Strategic BD Lead — Smart Factory Solutions

LG Electronics North America; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Paid time off

Performance incentives

Mental health resources

Parental leave

Life and disability insurance

Job summary

LG Electronics is seeking a Business Development Manager to open new customers for Smart Factory Solutions in North America. This individual contributor role leads consulting engagements like feasibility studies, simulation, and digital twin work to define automation requirements and convert them into hardware and integration programs.

The candidate will build executive relationships, manage opportunities through proposal and PO, and maintain a robust pipeline for automation solutions across

Qualifications

• 7+ years in business development or solution sales in industrial automation, robotics, material handling, or smart factory solutions.
• Proven track record of opening new enterprise customers and closing capital equipment or automation programs with extended sales cycles.
• Experience selling to plant operations, manufacturing engineering, and procurement in discrete manufacturing or logistics environments.
• Executive presence and the ability to translate automation value into operational and financial terms for decision makers.

Responsibilities

• Open executive and plant leadership relationships at target accounts and qualify opportunities for autonomous mobile robots, automated transport, collaborative robot cells, simulation and digital twin.
• Lead opportunities from first engagement through proposal, negotiation, and purchase order.
• Maintain an accurate pipeline and forecast and report progress against new customer and purchase order goals.
• Work with Technical Sales Engineers and Engineering to scope solutions, prepare RFI/RFQ responses, and confirm technical feasibility.

Skills

Executive presence

Enterprise sales

Relationship building

Digital twin

Independent contributor

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or related field

Job description

LG Electronics is seeking a Business Development Manager to open new customers for Smart Factory Solutions in North America. This individual contributor role leads consulting engagements like feasibility studies, simulation, and digital twin work to define automation requirements and convert them into hardware and integration programs.

The candidate will build executive relationships, manage opportunities through proposal and PO, and maintain a robust pipeline for automation solutions across