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Industrial Sales Manager roles attract H-1B visa and E-3 visa sponsorship from manufacturers, distributors, and industrial equipment firms. Employers typically require a bachelor's degree in engineering, business, or a related field, with demonstrated B2B sales experience in sectors like automation, chemicals, or heavy machinery. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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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.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
What Do You Do Every Day?
- Become a trusted advisor with Channel Partners and Channel Partner-Led Industrial Accounts (End Users, System Integrators, Original Equipment Manufacturers, Control Panel Builders) across several market segments to influence and guide the design of small to large industrial automation systems.
- Solution sales comprised of power and industrial products used to distribute, monitor, automate, and control customer’s industrial automation applications.
- Connect Channel Partners to cutting-edge offers, applications and tools to enable their commercial success.
- Consult with Industrial Channel Managers, Branch Managers, Purchasing, Outside Sales, Inside Sales, Industrial Specialists and End User Engineers to bring awareness of Schneider Electric innovations to market.
- Work with adjacent Inside Sales, Outside Sales Teams, Channel Managers, Pricing, Offer Management and other cross-functional professionals to deliver solutions that solve customer needs.
- Drive market strategy and customer demand through multi-layered account plans with our channel partners. From special pricing agreements to promotions to joint sales activities, this role serves as the lead industrial interface for our channel partners in the marketplace.
- Exceed sales and profitability metrics to assist in achieving Schneider Electric’s ambitions for growth in assigned market.
- Develop and strengthen relationships at key distributors to capitalize on sales and services synergies, leverage operational efficiencies and assure profitable partnerships.
- The role will be responsible for the management and execution of local Channel relationships and activities for Schneider Electric within a defined Sales Area.
- This role serves as a primary interface for our Channel Partners in the marketplace.
- Execute channel strategies to drive Schneider’s market share growth, including plans in support of acquisition sales.
- Actively participate in inventory reviews to ensure our channel partners have the correct inventory to serve their markets.
- Develop and strengthen relationships at key distributors to capitalize on sales and services synergies, leverage operational efficiencies and assure profitable partnerships.
- The Individual will lead 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, and inventory planning.
- Create and develop growth-oriented business plans (JGPA/Targeting) with distributors for acquisition and existing accounts. Gain agreement, establishing measures of performance to drive mutual accountability.
- Assist industrial teams in creating and presenting the industrial battlecards to help channel partners position Schneider products for solution selling.
- Partner with area channel manager to implement the Alliance Program and key performance metrics for growth.
- From pricing to promotions to inventory analytics, this role helps drive both strategic design and tactical execution of mutual goals.
- Ensure ongoing training requirements are executed with our channel partners (on-line, self paced, BOOST, Edge, etc).
- Remain current on competitive offers and share insights with Channel Partners, Line of Business and Pricing organizations to develop strategies.
- Work w/ internal teams of inside sales, quotes specialists, project mgmt., channel mgr, account mgr, business development & other cross-functional professionals to deliver solutions to solve customer needs.
- Communicate Schneider Electric’s software, cloud analytics and services story to our channel partners and contractors as it relates to their own digital journey.
- 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:
- 3-5 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, industrial automation or energy management industries. Experience selling through distribution and to trade professionals.
- Experience with any of the following industrial product technologies: Variable Frequency Drives (VFD) and Soft Starts, Control Relays, Signaling, Sensors, Human Machine Interface (HMI), Motor Control, Circuit Breakers.
- Experience with consultative sales methodologies.
COMPENSATION
- Salary Range: USD 115,200 - USD 172,800 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.
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.
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.
If you believe this job posting is not compliant with applicable state pay transparency laws in the U.S., please notify the Company as soon as possible upon discovery by completing this form Job Posting Compliance Form.
EEO STATEMENT
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.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
What Do You Do Every Day?
- Become a trusted advisor with Channel Partners and Channel Partner-Led Industrial Accounts (End Users, System Integrators, Original Equipment Manufacturers, Control Panel Builders) across several market segments to influence and guide the design of small to large industrial automation systems.
- Solution sales comprised of power and industrial products used to distribute, monitor, automate, and control customer’s industrial automation applications.
- Connect Channel Partners to cutting-edge offers, applications and tools to enable their commercial success.
- Consult with Industrial Channel Managers, Branch Managers, Purchasing, Outside Sales, Inside Sales, Industrial Specialists and End User Engineers to bring awareness of Schneider Electric innovations to market.
- Work with adjacent Inside Sales, Outside Sales Teams, Channel Managers, Pricing, Offer Management and other cross-functional professionals to deliver solutions that solve customer needs.
- Drive market strategy and customer demand through multi-layered account plans with our channel partners. From special pricing agreements to promotions to joint sales activities, this role serves as the lead industrial interface for our channel partners in the marketplace.
- Exceed sales and profitability metrics to assist in achieving Schneider Electric’s ambitions for growth in assigned market.
- Develop and strengthen relationships at key distributors to capitalize on sales and services synergies, leverage operational efficiencies and assure profitable partnerships.
- The role will be responsible for the management and execution of local Channel relationships and activities for Schneider Electric within a defined Sales Area.
- This role serves as a primary interface for our Channel Partners in the marketplace.
- Execute channel strategies to drive Schneider’s market share growth, including plans in support of acquisition sales.
- Actively participate in inventory reviews to ensure our channel partners have the correct inventory to serve their markets.
