The industrial casting seller in training — learning foundry product sales.
Junior Foundry And Machine Shop Products Sales Representative pay typically runs $49K–$66K at this level, and jobs in this field are projected to grow 2% through 2034.
As a Junior Foundry and Machine Shop Products Sales Rep, you're beginning your career selling castings, machined parts, and related products to industrial customers. You learn technical products while developing industrial sales skills.
Your day involves learning product lines, assisting with customer inquiries, supporting quotes and proposals, and developing understanding of foundry and machining operations. You're building foundation for technical industrial sales.
The work requires learning manufacturing processes alongside sales skills. Foundry products serve specific engineering applications, requiring understanding of materials, tolerances, and manufacturing capabilities. Junior reps develop this expertise over time. The people who succeed here are interested in manufacturing, comfortable with technical detail, and patient with complex industrial sales cycles.
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The industrial casting seller in training — learning foundry product sales.
Median pay for a Junior Foundry And Machine Shop Products Sales Representative is about $100K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $49K to $195K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Speaking, Persuasion, Active Listening, Negotiation, and Social Perceptiveness.
Most people in this role hold a bachelor's degree.
Employment in this field is projected to grow about 1.9% through 2034, with roughly 293,930 people working in it today (BLS).
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