ZS

Confidential company

Independent Sales Reps Wanted to Sell Custom Industrial and Food Machine Automation Systems

US (All States)
Independent Contract
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5% – 8% Recurring commissionRepeat orders

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Opportunity at a glance

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The role

Independent Sales Representative

Who you’ll sell to

  • Manufacturers across food and dairy processing, packaging and consumer goods, general industrial, automotive and component manufacturing, and material handling and production operations.
  • Potential buyer roles include plant managers, engineering directors, and operations managers.

Why customers need it

  • Custom machinery and automation can address production challenges, improve production efficiency, reduce labor-intensive processes, and increase throughput.
  • The engineering team can evaluate production challenges for a possible custom solution rather than limiting sales to a fixed equipment catalog.

Who this opportunity suits

  • The opportunity seeks experienced independent industrial sales professionals.
  • Existing relationships with industrial manufacturers are strongly preferred; the source says representatives should be able to visit customer facilities when needed.

How you’ll sell

  • The role involves full-cycle selling, including prospecting, discovery, proposals, negotiations, follow-up, and closing.
  • Representatives are expected to proactively pursue new customers and develop qualified project opportunities.

Support for your sales

  • The engineering team supports technical discovery, feasibility evaluations, equipment concepts, pricing, and project delivery.

Working locations

United States

What you’ll sell

Independent Industrial Automation & Machinery Sales Representative

High-Value Custom Equipment Projects | 5–8% Commission | Midwest Territory

Company: Confidential company
Location: Northern Illinois
Sales Territory: Midwest United States
Opportunity: Independent Contractor / Commission-Based Sales
Target Project Value: $50,000–$250,000+, with larger projects welcomed
Compensation: 5–8% commission on qualifying new equipment projects

WHAT YOU'LL SELL

Confidential company is an Illinois-based designer and builder of custom industrial machinery, automation systems, and robotic manufacturing solutions.

With over 30 years of industry experience in industrial machinery and food-grade equipment, our team specializes in helping manufacturers improve production efficiency, reduce labor-intensive processes, increase throughput, and solve complex production challenges.

We don't simply sell machines from a catalog. We design and build equipment around each customer's specific manufacturing needs.

Our capabilities include:

Industrial Automation & Robotics

  • Robotic machine tending and material handling
  • FANUC robotic applications and integration
  • Custom automated manufacturing equipment
  • Automated assembly and production systems
  • Industrial controls and motion systems

Custom Machinery & Production Equipment

  • Custom machine design and manufacturing
  • Conveyor and product-handling systems
  • Cutting, feeding, positioning, and processing equipment
  • Automated production line improvements
  • Specialty machinery and equipment retrofits

Food & Dairy Processing Automation

  • Hygienic equipment designed for USDA-regulated environments
  • Cheese cutting, cubing, and processing machinery
  • Product handling and conveying
  • Mixing, tumbling, and specialized processing systems
  • Sanitary equipment integration and automation

Precision Manufacturing & Testing

  • Automated inspection and testing equipment
  • Precision manufacturing systems
  • Custom fixtures and specialized automation
  • Engineered solutions for unique production challenges

While food and dairy processing are areas of particular expertise, we welcome automation and machinery projects across a wide range of manufacturing industries.

WHY THIS OPPORTUNITY SELLS

High-Value Equipment Projects

We are focused on growing our pipeline of custom machinery and automation projects valued at $50,000 and above, including opportunities exceeding $250,000.

These projects offer meaningful earning potential for experienced sales representatives.

Multiple Industries, More Opportunities

Our capabilities allow representatives to pursue manufacturers across:

  • Food and dairy processing
  • Packaging and consumer goods
  • General industrial manufacturing
  • Automotive and component manufacturing
  • Material handling and production operations
  • Other industries requiring specialized automation

Sell Solutions Instead of Standard Products

Representatives are not restricted to a fixed equipment catalog. When a customer has a production challenge, Confidential company's engineering team can evaluate opportunities to develop a custom solution.

Engineering Support Throughout the Sales Process

Our engineering team supports technical discovery, feasibility evaluations, equipment concepts, pricing, and project delivery.

Representatives can concentrate on developing customer relationships and closing business while working closely with our technical team.

Long-Term Revenue Opportunities

Successful automation projects can lead to repeat equipment orders, facility expansions, additional production lines, and future machinery upgrades.

YOUR ROLE — DEVELOP BUSINESS & CLOSE SALES

We are seeking experienced independent industrial sales professionals who can actively prospect, develop relationships, negotiate, and close custom machinery and automation projects.

This is a full-cycle sales opportunity, not an appointment-setting or lead-generation position.

Responsibilities include:

  • Identify manufacturing facilities with equipment, automation, productivity, or labor-efficiency needs.
  • Proactively pursue new customers and develop qualified project opportunities.
  • Build relationships with plant managers, engineering directors, operations managers, and other decision-makers.
  • Conduct initial discovery to understand production challenges, equipment requirements, budgets, and timelines.
  • Coordinate with Confidential company's engineering team to develop practical, cost-effective solutions.
  • Present equipment proposals and communicate the operational and financial benefits of automation.
  • Manage commercial negotiations, follow-up, and customer objections within approved pricing and contract terms.
  • Drive qualified projects through the sales cycle to signed purchase orders.
  • Maintain long-term customer relationships and identify additional project opportunities.

Our expectation is simple: We need professionals who can find opportunities and turn them into equipment sales.

SALES TERRITORY — MIDWEST UNITED STATES

We're focused on building strong relationships with manufacturers throughout the Midwest, particularly those within practical traveling distance of our Northern Illinois facility.

Primary territories:

  • Illinois
  • Wisconsin
  • Iowa
  • Indiana
  • Minnesota
  • Michigan

Additional Midwest opportunities:

  • Missouri
  • Ohio
  • Nebraska and surrounding regional markets

We strongly prefer representatives who already have relationships with industrial manufacturers and can visit customer facilities when needed.

Territories and customer account assignments will be mutually agreed upon.

COMMISSION & EARNING POTENTIAL

Commission: 5–8% on qualifying new equipment projects.

Our target is to generate more projects valued at $50,000 and above, including larger capital-equipment opportunities.

Examples of potential commissions:

Equipment Project5% Commission8% Commission
$50,000$2,500$4,000
$75,000$3,750$6,000
$100,000$5,000$8,000
$150,000$7,500$12,000
$250,000$12,500$20,000
$500,000$25,000$40,000

Additional earning opportunities:

  • Potential commissions on eligible repeat projects and customer expansions.
  • Long-term account development within an assigned
CommissionPERCENT
5% – 8%recurring commission

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