Director of Sales Operations

About This Role

Director of Sales \- Aerospace \& Defense Manufacturing

Company: Global Filtration Inc.

Location: Waco, Texas \- On\-site

Employment Type: Full\-Time, Exempt Leadership Position

Compensation: Competitive base salary plus performance\-based bonus and commission incentives. Final

compensation will depend on experience, aerospace/defense sales background, leadership history, and revenue\-

production capability.

About Global Filtration Inc.

Global Filtration Inc. is a Waco, Texas\-based aerospace, aviation aftermarket, defense, and industrial filtration

company serving mission\-critical filtration markets. Global Filtration provides aircraft filtration solutions, FAA\-PMA

filtration products, cabin air filters, nitrogen gas filters, hydraulic filtration solutions, inspection kits, hardware, and

custom filtration support for aviation and industrial customers. The company is also expanding its sales focus into

defense, government contracting, military heavy equipment, and tank machinery filtration applications.

This is not a passive sales management role. Global Filtration is building a stronger national sales platform and

needs a hands\-on sales leader who can create structure, enforce accountability, build pipeline discipline, coach

account executives, manage CRM usage, improve quote follow\-up, and personally assist in closing strategic

accounts.

Position Summary

The Director of Sales will lead all revenue\-generating sales activity for Global Filtration Inc. This position reports to

Rick Caouette, President, and is responsible for building a high\-accountability sales organization across aerospace,

FAA\-PMA, MRO, commercial aviation, defense, government, industrial, distributor, and strategic\-account channels.

The Director of Sales will manage sales strategy, pipeline, CRM discipline, forecasting, quoting standards, territory

performance, customer retention, new\-business development, account\-executive accountability, and executive sales

reporting.

Key Responsibilities

\- Lead all revenue\-generating sales activity for the company.

\- Build, manage, coach, and hold accountable the sales team.

\- Develop aerospace, FAA\-PMA, MRO, defense, government, industrial, distributor, and strategic accounts.

\- Manage CRM activity, pipeline stages, forecasting, quotes, customer follow\-up, and opportunity movement.

\- Conduct daily activity reviews, weekly sales meetings, pipeline reviews, and monthly sales\-performance reviews.

\- Assign territories, monitor quota achievement, and maintain account\-ownership discipline.

\- Improve quote follow\-up, close rates, customer communication, and sales documentation.

\- Recruit, train, and coach account executives and sales\-support personnel.

\- Build relationships with airlines, MROs, FAA repair stations, aerospace distributors, prime contractors, defense

suppliers, government buyers, and industrial filtration customers.

\- Support sales growth into military heavy equipment and tank machinery filtration markets.

\- Coordinate with purchasing, planning, quality, production, warehouse, accounting, and executive leadership to

ensure customer commitments are realistic and professionally managed.

\- Report sales performance, pipeline, forecast, quota achievement, and strategic\-account activity to executive

leadership.

Required Qualifications

\- 7\+ years of B2B sales experience.

\- 3\+ years of sales management, sales leadership, or business\-development leadership experience.

\- Proven ability to manage quotas, pipeline, forecasting, CRM activity, sales meetings, and sales accountability.

\- Experience selling technical, industrial, aerospace, aviation, defense, government, manufacturing, filtration,

hydraulic, fuel, oil, or engineered products.

\- Strong communication, negotiation, leadership, and executive\-account\-management skills.

\- Ability to operate in a hands\-on manufacturing environment.

\- Willingness to work on\-site in Waco, Texas and travel as needed for customers, trade shows, and strategic

opportunities.

Preferred Qualifications

\- Aerospace, FAA\-PMA, MRO, aviation aftermarket, defense, government\-contracting, hydraulic, fuel, or filtration

industry experience.

\- Experience selling to airlines, repair stations, distributors, OEMs, prime contractors, military depots, government

buyers, or industrial maintenance customers.

\- Familiarity with CRM systems, quotation systems, customer qualification, supplier approval, and technical

documentation.

\- Experience scaling a founder\-led or owner\-led sales organization into a structured, quota\-driven department.

Performance Expectations

\- Build a disciplined, measurable sales organization.

\- Improve daily sales activity, quote follow\-up, CRM usage, and forecast accuracy.

\- Drive new customer acquisition and existing\-account expansion.

\- Increase pipeline value, close rate, gross margin awareness, and revenue predictability.

\- Create clear accountability for account executives and sales support personnel.

\- Support Global Filtration's strategic growth across aerospace, aviation aftermarket, defense, government, industrial,

and military heavy equipment markets.

Schedule

Global Filtration's standard office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Sales leadership schedules

may vary based on territory requirements, customer meetings, travel, trade shows, and strategic\-account needs.

Benefits

Eligible full\-time employees may participate in applicable company benefit programs, subject to plan terms and

company policy. Details will be provided during the interview and offer process.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Global Filtration Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit, qualification,

experience, performance, and business need.

Why Join Global Filtration?

This is an opportunity to help build the next stage of a specialized aerospace and defense filtration company. The

right candidate will not simply inherit a sales department \- they will help architect the sales operating system, build

the team, develop national accounts, pursue strategic aerospace and defense markets, and create measurable revenue growth.

Global Filtration Inc. \| 1200 Mary Ave., Waco, TX 76701 \| 1\-800\-980\-2525 \| Di

Pay: $82,486\.13 \- $99,338\.14 per year

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Relocation assistance
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person