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Michigan's manufacturing sector is one of the largest in the country, anchored by automotive giants like General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis alongside a deep network of suppliers and advanced manufacturing firms in Detroit, Grand Rapids, and Lansing. F-1 OPT students in engineering, industrial technology, and operations management will find Michigan among the most active states for manufacturing sponsorship opportunities.
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Schneider Electric creates connected technologies that reshape industries, transform cities and enrich lives. Our 160,000+ employees thrive in more than 100 countries. From the simplest of switches to complex operational systems, our technology, software and services improve the way our customers manage and automate their operations. Help us deliver solutions that ensure Life Is On everywhere, for everyone and at every moment.
Great people make Schneider Electric a great company.
What Do You Do Every Day?
- Become a trusted advisor with Electrical Contractors and Channel Partners and across several market segments to influence and guide the design of small to large electrical distribution systems.
- Maintain a strong presence in the market by spending significant time with and on behalf of the channel, directly engaging with small to medium electrical contractors. Goal to help drive Schneider relationship and channel led business.
- Partner with channel outside sellers to jointly plan and execute territory strategies focused on electrical contractor engagement and demand creation.
- Gather electrical contractor feedback from the field to help shape future offers, programs, and market approach.
- Execute channel strategies to drive Schneider’s market share growth, including plans in support of electrical contractor acquisition sales.
- Solution sales comprised of merchandised (through stock) and engineered to order equipment used to distribute, monitor, automate and control a customer’s electrical network.
- Interpret electrical plans and specifications to develop winning proposals to clientele.
- Drive market strategy and customer demand through multi-layered account plans.
- Exceed sales and profitability metrics to assist in achieving Schneider Electric’s ambitions for growth in assigned market.
- Connect Electrical Contractors and Channel Partners to cutting-edge offers, applications and tools to help them achieve their commercial goals.
- Work with internal teams of Inside Sales, Quotation Specialists, Project Managers, Channel Managers, Account Managers, Business Development and other cross-functional professionals to deliver solutions that solve customer needs.
- Consult with Electrical Contractors, Channel Partner Management, Branch Management, Purchasing, Outside Sales, Inside Sales, Counter Sales, Estimators, Quotations, Pricing Managers and Project Management to bring awareness of Schneider Electric innovations to market.
- Create and develop growth-orientated business plans (JGPA/Targeting) with channel partners for electrical contractor acquisition and existing accounts. Gain agreement, establishing measures of performance to drive mutual accountability.
- Communicate Schneider Electric’s software, cloud analytics and services story to our electrical contractors and channel partners as it relates to their own digital journey.
- Develop and strengthen relationships at small to medium electrical contractors and key channel partners to capitalize on sales and services synergies, leverage operational efficiencies and assure profitable partnerships.
- The role will be responsible for assisting with the management and execution of local Channel relationships and activities for Schneider Electric within a defined Sales Area.
- The Individual will assist with the tactical execution of operational plans to drive the enablement of channel partners to realize growth targets by implementing sales plans, national/local promotions, training programs (on-line, self-paced, BOOST, Edge, etc.), and inventory planning. This role helps drive both strategic design and tactical execution of mutual goals.
- Remain current on competitive offers and share insights with Electrical Contractors, Channel Partners, Line of Business and Pricing organizations to develop strategies.
- Embody Schneider Electric in the eyes of our customers and channel partners. Share the Schneider Electric brand story to pull through other Schneider Electric technologies and business units.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Who are we looking for? - This job might be for you if:
- 3+ years relevant sales experience preferred.
- A bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Technology, Business or Communications is preferred. A combination of education and/or relevant experience will be considered.
- Experience in electrical distribution or energy management industries Experience selling through distribution and to trade professionals.
- Experience with any of the following: low voltage electrical distribution and/or medium voltage electrical distribution equipment, controls, or energy management technologies. Familiarity with Power Distribution Equipment such as busway, panelboards, transformers, switchboards, electrical components, services, and software preferred.
- Experience with consultative sales methodologies.
LOCAL BENEFITS
At Schneider, we believe that every employee is a talent who deserves equal opportunities. This means you matter. Every individual needs to feel valued, supported, and treated fairly to do their best work.
Our Total Rewards is our way of saying: “We see you. We value you”. It’s more than just pay and benefits - it’s a meaningful investment in you. It is designed for you to perform, grow, feel safe, and elevate your potential to shine as an impact maker.
