Business Development Manager, Industrial Manufacturing

The posting, as Albers Aersopace wrote it

ABOUT ALBERS AEROSPACE

Albers Aerospace is a rapidly growing, mission-driven aerospace and defense company serving the United States Government, defense prime contractors, and allied partners. Our capabilities include precision manufacturing, specialty metal coatings and finishing, munitions and subsystem integration, specialized weapon-system containers, FAA Part 145 special mission aircraft modifications, ISR technology, laser systems, missile guidance research and development, testing, and technical services.
Albers is expanding rapidly and building the people, systems, and industrial capacity required for sustained growth. We are headquartered in McKinney, TX, with precision manufacturing operations in Grand Prairie, TX and Tucson, AZ; a specialty metal coatings facility in North Richland Hills, TX performing hard anodize, chem-film, and chromate finishing for customers; specialized container operations in Accident, MD, Hayden, ID, and Amarillo, TX; and additional engineering and aircraft-modification capabilities in McKinney. Our culture is warfighter-first, team-oriented, accountable, and committed to delivering value without unnecessary bureaucracy.

Albers Aerospace is seeking a Business Development Manager to develop customer relationships and grow opportunities across our industrial manufacturing, specialty metal coatings, and specialized container businesses. This individual will identify, qualify, support capture of, and help close opportunities with U.S. Government customers, defense prime contractors, and commercial aerospace partners requiring precision manufacturing, specialty metal finishing, complex subsystem integration, and purpose-built storage and shipping solutions.
The Business Development Manager will manage an assigned opportunity pipeline from early customer engagement through contract award. Working with operations, engineering, contracts, finance, pricing, quality, and business development leadership, this individual will translate customer needs into executable solutions and coordinate compliant proposals. The role represents the full breadth of Albers capabilities while focusing on precision manufacturing and specialized containers.
The ideal candidate combines practical aerospace and defense business-development experience with the speed, initiative, and hands-on accountability required in a rapidly growing small business. We need a collaborative relationship builder with sound business judgment and a warfighter-first mindset who follows disciplined growth practices without adding unnecessary bureaucracy.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Market Development & Opportunity Pipeline

• Develop and execute assigned account and market growth plans for precision manufacturing, specialty metal coatings and finishing, aerospace and defense subsystems, and specialized weapon-system containers.
• Build, qualify, and maintain a measurable pipeline of assigned opportunities aligned with company strategy, capacity, capabilities, and

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rt mission readiness, survivability, and national security.

• Builder's Mentality - You create relationships, pipelines, capture plans, and repeatable processes from the ground up. You act with urgency and do not wait for perfect information.
• Compliance Without Bureaucracy - You understand Government and prime-contractor requirements, but you apply them proportionately and efficiently. You do not use process as an excuse for delay.
• Industrial Credibility - You can discuss precision manufacturing, technical data, producibility, quality, schedule, supply chain, subsystem integration, and specialized containers with customers and internal experts.
• Accountability & Collaboration - You own outcomes, follow through on commitments, communicate candidly, and unite operations and functional teams around a credible win strategy.

WHY THIS ROLE
This role offers the opportunity to contribute directly to Albers' growth by connecting differentiated manufacturing and container capabilities to urgent customer needs. You will work closely with business development leadership, operating sites, and technical teams and be accountable for turning assigned relationships and pursuits into sustainable business.

• Build a strategic portfolio across Government, prime-contractor, and commercial aerospace customers while representing a broad, differentiated set of capabilities.
• Help strengthen a scalable growth system that combines disciplined capture practices with small-business speed and responsiveness.
• Competitive compensation commensurate with experience, including performance incentives tied to individual capture results and company growth milestones.

Albers Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or veteran status. U.S. Citizenship required.
This position may require access to information subject to U.S. export control laws including ITAR and EAR.