Management Trainee, Pathfinder Global Initiative

LESSO; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

LESSO Pathfinder Global Initiative offers a Management Trainee program. Trainees will be trained in China for six weeks, then return to Chicago, IL to assume a sales manager role. The program includes visa sponsorship (including H-1B) and provides opportunities within a rapidly growing global manufacturing group.

Participants will gain exposure to LESSO’s products, operations, and leadership paths, with potential to lead a team in Chicago and advance in the company’s global footprint.

Qualifications

• Legally authorized to work in the United States.
• Proficient in Chinese.
• Familiar with the Chicago, IL area, preferably with a local university degree.
• Eagerness to learn LESSO products and capabilities.
• Excellent problem-solving skills to develop local Chicago business.
• Potential to lead LESSO’s Chicago operations and a local team of 10.

Responsibilities

• To be trained in China for six weeks under the Pathfinder Global Initiative.
• Upon graduation, return to Chicago, IL to be our sales manager.
• Visa sponsorship (including H-1B) is available for this role.
• Intriguing local opportunities of a rapidly growing global manufacturer.

Skills

Legally authorized

Chinese proficiency

US Chicago familiarity

Willing to learn

Problem solving

Lead local team 10

Education

Local university degree (Chicago area)

Job description

Job Title: Management Trainee, Pathfinder Global Initiative

Location: Chicago, IL

LESSO Group

LESSO (Stock Code: 2128.HK) is a global leader in piping solutions. With over 40 years of steady growth, we have developed our business in multiple sectors, including piping systems, building materials and home furnishings, and new energy. In 2025, our sales revenue was USD 3.6 billion.

Pathfinder Global Initiative

The Pathfinder Global Initiative is our flagship program to cultivate future international leaders of the company. It is helping us becoming a Global LESSO. Under the Initiative, we recruit enterprising young talents around the world, and train them in our global headquarters in Shunde, China, and our factories and sales offices around the country. Upon graduation from the program, they will be promoted to be sales managers in a foreign country, often in a city where we have yet to set up sales office.

In early 2024, before we started Pathfinder Global Initiative, LESSO had local sales teams in 20 cities across 10 countries outside China; today, our sales and marketing teams are based in over 150 cities across 60 countries outside China.

LESSO America

LESSO America Inc is headquartered in Corona, CA. We have six warehouses to serve the piping solution community around the country, in Philadelphia, PA; Savannah, GA; Orlando, FL; Markham, IL; Fort Worth, TX; and Victorville, CA. The Pathfinder Global Initiative is recruiting young talents from the cities within a four-hour drive from our warehouses.

Requirements

• Legally authorized to work in the United States;
• Proficient in Chinese;
• Familiar with a metropolitan area in the US (Chicago, IL), preferably holding a degree from a university in this area;
• Eagerness to learn, capable of mastering the LESSO products in a short period of time;
• Excellent problem-solving skills, capable of leveraging the Group’s resources to develop local business in Chicago, IL;
• Have the potential to lead LESSO’s operations in Chicago, IL and manage a local team of 10.

Role

• To be trained in China for six weeks under the Pathfinder Global Initiative;
• Upon graduation from the program, return to Chicago, IL to be our sales manager.
• Visa sponsorship (including H-1B) is available for this role;
• Intriguing local opportunities of a rapidly growing global manufacturer.

LESSO Pathfinder Global Initiative Business Manager Training Program