For this U.S. based position, the expected pay range is USD 94,400 - USD 141,600 per year. This pay range includes base pay and short-term incentives. The compensation range for this full-time position applies to candidates located within the United States. Our pay ranges are determined by reviewing roles of similar responsibility and level. Within the pay range, individual pay is determined by several factors including performance, knowledge, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Schneider Electric is there when it matters most to you
Our Total Rewards package outlines all the benefits and support you’ll enjoy as part of the Schneider Electric team:
Care for Yourself and Your Family. We ensure you feel secure with benefits that help you and your family thrive: medical (with member reward points), dental, vision, and basic life insurance, Benefit Bucks, flexible work arrangements, paid family leaves, well-being programs, 12 holidays per year, and 15 days of paid time off per year.
Invest and Plan Your Future. We help you plan and invest for the future with competitive pay and programs including base salary, incentives, company share ownership, and 401(k) with match.
Grow Your Skills and Career. We support development through performance discussions, global opportunities, the Schneider Career Hub, and learning platforms like Coursera.
Team Up in the Workplace. We encourage collaboration, recognition, sharing your voice, and an inclusive workplace.
Support Your Community. We make a difference through volunteer leave, programs with the Schneider Electric Foundation, youth education initiatives, and military leave benefits.
Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?
When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.
IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.
We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.
Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!
You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled. Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do.
At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders.
Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.
INTRODUCTION
Schneider Electric creates connected technologies that reshape industries, transform cities and enrich lives. Our 160,000+ employees thrive in more than 100 countries. From the simplest of switches to complex operational systems, our technology, software and services improve the way our customers manage and automate their operations. Help us deliver solutions that ensure Life Is On everywhere, for everyone and at every moment.
Great people make Schneider Electric a great company.
What Do You Do Every Day?
- Become a trusted advisor with Electrical Contractors and Channel Partners and across several market segments to influence and guide the design of small to large electrical distribution systems.
- Maintain a strong presence in the market by spending significant time with and on behalf of the channel, directly engaging with small to medium electrical contractors. Goal to help drive Schneider relationship and channel led business.
- Partner with channel outside sellers to jointly plan and execute territory strategies focused on electrical contractor engagement and demand creation.
- Gather electrical contractor feedback from the field to help shape future offers, programs, and market approach.
- Execute channel strategies to drive Schneider’s market share growth, including plans in support of electrical contractor acquisition sales.
- Solution sales comprised of merchandised (through stock) and engineered to order equipment used to distribute, monitor, automate and control a customer’s electrical network.
- Interpret electrical plans and specifications to develop winning proposals to clientele.
- Drive market strategy and customer demand through multi-layered account plans.
- Exceed sales and profitability metrics to assist in achieving Schneider Electric’s ambitions for growth in assigned market.
- Connect Electrical Contractors and Channel Partners to cutting-edge offers, applications and tools to help them achieve their commercial goals.
- Work with internal teams of Inside Sales, Quotation Specialists, Project Managers, Channel Managers, Account Managers, Business Development and other cross-functional professionals to deliver solutions that solve customer needs.
- Consult with Electrical Contractors, Channel Partner Management, Branch Management, Purchasing, Outside Sales, Inside Sales, Counter Sales, Estimators, Quotations, Pricing Managers and Project Management to bring awareness of Schneider Electric innovations to market.
- Create and develop growth-orientated business plans (JGPA/Targeting) with channel partners for electrical contractor acquisition and existing accounts. Gain agreement, establishing measures of performance to drive mutual accountability.
- Communicate Schneider Electric’s software, cloud analytics and services story to our electrical contractors and channel partners as it relates to their own digital journey.
- Develop and strengthen relationships at small to medium electrical contractors and key channel partners to capitalize on sales and services synergies, leverage operational efficiencies and assure profitable partnerships.
- The role will be responsible for assisting with the management and execution of local Channel relationships and activities for Schneider Electric within a defined Sales Area.
- The Individual will assist with the tactical execution of operational plans to drive the enablement of channel partners to realize growth targets by implementing sales plans, national/local promotions, training programs (on-line, self-paced, BOOST, Edge, etc.), and inventory planning. This role helps drive both strategic design and tactical execution of mutual goals.
- Remain current on competitive offers and share insights with Electrical Contractors, Channel Partners, Line of Business and Pricing organizations to develop strategies.
- Embody Schneider Electric in the eyes of our customers and channel partners. Share the Schneider Electric brand story to pull through other Schneider Electric technologies and business units.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Who are we looking for? - This job might be for you if:
- 3+ years relevant sales experience preferred.
- A bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Technology, Business or Communications is preferred. A combination of education and/or relevant experience will be considered.
