Chicago, Illinois
$80,000.00/year
Office & Professional
Job ID: 57661081
Job Description
- Starting at $80,000/hour
- Excellent benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision
- Full time schedule
- Located in Chicago, Illinois
- Build strong relationships with existing customers and key contacts
- Maintain regular communication with customers to identify opportunities, challenges, and future needs
- Increase wallet share by identifying additional services and capabilities the company can provide
- Support customer retention through responsiveness, consistency, and problem-solving
- Identify and pursue new business opportunities aligned with the company's manufacturing capabilities and operational strengths
- Develop targeted outreach strategies for strong-fit prospective customers
- Qualify opportunities based on fit, responsiveness requirements, volume expectations, and operational alignment
- Participate in customer visits, networking, and business development activities
- Commercial Process & Pipeline Management
- Help develop a more structured and scalable sales process
- Maintain visibility into opportunities, quotes, follow-up activities, and pipeline status
- Improve quote follow-up consistency and commercial accountability
- Collaborate with leadership to establish practical sales metrics and growth priorities
- Work closely with operations leadership and internal teams to align customer expectations with operational capabilities
- Collaborate on pricing strategy, customer communication, and opportunity evaluation
- Support smooth handoffs between customers, estimating, production, and leadership
- Collaborate with external marketing resources to support lead generation and market visibility
- Provide customer and market feedback to improve messaging, targeting, and commercial positioning
- Relationship-oriented and execution-focused
- Comfortable working in a smaller manufacturing environment
- Operationally curious and mechanically aware
- Self-directed and proactive
- Organized without being overly corporate
- Comfortable wearing multiple hats
- Capable of building structure without creating unnecessary bureaucracy
- Motivated by helping grow a business and making a visible impact
- Experience in:
- Contract manufacturing
- Industrial products
- Inside or outside industrial sales
- Commercial operations within a small to mid-sized manufacturer
- 5–10+ years of experience in manufacturing sales, account management, customer development, or commercial leadership
- Experience working within a manufacturing or fabrication environment preferred
- General understanding of fabrication and finishing processes such as:
- Laser cutting
- Bending
- Welding
- Powder coating
- Screen printing
- Assembly
- Related manufacturing operations
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills
- Ability to manage multiple opportunities and priorities simultaneously
- Comfortable working in a hands-on, fast-paced environment
- Experience using CRM or pipeline management systems is a plus
- Bachelor's degree preferred but not required based on experience
Job ID: 57661081
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