Intern
Consolidated Electrical Distributors
Multiple U.S. locationsFull-time$20.5–22.5/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Job overview
Consolidated Electrical Distributors offers a paid, structured 12-week internship for candidates interested in sales or management. The introductory course provides exposure to electrical distribution through mentoring and on-the-job training across warehouse operations, shipping and receiving, counter sales, sales, and customer relations. Interns may also work on market sales or customer analysis and other projects designed by management and the intern.
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Summary
Job title: Intern
Department: Kirkland - SEC
Description
Summary:
Our internship is designed for candidates who are sales oriented and interested in sales or management. Our highly structured 12 week introductory course is paid and will provide candidates a working knowledge of the industry by exposing them to all aspects of the electrical distribution field through a combination of mentoring and on-the-job training. The program requires a strong commitment from each participant and encompasses, but is not limited to, warehouse operations, shipping and receiving, counter sales, sales and interpersonal skills, customer relations and CED business philosophy. Our interns will have the opportunity to work on special projects such as market sales or customer analysis, as well as, other projects custom designed by the management team and the intern.
Reports to: Profit Center Manager
Minimum Qualifications:
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Must be at least 18 years of age
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Current, valid driver’s license with acceptable driving record
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Authorization to work in the United States (without requiring work authorization sponsorship by CED now or in the future)
Preferred Qualifications:
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Strong negotiation skills
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Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite software
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Detail oriented
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Ability to solve problems
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Must be a self-starter who can handle a heavy volume of work and be able to handle multiple tasks at the same time
Working Conditions:
Conditions vary based on the intern's current segment of the training and will include warehouse, office and external environments. During some segments, activities will include lifting, sorting, standing, possible extreme heat/cold conditions. Office segments may include sitting for extended periods.
Supervisory Responsibilities: No
Essential Job Functions:
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Learning all aspects of the CED business
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Communicating – both written and spoken – in English.
CED is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Disability | Veteran
Compensation Range:
The compensation range for this position is $20.5 to $22.5 hourly.
Benefits:
Benefits available for this position are:
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Insurance - Medical only, 30+ hours/week
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401(k) (18 or older)
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Paid Sick Leave - accrue 0.025 hours per qualified hour worked, usable after 90 days
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How this job compares
Set against the 545 open Sales Intern jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$20.5–22.5/hr
- Washington median$20/hr34 hourly ranges
- US median$19–20/hr364 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $21.50/hr, is 8% above the Washington median midpoint ($20/hr) — in the middle half of Sales Intern hourly ranges in Washington.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 34 open Sales Intern jobs in Washington and 545 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Washington
- Enterprise Mobility19 open
- Consolidated Electrical Distributors (this employer)6 open
- Aerotek5 open
- Education
- 188 of the 545 open Sales Intern jobs (34%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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