Sales and Marketing Associate, Industrial Products

Sales and Marketing Associate, Industrial Products

HJ Kirby Corp · Westlake, OH · On-site · Full-time · $48,000–$55,000 + profit sharing

Like figuring out how things work? Get paid to.

Every compressor, pump, sterilizer, and hydraulic press has a pressure gauge on it. We’re the company that supplies those gauges, and we custom-design them to enhance our clients' brand and equipment performance. Our customers are American manufacturers who build everything from commercial kitchen equipment to industrial machinery.

We’re looking for a someone who wants to develop into technical sales career.

What you’ll do

• Learn our products and our customers’ equipment: how it works, where the gauge goes, and what the operator needs to see
• Design custom gauge dial mock-ups with AI and design tools, so customers can see what their branded product would look like
• Research manufacturers and their machines to find new ways we can help them
• Build customer-specific presentations and marketing materials
• Run our customer desk: quotes, orders, and answering customer questions. This is where you learn the business from the inside.
• Over time, take ownership of your own customer accounts and grow them

Where this goes

• First 6 months: Learn the products, the customers, and the desk.
• 6–12 months: Own accounts and start reaching out to new customers
• 1–3 years: Grow into a technical sales role with your own customers, incentive pay, and a path to six figures

You’ll do well here if you’re

• Organized and detail-oriented. People can count on you.
• Comfortable talking with people on the phone and over email, or willing to get there
• Someone who takes ownership and is open to coaching
• Already using AI tools and wanting to use them more

Bonus points for mechanical curiosity. Did you rebuild a dirt bike, work on a Formula SAE or robotics team, spend time in a machine shop, or take apart things just to see how they work? You don’t need an engineering degree. You just need to be curious about machines.

What you need

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, supply chain, engineering, engineering technology, or a related field. December 2026 grads are welcome.
• 0–3 years of experience. Internships, co-ops, and part-time jobs all count.
• Solid Excel and writing skills
• Able to work on-site in Westlake, OH, Monday–Friday

What you get

• $48,000–$55,000 base salary.
• Profit sharing
• 401(k) with a 3% company contribution, even if you don’t contribute
• Health benefits, paid vacation, and holidays
• One-on-one mentorship and a clear path into sales
• Paid AI tools to do your job
• A small, tight-knit team where your work gets noticed. We pitch in when it’s busy and celebrate the wins together.

About us

• HJ Kirby is a third-generation, family-owned industrial distributor that has been helping American manufacturers build better equipment for about 60 years. We supply pressure gauges, fittings, tubing, valves, and air-preparation components.