POSITION OVERVIEWBring your hands-on background in metal stamping, press operation, or tool & die making into a sales role where you'll deliver turn-key solutions. You'll leverage your mechanical aptitude-and time on the shop floor-to understand stamping presses, progressive dies, and automated metal systems. Then you'll translate that expertise into customer-facing solutions, closing new business and growing existing accounts. This role blends technical training, account management, and technical selling.
- Own full life-cycle account management: prospect, qualify, liaise with engineering, quote, negotiate, develop relationships, and close orders in assigned markets.
- Collaborate with customers to assess needs- capacity requirements, forming sequences, recommending tooling, press upgrades, or automation in lines.
- Lead technical consultations: provide design feedback, fit validation, time estimates, and costing.
- Coordinate with in-house engineering and vendors to develop accurate proposals
- Document all sales activity, technical specifications, and project milestones in CRM; maintain up-to-date planning sheets and files.
- Partner with internal teams to generate new leads and support current customers
- Achieve or exceed annual sales targets; personally source new business within defined industries through site visits with customers.
- Represent the company at industry trade shows and customer reference visits.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS- Directly accountable for all aspects of the day-to-day account management of the sales process
- Independently handle customer relationships
- Organize, direct, prospect, lead and close orders
- Provide and coordinate direction on project concepts including engineering and costing
- Accountable for documenting sales files, CRM database, commercial details of orders
- Prepare planning sheets
- Lead order entry process
- Directly handle quoting process and costing of projects
- Liaise with Group personnel as well as vendors to obtain quotations for on time presentation of proposals tied to the customer commitment
- Perform other duties as assigned
SKILLS, ABILITIES & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED/PREFERRED- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Experience in a CRM database
- Strong mechanical aptitude
- Manufacturing industry experience in metal stamping, press operation, tool & die design and/or operation, and metal processing systems
- Proven ability to translate technical details into customer-centric solutions and commercial proposals
- Exceptional relationship-building and communication skills; consultative approach to selling.
- Self-motivated, inquisitive, and team-oriented; thrives with minimal supervision.
- Willingness and ability to travel 40-50%
HOURS8:00 am - 5:00 pm M-F
BENEFITS- Competitive salary with annual performance evaluations
- Sales Commission Structure
- Health Insurance
- Health, dental, vision, and prescription drug insurance
- No Waiting Period
- Coverage starts on the first of the next month following day 1 of employment
- Company-Paid Life Insurance
- Roth & 401(k) + Company Match
- PTO
- All new hires start with 80 hours of PTO on Day 1
- Paid Holidays
- Safety Shoe Allowance of $175/yr
- Tuition Reimbursement
