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
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.
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.
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.
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: 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 Project | 5% Commission | 8% 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