Hello, I am Sales Director of Safran Cabin, selling all Cabin Interior products to Airlines and Lessors.

You can see my full profile on linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yves-melisse-b5660511/



As VP Sales Airlines and Lessor at Safran Cabin, I am in charge of promoting and selling all Cabin products selected on BFE and retrofit by the AC operators and owners.

In coordination with each Sales department of Safran Cabin I am coordinating the communication and sales activities between our Sales directors & managers, and the end Customers.
I am the Sales process manager of Safran Cabin and have the responsibility to make sure that Safran Group Process are deployed on all our Sites (35), BUs (15) & Div (7).
I am in charge of Safran Cabin corporate Sales reporting;
I am also in charge of the cash collection in coordination with all Credit Managers of the company, the Sales teams and our Customer's

I started my carrier in 1986 as an aeronautical Engineer within an MRO for LDG & APU. I then moved to the Airline Engineering (UTA) to follow the AC eqts reliability and implement modifications for improvements. I was in charge of all DC10's of the KSSU group (KLM SWISSAIR SAS UTA). I then launched the Airbus A340 within Air France. After 3 years I follow on my career as Sales manager for REVIMA, and then EADS Sogerma, selling AC maintenance checks; Components support agreements on PBH and AC VIP Mod & Completion. 5 years later Air France hired me again as Sales manager, and send me to INSEAD to escalated as Sales Directors for Europe, CIS & North Americas; adding Engines sales to my product portfolio. I then moved to Sabena techics as EVP Sales & Marketing, and 5 years later joined SR Technics Mubadala as SVP Sales & Marketing: I spent 4 year in Zurich and moved to Etihad Airways Engineering to manage the MRO Sales team in Abu Dhabi. I was then offered a position of VP Sales at Safran Cabin following the acquisition of Zodiac Aerospace by Safran.

My long career now reaching the end of the journey, I want to share my experience to ease students to join our industry in guiding them on the necessary academics knowledge and soft skills required in the aerospace sector of the Airlines, AC MFR, OEMs & MRO's.

Aeronautical airworthiness and regulation, Aeronautical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Digital solutions, Sales expertise, Safran Employee Advocacy, Member of several aeronautical organisation such as ISTAT, USAIRE, Royal Aeronautical Society.