National Sales Force – Sales Development Program
Great people make Schneider Electric a great company.
Our Sales Development Program plays an impactful role within the organization now and in the future. You will learn Schneider Electric products and services, communicating with distributors and contractors, quote, follow up, technical support, product training and working with our marketing teams. This program is the future of Schneider Electric! Are you in?
We are hiring for our January and July 2025 program!
Program Overview:
The purpose of this Sales Development Program is to accelerate learning and placement of early career talents into the National Sales Force (NSF). The NSF specializes in Square D, our flagship brand in the U.S, providing market-leading electrical distribution and industrial control products, systems and services. Square D is critical to energy reliability, safety and efficiency of homes and buildings.
The 15-month program resides in Nashville, TN. The first 3 months include a structured training program with a cohort of peers in Nashville, TN, followed by placement supporting our Square D business in Nashville, TN in a sales oriented role as a Project Support Specialist. Upon successfully completing this program, the expectation is for candidates to pursue sales positions across the country within Schneider Electric.
As a Sales Development Program participant, a typical day for you might include:
- Preparing sales quotations for teams, our distributors, and our customers
- Communicating with distributors and contractors
- Learning through product and process training
- Traveling to your assigned territory sales areas to listen, learn and collaborate
- Engaging within the Nashville Hub through employee resource groups, hosting visitors, lunch & learns, celebrations and networking events.
This may be the next step in your career journey if you are:
- Graduating with an Engineering, Construction Management, Sales or Business degree/certification, and/or any relevant business experience
- Available to start working January or July 2025
- Possess a technical aptitude and willingness to learn about the electrical industry
- Desire to build relationships
- Strong communication, time management and organization skills
- Open to travel and/or relocate
What do you get to do in this position?
- This isn’t about selling widgets. It’s about creating bold, technological solutions for unique customer challenges, in collaboration with our engineers. Every day, you’ll tackle a different challenge that ultimately brings us all closer to smarter homes, cities and grids. You’ll be on the front lines of deploying the electrical infrastructure of the future. It involves listening to your customers and offering solutions that serve their long-term needs. Read our U.S. Country President’s blog post on our customer-centric selling philosophy. This will give you more insight into how we approach the sales process.
- Every project and customer is different. Our customers have all kinds of life-altering challenges to solve. One customer might have a new wing of their hospital they need to supply with reliable and efficient power. Another customer might have a critical data center they operate for an emergency response agency. Our customers range across the spectrum of global commerce: residential and commercial buildings, data centers, industrial sites, and infrastructure. Across all of it, we make electricity greener, smarter, and more reliable.
- Learning every day is key. Our technology matures and our customers’ needs change all the time. We work at the vanguard of the new energy landscape, which is getting more decentralized, digitalized, and decarbonized by the day. It’s an exciting space that’s taking on one of the biggest societal challenges of our time: sustainability. If you have an intellectual passion to continue learning, you’ll fit right in.
This program might be for you if:
- You take initiative. You see new customers as friends you have not met yet.
- You are a trend setter. You understand market dynamics and use data analytics to develop growth strategies.
- You learn every day. You are curious and have a passion for learning. You share that passion through coaching and training peers and customers.
- You believe customers are first. You possess interpersonal skills to interact effectively with customers of various technical abilities.
- You embrace different. Different is beautiful. You are highly collaborative and thrive in a matrix organization filled with diversity of backgrounds, experience and perspectives.
- You act like an owner. This is your company. You self-manage, multi-task, and achieve results in a fast-paced deadline driven environment.
- You dare to disrupt. Good should never good enough, so you make bets, act fast, and take risks but never at the expense of ethics or safety.
- You lead by influence to inspire both peers and partners.
- You are digitally savvy. You expand your digital competencies to increase both personal effectiveness and those of your customers.
This position is unable to provide visa support for international candidates, now or in the future.
What we have for you:
Schneider Electric is a dynamic, diverse, and inclusive company offering endless opportunities for career growth and advancement as well as a robust benefits package including flexible work arrangements, paid family leave, 401(k)+ match, and more. Click here to find out more about working with us: http://se.com/us/careers.
We seek out and reward people for putting the customer first, being disruptive to the status quo, embracing different perspectives, continuously learning, and acting like owners. We’re recognized around the world for welcoming people as they are. We create an inclusive culture where all forms of diversity are seen as a real value for the company. See what our people have to say about working for Schneider Electric. https://youtu.be/C7sogZ_oQYg.
Let us learn about you! Apply today.
This position is unable to provide visa support for international candidates, now or in the future.
Why us?
At Schneider Electric we're committed to creating a workplace that gives you not just a job but a meaningful purpose in joining our mission to bring energy and efficiency to enable life, progress and sustainability for all.
We believe in empowering our team members to reach their full potential, fostering a sense of ownership in their work.
We embrace inclusion as a fundamental value, ensuring that every voice is heard and valued. We value differences, and welcome people from all walks of life. We believe in equal opportunities for everyone, everywhere.
If you want to be part of a company where your contributions truly matter, where you are empowered to make a difference and where inclusivity is valued, we would love to hear from you.
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