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Business Development Manager - Southeast Region

WEG Electric Corp.

Remote · USFull-time$115–125K/yrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago

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Compensation
$115–125K/yr
Location
Remote · US
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Electric Machinery Company, a division of WEG Electric Corp., seeks a Business Development Manager for its Steam Turbines Solutions Sales & Service department. The role develops aftermarket business for motors, generators, controls, and related services, building customer and partner relationships across the Southeast Region. It supports sales growth through opportunity development, customer engagement, quotation strategy, and coordination with WEG entities and service partners, with domestic and international travel of up to 100%.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Industrial SalesCustomer Relationship ManagementTask PrioritizationOral CommunicationWritten CommunicationMicrosoft Office SuiteFlexibilityTeamworkTravelClimbing StairsLifting 45 Pounds

Qualifications

BS in Marketing, Business, Industrial Technology or Related Field or 2+ Years Industrial Inside Sales

Full job description

Business Development Manager - Southeast Region

Fully Remote•Minneapolis, MN (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=800+Central+Ave+NE+Minneapolis+MN+USA+55413)

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Electric Machinery Company, a division of WEG Electric Corp.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Position: Business Development Manager – Service

Department: Steam Turbines Solutions Sales & Service

Primary Objective of Position:

The Business Development Manager (BDM) is responsible to provide industry-leading service for large industrial motors, generators, and turbines to our customers worldwide. This includes accountability for growth of the motor, generator, and controls portion of WEG Engineered Services and Aftermarket Business; finding opportunities to cultivate and build relationships with all levels of customers. The BDM will be supporting/visiting customers located in the Southeast Region (FL, AL, GA, MS, NC, SC, & TN).

Major Areas of Accountability:

  • Responsible for focusing on aftermarket business development and sales activities for WEG and non-WEG products; parts, services, repair, brush-to-brushless conversions, and other engineering services.

  • Develops close working relationships with users (and, where necessary, distributors) within various industry segments; Oil & Gas, Power, Pulp & Paper, Mining / Aggregates and Steel.

  • Develops close working relationships with WEG factory and WEG partners.

  • Responsible for sales-related activities; include generation of order-capture activities required to support bookings / sales growth from existing customers and cultivation of new customers.

  • Responsible for developing sales and call strategies; increase exposure at Users and distributors.

  • Leads and takes ownership; requesting feedback from customers.

  • Identifies project / customer details vital for determining quotation strategy.

  • Assists in creating accurate quotations to customers of WEG’s offering.

  • Partners with WEG entities and service partners to meet customer expectations.

  • Develops industry experience; attend industry-specific conferences read periodicals, internet research, site visits, etc.) and report activities quarterly to management.

  • Mentors and trains junior team members.

  • Domestic and international travel of up to 100%.

  • To perform this job successfully; must be able to perform Major Areas of Accountability satisfactorily, success will be measured by bookings and quarterly reports.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:

  • BS Degree in Marketing, Business, Industrial technology or related field, or 2+ years of general industrial inside sales experience.

  • Demonstrated sense of urgency to affect timely response and resolution to customer requests.

  • Proven ability to keep multiple tasks and activities coordinated, prioritized, documented, and in motion or progress at one time.

  • Demonstrated capacity for social interface with internal and external customers as required, achieving customer satisfaction excellence.

  • Proven ability to effectively deal with difficult customers through oral and written communication.

  • Proficient MS Suite programs.

  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with Inside Service Sales Support and Customers effectively.

  • Self-starting, results oriented, flexible, and team player.

Physical Requirements:

  • Ability to travel freely within manufacturing and office facilities.

  • Ability to climb stairs and move over, around, and shop machinery.

  • Ability to lift and carry up to 45 pounds unassisted.

Salary ranges from, $115,000 to $125,000

Will compensate with experience. Position is full-time.

Company cannot provide sponsorship for this position

Please, no agencies

Salary Description

$115,000 - $125,000

How this job compares

Set against the 20,424 open Business Development jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$115–125K/yr
  • Minnesota median$121–175K/yr318 salary ranges
  • US median$123–198K/yr14,493 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $120K, is 21% below the Minnesota median midpoint ($153K) — in the middle half of Business Development salary ranges in Minnesota.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 381 open Business Development jobs in Minnesota and 20,424 across the US. 10% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Minnesota
Experience
Business Development postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 4 to 10 years (16,123 postings).
Education
7,345 of the 20,424 open Business Development jobs (36%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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