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Sales and Business Leadership Intern

Consolidated Electrical Distributors

Santa Fe Springs, CAInternship$23–24/hrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

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Compensation
$23–24/hr
Location
Santa Fe Springs, CA
Role Type
Internship
Schedule
Internship
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree, required

Job overview

The Sales and Business Leadership Internship is a structured rotational program introducing candidates to the Sales and Leadership Trainee position and the electrical distribution and industrial automation field. Interns receive on-the-job, classroom, and home-study training, attend classes, and complete business-impacting special projects. Rotations cover areas including warehouse operations, sales, customer relations, information technology, and quality assurance.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Written Communication, nice to haveOral Communication, nice to haveSelf-Motivation, nice to haveSales Orientation, nice to haveOrganizational Skills, nice to haveAdaptability, nice to haveWalking, requiredLifting, required

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree, requiredMotor Vehicle Operation, requiredMust Be Able to Lift 40 Lbs, required

Full job description

Summary

Job title: Sales and Business Leadership Intern

Department: Los Angeles - RIS

Description

Summary:

CED/Royal Industrial Solutions Sales and Business Leadership Intern

For those candidates who are energetic self-starters, the Sales and Business Leadership Internship Program is a highly structured crash course designed to expose candidates to our Sales and Leadership Trainee position. Throughout the internship program, candidates are exposed to all aspects of the electrical distribution and industrial automation field, including but not limited to IT/Network, Cyber Security, Process Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Solar and Sustainability, and much more.

This rotational program requires a strong commitment from each participant and encompasses, but is not limited to, Electrical and Automation Fundamentals, Warehouse Operations, Supplier Product Seminars, Customer Inventory Control, Sales & Interpersonal Skills, Sales and Customer Relations, Information Technology, and Quality Assurance. Each intern's development is a combination of mentoring via on-the-job, classroom, and home-study training. Individuals should be self-motivated, sales-oriented, geographically flexible, and possess an entrepreneurial spirit. Along with the rotational aspects of the internship, the program will also include one or more special projects that directly impact the business, varying depending on the needs of the business.

About Consolidated Electrical Distributors, Inc.

In 1957, the two locations of the Electric Corporation of San Francisco became CONSOLIDATED ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORS, INC. CED has since expanded into a coast-to-coast network of sales and distribution warehouses with more than 800 locations nationwide. The CED management philosophy allows each manager to operate an independent business or “Profit Center” by remaining sensitive to local customers’ needs while still benefiting from the advantages afforded to a national distributor. Managers are guided by the principles of “service, integrity and reliability.” Royal Industrial Solution is a segment of CED that is focused in the industrial market.

Reports to: PC Manager

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree (grad by start date, or in pursuit for interns)

  • Must be able to legally operate a motor vehicle

  • Ability to walk and/or sit for 8-10 hours a day

  • Lift boxes and other objects up to 40 lbs

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Strong written and oral communication skills

ADDITIONAL COMPETENCIES:

  • Self-starter

  • Superior organizational skills

  • Willing to adapt to business and customer needs

Working Conditions:

  • In person at the local profit center location

  • Team environment with multifaceted groups and personnel

Conditions vary based on the trainee’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. Various segments will include some travel – both by car and by air.

Supervisory Responsibilities: No

Essential Job Functions:

  • Learning all aspects of the CED business

  • Attending classes in various locations

  • Communicating – both written and spoken – in English

CED is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Disability | Veteran

Compensation Range:

The compensation range for this position is $23 to $24 hourly.

How this job compares

Set against the 558 open Sales Intern jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$23–24/hr
  • California median$22–23/hr34 hourly ranges
  • US median$19–20/hr367 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $23.50/hr, is 8% above the California median midpoint ($22/hr) — in the middle half of Sales Intern hourly ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 36 open Sales Intern jobs in California and 558 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 202 of the 558 open Sales Intern jobs (36%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 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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