Management Trainee, Pathfinder Global Initiative

LESSO; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

LESSO, a global piping solutions leader, seeks a Management Trainee for its Pathfinder Global Initiative to groom future international leaders. The program blends Beijing-style training with local deployment and rapid pathway to leadership in the United States.

Trainees are prepared in China for six weeks, then return to Houston to lead the sales team and operations. H-1B visa sponsorship is available as part of a fast-track international career track.

Qualifications

• Legally authorized to work in the United States.
• Proficient in Chinese.
• Familiar with the Houston, TX metro area and local university.
• Eager to learn and master LESSO products quickly.
• Strong problem-solving skills to develop local business in Houston.
• Potential to lead operations and a local team of 10.

Responsibilities

• To be trained in China for six weeks under the Pathfinder Global Initiative.
• Return to Houston, TX to assume sales manager role after graduation.
• Visa sponsorship (including H-1B) available for this role.
• Explore local opportunities with a rapidly growing global manufacturer.

Skills

Legally authorized to work in the US

Proficient in Chinese

Houston metro familiarity

Eagerness to learn

Strong problem-solving

Leadership potential

Education

Bachelor's degree or local Houston-area degree

Job description

Job Title

Management Trainee, Pathfinder Global Initiative

Location

Houston, TX

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 (Houston, TX), 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 Houston, TX;
• Have the potential to lead LESSO’s operations in Houston, TX 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 Houston, TX 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