{"id":1617916,"url":"https://alion.io/job/composites-one-technical-sales-representative-composites","title":"Technical Sales Representative (Composites)","company":{"id":1982317,"name":"Composites One","domain":"compositesone.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/compositesone","size_band":"501-1000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"UltiPro","truth_index":null},"role":"Sales","role_family":"Sales","seniority":"middle","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"board_field","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Grand Rapids, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":["US"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":75000,"max_usd":162000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":468},"experience_years_min":3,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Salesforce","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-01T20:20:38Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-01","last_verified_at":"2026-10-03T00:53:33Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"Technical Sales Representative - Western Michigan\nTurn your composites expertise into a customer-facing technical sales career with Composites One.\nIf you have experience working with composite materials, manufacturing processes, or customers in the composites industry, this is an opportunity to put that knowledge to work in a broader, customer-focused role.\nAs a Technical Sales Representative with Composites One, you'll partner with manufacturers throughout Western Michigan to help solve technical challenges, identify the right material solutions, and support their business and manufacturing needs. You'll represent a broad portfolio of composite materials and work alongside leading suppliers, giving you exposure to a wide range of products, processes, applications, and end markets.\nThis is a performance-driven sales role offering a competitive base salary plus quarterly commission, along with a company vehicle and phone.\nPosition Overview\nAs a Technical Sales Representative, you will manage and grow customer relationships throughout an established Western Michigan territory. You'll work closely with existing customers while identifying opportunities to expand business and develop new accounts.\nMore than simply selling products, you'll serve as a technical resource and problem-solving partner to customers-learning their manufacturing processes, understanding their challenges, and connecting them with materials and solutions that can improve performance.\nThis position is ideal for someone with a background in composites, technical sales, applications engineering, manufacturing, or materials who enjoys working directly with customers and wants to combine technical knowledge with relationship building and business development.\nTerritory: Western Michigan\nPreferred locations: Grand Rapids, Holland, Grand Haven, Lansing, Kalamazoo, Muskegon, or surrounding communities.\nWhat You'll Do\nServe as a technical resource to customers, helping identify materials and solutions based on their applications, processes, and business needs.\nGrow existing accounts while identifying and developing new business opportunities.\nPartner with customers and suppliers on product selection, technical challenges, new applications, and process improvement opportunities.\nIntroduce customers to new materials, technologies, and solutions available through Composites One and our supplier partners.\nIdentify opportunities to convert competitive business and expand product usage within existing accounts.\nManage territory sales, gross profit, customer satisfaction, and overall account development.\nCollaborate closely with Composites One technical, sales, customer service, operations, and supplier teams.\nWhat We're Looking For\nWe're especially interested in candidates who understand composite materials, manufacturing environments, and/or technical industrial products.\nRelevant backgrounds may include:\nComposite materials or composite manufacturing\nFiberglass and carbon fiber\nResins, gel coats, adhesives, reinforcements, core materials, prepregs, or related products\nOpen molding, vacuum infusion, RTM, compression molding, prepreg/autoclave, or other composite manufacturing processes\nTechnical sales or account management\nApplications or process engineering\nTechnical service or customer-facing engineering\nIndustrial distribution or materials sales\nQualifications:\n3+ years of experience in composites, industrial manufacturing, technical sales, applications engineering, or a related technical environment.\nStrong technical aptitude and curiosity with the ability to understand customers' manufacturing processes and applications.\nAbility to build strong, long-term customer relationships.\nCommercial mindset with an interest in identifying opportunities and growing business.\nStrong communication and problem-solving skills.\nValid driver's license and ability to regularly travel throughout the Western Michigan territory.\nPreferred Qualifications\nDirect experience with composite materials, processes, or applications.\nExisting knowledge of the composites industry and its manufacturers, suppliers, or end markets.\nBachelor's degree in Composite, Chemical, Mechanical, Materials Engineering, or a related discipline.\nExperience with CRM platforms such as Salesforce/Sales Cloud or SAP.\nLocation & Travel\nThis is a primarily remote, field-based position supporting customers throughout Western Michigan. Regular local and regional customer travel is expected, with occasional overnight travel based on customer and business needs.\nCandidates should reside within or near the territory, preferably in the Grand Rapids, Holland, Grand Haven, Lansing, Kalamazoo, Muskegon, or surrounding Western Michigan areas.\nPre-Employment Requirement:\nEmployment offers are contingent upon successful completion of a drug screen and background check. This requirement is especially critical for safety-sensitive roles.\n\nDiscover a Fulfilling Career:\nAt Composites One, our Team Members are the cornerstone of our success. Each role is essential in helping us provide exceptional service to our Customers. We cultivate a culture of empowerment and opportunity, fostering both personal and professional growth.\nWe believe in driving success and appreciating achievement. Our Team Members are eligible for annual bonuses and profit sharing because when the company thrives, we all benefit. Join us and be part of a Team where your hard work and dedication are valued, and together, we achieve great things.\nRespect, Teamwork, and Communication are Woven into our Core Values:\nOur guiding principle of Respect, Teamwork, and Communication embodies the spirit of our Core Values. We uphold these principles every day as we strive to make a positive impact for our Customers, our Team, and the world around us.\nBenefits:\nExplore our comprehensive health, retirement, wellness, and professional growth programs in detail here.\nCommitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion\nAt Composites One, all qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or other protected classification as defined by applicable law and regulation.\nADA Accommodations\nAccommodations are available for applicants with disabilities in all phases of the application and employment process. 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