- Experience in electrical distribution or energy management industries Experience selling through distribution and to trade professionals.
- Experience with any of the following: low voltage electrical distribution and/or medium voltage electrical distribution equipment, controls, or energy management technologies. Familiarity with Power Distribution Equipment such as busway, panelboards, transformers, switchboards, electrical components, services, and software preferred.
- Experience with consultative sales methodologies.
LOCAL BENEFITS
At Schneider, we believe that every employee is a talent who deserves equal opportunities. This means you matter. Every individual needs to feel valued, supported, and treated fairly to do their best work.
Our Total Rewards is our way of saying: “We see you. We value you”. It’s more than just pay and benefits - it’s a meaningful investment in you. It is designed for you to perform, grow, feel safe, and elevate your potential to shine as an impact maker.
For this U.S. based position, the expected pay range is USD 94,400 - USD 141,600 per year. This pay range includes base pay and short-term incentives. The compensation range for this full-time position applies to candidates located within the United States. Our pay ranges are determined by reviewing roles of similar responsibility and level. Within the pay range, individual pay is determined by several factors including performance, knowledge, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Schneider Electric is there when it matters most to you
Our Total Rewards package outlines all the benefits and support you’ll enjoy as part of the Schneider Electric team:
Care for Yourself and Your Family. We ensure you feel secure with benefits that help you and your family thrive: medical (with member reward points), dental, vision, and basic life insurance, Benefit Bucks, flexible work arrangements, paid family leaves, well-being programs, 12 holidays per year, and 15 days of paid time off per year.
Invest and Plan Your Future. We help you plan and invest for the future with competitive pay and programs including base salary, incentives, company share ownership, and 401(k) with match.
Grow Your Skills and Career. We support development through performance discussions, global opportunities, the Schneider Career Hub, and learning platforms like Coursera.
Team Up in the Workplace. We encourage collaboration, recognition, sharing your voice, and an inclusive workplace.
Support Your Community. We make a difference through volunteer leave, programs with the Schneider Electric Foundation, youth education initiatives, and military leave benefits.
Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?
When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.
IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.
We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.
Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!
You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled. Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do.
At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders.
Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.
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Search Manufacturing Jobs in MichiganManufacturing OPT Sponsorship Jobs in Michigan: Frequently Asked Questions
Which manufacturing companies in Michigan sponsor F-1 OPT visas?
Michigan's largest manufacturing employers, including General Motors, Ford, Stellantis, Magna International, and Whirlpool, have established histories of hiring international students on F-1 OPT. Many Tier 1 and Tier 2 automotive suppliers throughout the Detroit metro and West Michigan corridor also participate in OPT hiring, particularly for engineering and technical roles. Sponsorship availability varies by role, location, and hiring cycle.
Which cities in Michigan have the most manufacturing F-1 OPT sponsorship jobs?
Detroit and its surrounding suburbs, including Dearborn, Auburn Hills, and Warren, account for the highest concentration of manufacturing OPT roles due to the auto industry's presence. Grand Rapids is a secondary hub, with strength in food manufacturing, furniture production, and automotive supply. Lansing and Flint also offer opportunities, primarily tied to vehicle assembly and parts manufacturing operations.
What types of manufacturing roles typically qualify for F-1 OPT sponsorship in Michigan?
Roles that align directly with a student's field of study are the most common fit for F-1 OPT in manufacturing. Mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, quality assurance, supply chain operations, robotics, and process improvement positions qualify frequently. STEM OPT extensions, which allow an additional 24 months beyond the initial 12, apply to most engineering and technical manufacturing roles at qualifying employers.
How do I find manufacturing F-1 OPT sponsorship jobs in Michigan?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for international students and filters job listings by visa type, including F-1 OPT, and by industry. Searching for manufacturing roles in Michigan on Migrate Mate surfaces employers who have indicated sponsorship willingness, saving time compared to manually screening general job boards. Filtering by the Michigan location and manufacturing category gives you a focused list of relevant opportunities.
Are there any Michigan-specific considerations for F-1 OPT students pursuing manufacturing jobs?
Michigan's manufacturing sector is heavily tied to the automotive industry, so OPT students whose degrees are in mechanical, electrical, or industrial engineering are well-positioned relative to the local employer base. Many Michigan manufacturers operate on project-based hiring tied to vehicle program cycles, meaning recruitment activity often clusters around model-year planning periods. Students pursuing STEM OPT extensions should confirm their employer is E-Verify enrolled, which is a federal requirement for the 24-month extension.