databases.
• Assist with trade shows and event planning by identifying, assembling, and coordinating requirements; establishing contacts; developing schedules and assignments; coordinating mailing lists.
• Accomplishes organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different tasks; exploring opportunities to add value to the company and thus the overall success of the organization.
• Some travel to aviation industry tradeshows and events.
• Deal with customers in a cordial, respectful, and professional manner.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience:

• High School diploma or general education degree required.
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written required.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Direct Marketing, Marketing Research, Coordination, CRM knowledge including dashboard generation.
• Flexibility, as needed, to accommodate external and internal customer and employer needs.
• Ability to independently problem solve.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Adobe, CRM, and Google products.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Aviation industry experience or a strong desire and willingness to learn this sector.
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing or business-related degree and/or a proven experience working within a similar role.
• Pilots license a plus.

Supervisory Responsibility:
None.

Work Environment:

Works in a clean office space, free of noise, dust, and humidity.

Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle, feel, or operate objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand, talk and hear.  Occasional lifting of light items required.  No specific vision requirements.

Objects weighing 70 pounds or more must be accompanied by a second individual to avoid injury.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Travel:
Limited (<5%)

This job description is not intended to be and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of all the responsibilities, skills or working conditions associated with this position. While it is intended to accurately reflect the position activities and requirements, Pro Star reserves the right to modify, add or remove duties and assign other duties as necessary.
External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), must be able to perform the essential job functions (as listed here) either unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation to be determined by management on a case-by-case basis.