National Sales Force Sales Development Program

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.
• 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…