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Sales and Operations Trainee

Consolidated Electrical Distributors

Lafayette, INFull-time$55–70K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

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Compensation
$55–70K/yr
Location
Lafayette, IN
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Valid Driver's License, required

Job overview

Consolidated Electrical Distributors offers a full-time Sales and Operations Trainee role with paid training at its Lafayette profit center. The trainee rotates through sales office functions, counter and warehouse work, and accounts payable and receivable responsibilities while learning the sales process. The role supports customers, manages orders and inventory, and builds relationships with customers, coworkers, and suppliers.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Customer Service, nice to haveSales, nice to haveElectrical Industry Knowledge, nice to haveSpanish, nice to have

Qualifications

Valid Driver's License, requiredBachelor's Degree, nice to have1 Year Electrical Experience, nice to have2 Years Customer Service Experience or 1 Year Sales Experience, nice to haveU.S. Work Authorization Without Sponsorship, required

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Summary

Job title: Sales and Operations Trainee

Department: Lafayette - APE

Description

Summary:

If you're looking for a career opportunity instead of just a job, CED is a great option. We’re a nationwide company offering competitive pay and benefits, while investing in your personal and professional development. Full time, paid training is provided to prepare you for success at our local profit center. You'll be part of a small, highly motivated team in an industry and company that is rapidly growing. We're looking for future leaders of our business!

Reports to: Profit Center Manager

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Must be able to work an 8-hour day shift, Monday through Friday

  • Current, valid driver’s license

  • Authorization to work in the United States (without requiring work authorizations sponsorship by CED now or in the future)

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree preferred

  • Electrical Industry knowledge or Electrical Experience - 1 year

  • Customer service experience - 2 years and/OR Sales Experience - 1 year

  • Ability to speak and read Spanish

Working Conditions:

No remote work available. Work is on-site only.

Conditions vary based on the trainee’s current segment of the training and may include warehouse, office, and external environments. Activities may include lifting, sorting, standing, possible extreme heat/cold conditions. Office activities may include sitting for extended periods.

Some travel may be required.

Supervisory Responsibilities: No

Essential Job Functions:

Job Purpose:

Drive sales through prompt response to daily bid and quote requests. Manage orders and provide customers with solutions for technical, logistic and product issues. Responsible for releasing sales invoices and paying vendor invoices in a timely manner. Builds rapport with customers, coworkers and suppliers.

Duties:

  • Take customer orders by listening to and clarifying requests; identifying parts; offering and explaining alternative solutions.

  • Complete sales by entering purchased items into sales/inventory system; obtaining payment; adding purchase to credit account; issuing sales receipts.

  • Maintain parts inventory by verifying supplies; placing orders when order-points are reached.

  • Stock items by unpacking, arranging, and placing items in bins and on shelves; adjusting inventory system.

  • Receive returned items by inspecting items; returning payment; issuing credit; re-packing and re-shelving items; returning damaged items to supplier.

  • Maintain safe and secure environment by following safety and security standards and procedures; complying with codes.

  • Accomplish organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

  • Learn sales administration by completing rotation in sales office functions.

  • Learn sales process by completing training program; completing study assignments; hands on with counter and warehouse team

  • Observe sales process by traveling with sales representatives; attending sales and service calls.

  • Practice sales process by calling on existing and then new accounts; adhering to established sales steps.

  • Update job knowledge by participating in educational improvement opportunities; reading sales and marketing publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in sales and marketing organizations.

  • Learn the Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable responsibilities from District Operations Manager or Profit Center Manager

CED is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Disability | Veteran

Compensation Range:

The compensation range for this position is $55000 to $70000 annually.

Other Compensation:

The following additional compensation may be applicable for this position:

  • Bonus

  • Profit Sharing

Benefits:

Benefits available for this position are:

  • Insurance - Medical, Dental, Vision Care for full-time positions

  • 401(k)

  • Paid Sick Leave

  • Paid Holidays

  • Paid Vacation

  • Health Savings Account (HSA) and matching

  • Teladoc

  • Paid Pregnancy & New Parent Leave

How this job compares

Set against the 556 open Sales Trainee jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$55–70K/yr
  • US median$55–60K/yr276 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $63K, is 4% above the US median midpoint ($60K) — in the top quarter of Sales Trainee salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 556 open Sales Trainee jobs across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
Sales Trainee postings that state a minimum ask for 0 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 0 to 1 year (55 postings).
Education
254 of the 556 open Sales Trainee jobs (46%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 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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