LG Electronics
Business Development Manager (Smart Factory Solutions Sales)
$80K–$115K
USA +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 16, 2026
- Location
- USA
Michigan - Experience
- 7+ years; experience working with headquarters engineering or product organizations in a global company is preferred.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or related field.
About the job
Develops new North American customers for LG’s Smart Factory Solutions, leading sales from initial engagement through purchase order and converting consulting work into automation programs.
What you'll do
- Build and manage a target-account pipeline, develop executive and plant-level relationships, and close new-customer opportunities.
- Lead consulting and sales engagements, including feasibility studies, simulation, digital twin work, proposals, negotiations, and purchase orders.
- Develop partner channels, coordinate technical scoping and commercial approvals, and hand awarded programs to Program Management.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or related field.
- 7+ years in business development or solution sales in industrial automation, robotics, material handling, or smart factory solutions.
- Proven record of opening new enterprise customers and closing capital equipment or automation programs with extended sales cycles.
- Experience selling to plant operations, manufacturing engineering, and procurement in discrete manufacturing or logistics environments.
Nice to have
- Experience working with headquarters engineering or product organizations in a global company.
Pay
$80,000 — $115,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
autonomous mobile robots, automated transport, collaborative robot cells, simulation, digital twin
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