- Develop and strengthen relationships at key distributors to capitalize on sales and services synergies, leverage operational efficiencies and assure profitable partnerships.
- The Individual will lead 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, and inventory planning.
- Create and develop growth-oriented business plans (JGPA/Targeting) with distributors for acquisition and existing accounts. Gain agreement, establishing measures of performance to drive mutual accountability.
- Assist industrial teams in creating and presenting the industrial battlecards to help channel partners position Schneider products for solution selling.
- Partner with area channel manager to implement the Alliance Program and key performance metrics for growth.
- From pricing to promotions to inventory analytics, this role helps drive both strategic design and tactical execution of mutual goals.
- Ensure ongoing training requirements are executed with our channel partners (on-line, self paced, BOOST, Edge, etc).
- Remain current on competitive offers and share insights with Channel Partners, Line of Business and Pricing organizations to develop strategies.
- Work w/ internal teams of inside sales, quotes specialists, project mgmt., channel mgr, account mgr, business development & other cross-functional professionals to deliver solutions to solve customer needs.
- Communicate Schneider Electric’s software, cloud analytics and services story to our channel partners and contractors as it relates to their own digital journey.
- 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:
- 3-5 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, industrial automation or energy management industries. Experience selling through distribution and to trade professionals.
- Experience with any of the following industrial product technologies: Variable Frequency Drives (VFD) and Soft Starts, Control Relays, Signaling, Sensors, Human Machine Interface (HMI), Motor Control, Circuit Breakers.
- Experience with consultative sales methodologies.
COMPENSATION
- Salary Range: USD 115,200 - USD 172,800 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.
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.
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.
If you believe this job posting is not compliant with applicable state pay transparency laws in the U.S., please notify the Company as soon as possible upon discovery by completing this form Job Posting Compliance Form.
EEO STATEMENT
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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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as an Industrial Sales Manager
Target manufacturers and distributors, not just end-users
Large industrial manufacturers and national distributors file LCAs and H-1B petitions far more consistently than the companies that buy their products. Focus your applications on the supply side of the industry, where sponsorship infrastructure already exists.
Align your degree field with the technical product category
USCIS scrutinizes specialty occupation eligibility for sales roles. A mechanical engineering or chemical engineering degree paired with industrial equipment or process chemicals sales is a far stronger petition than a general business degree alone.
Quantify your territory and revenue impact in your resume
Sponsoring employers need to justify the position to USCIS. A resume showing specific territory size, account counts, and measurable revenue growth makes the business case for sponsorship concrete and defensible during the petition process.
Understand that LCA filing is the employer's first step
Before your H-1B petition is filed, your employer must certify a Labor Condition Application with the Department of Labor. Confirming your employer has done this before means they understand the process and are genuinely committed to sponsoring you.
Australian citizens should ask about E-3 as an alternative
The E-3 visa is available exclusively to Australian nationals and has no lottery. For eligible candidates, it offers a faster, more reliable path to U.S. work authorization than H-1B, with renewals available indefinitely in two-year increments.
Use Migrate Mate to find employers already filing for this role
Employers who have sponsored Industrial Sales Manager roles before are most likely to do it again. Migrate Mate surfaces visa-sponsoring employers in this category so you can focus outreach on companies with a demonstrated willingness to sponsor.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does the Industrial Sales Manager role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
It depends on how the position is defined. USCIS requires that a bachelor's degree in a specific field be a standard minimum requirement for the role. An Industrial Sales Manager tied to a technical product line, such as automation systems or industrial chemicals, with a required engineering or technical degree, typically qualifies. A generic sales management role where any bachelor's degree is acceptable is more vulnerable to an RFE or denial.
Which industries sponsor Industrial Sales Manager roles most often?
Industrial automation, chemical manufacturing, heavy equipment, oil and gas, and materials distribution are the sectors that most consistently sponsor this role. Companies like large equipment OEMs and national chemical distributors have established HR and legal teams that handle sponsorship regularly. Smaller distributors sometimes sponsor but require more negotiation. Browsing open roles on Migrate Mate filters specifically for employers who are actively sponsoring, which removes the guesswork.
Will my three-year Australian bachelor's degree satisfy H-1B or E-3 degree requirements?
Generally yes. USCIS and the State Department accept Australian three-year bachelor's degrees as equivalent to a U.S. four-year degree for both H-1B visa and E-3 visa purposes, provided the degree is in a relevant field. A credential evaluation from a recognized agency such as World Education Services can document this equivalency formally, which strengthens your petition and removes ambiguity during consular review.
How does the H-1B lottery affect my chances as an Industrial Sales Manager?
In FY2025, USCIS received approximately 442,000 registrations for 85,000 available slots, resulting in a selection rate of around 25%. If you are not selected, your employer cannot petition that year. Australian citizens can bypass the lottery entirely using the E-3 visa, which has a 10,500 annual cap that has never been fully used. If you hold a Canadian or Mexican passport, the TN visa is another lottery-free alternative worth discussing with your employer.
Can I transfer my H-1B to a new employer if I change companies as an Industrial Sales Manager?
Yes. Under H-1B portability rules, you can begin working for a new employer as soon as they file a new H-1B petition on your behalf, without waiting for approval, provided you have been maintaining valid H-1B status. The new petition must still meet specialty occupation requirements for your specific role and product line. Your status does not reset, and your priority date for any pending green card case is preserved.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Industrial Sales Manager jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.