Management Trainee

Alter Trading; Madison (WI); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

PTO

401(k) with company match

Relocation assistance

Temporary housing assistance

Coaching and advancement opportunities

Job summary

Alter Trading offers a hands-on Management Trainee Program designed to fast-track individuals into running a department, facility, or sales function across a leading scrap metal recycler. Over 8-12 months, trainees rotate through operations, logistics, sales, safety, and leadership functions at multiple facilities, gaining real-world exposure to lead teams and drive results.

The program emphasizes relocation across Alter locations, with potential training sites in various cities and states.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Associate's degree preferred; 5+ years' related experience considered.
• Strong communication and leadership potential required.
• Willingness to relocate to multiple locations and work hands-on in an industrial setting.

Responsibilities

• Learn metal recycling processes from scale to sale.
• Rotate through Operations, Commercial Sales, Inventory, Safety, and Maintenance.
• Support production, scheduling, and transportation activities.
• Shadow experienced yard managers and learn leadership.
• Develop customer relationships, negotiations, and pricing awareness.
• Prepare to lead a team or facility after program completion.
• Rotate across Alter locations for broader exposure.

Skills

Leadership potential

Business math

Willingness to relocate

Education

Associate's degree

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Alter Trading's hands-on Management Trainee Program is your fast track to running a department, a facility or in a sales function at one of the nation's leading scrap metal recyclers. Over the course of 8-12 months, you'll rotate not only through operations, logistics, sales, safety, and leadership functions, but also across multiple facilities - gaining the broad perspective, skills, and real-world exposure needed to run a site or lead a functional team.This program is designed as a multi-location rotation across Alter's locations in multiple cities and states. The city where this posting is listed may not be the location where the training will occur.

What You'll Do

• Learn the ins and outs of metal recycling - from the scale to the sale.
• Rotate through Operations, Commercial Sales, Inventory, Safety, and Equipment Maintenance.
• Support real production, scheduling, and transportation efforts.
• Shadow and learn from seasoned yard managers.
• Gain exposure to customer relationships, negotiations, and pricing.
• Learn to manage people, processes, and profits.
• Prepare to lead your own team or facility upon program completion.
• Rotate through various Alter locations to gain further exposure.

What We're Looking For

• Associate's, Bachelor's degree (preferred majors: Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Industrial Tech) or 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong communication, leadership potential, and business math skills.
• Willingness to relocate and work hands-on in a heavy industrial environment.
• Problem-solvers who are curious, adaptable, and ready to lead.
• Ability to relocate required. Assistance provided.
• Competitive pay and benefits (medical, dental, vision, life insurance, PTO).
• 401(k) with company match.
• Relocation and temporary housing assistance, if eligible.
• Ongoing coaching, mentoring, and advancement opportunities.

About Alter Trading

Founded in 1898, Alter Trading Corporation is a family-owned, fifth-generation company and one of the nation's leading scrap metal recycling firms. With more than 70 facilities across the Midwest and Southern U.S., we are committed to environmental sustainability, operational excellence, and developing leaders from within.