Strategic Growth Lead, Smart Factory Solutions

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Short‑term incentives

Mental health resources

Family oriented benefits

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 is an individual contributor role leading with consulting engagements that define automation requirements, converting them into automation hardware and integration programs.

The candidate will build executive relationships, manage opportunities from engagement to purchase order, and drive new customer acquisition across diverse manufacturing sectors.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in business development or solution sales in industrial automation, robotics, material handling, or smart factory solutions.
• Executive presence and ability to translate automation value into operational and financial terms for plant and corporate decision makers.
• Self directed pipeline builder, comfortable operating as an individual contributor within a small, growing team.

Responsibilities

• Build and own a target account list of manufacturing and logistics operations across North America, prioritized by automation need and decision path.
• 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, and turnkey integration.
• Lead opportunities from first engagement through proposal, negotiation, and purchase order, including consulting entry engagements that specify follow on hardware programs.
• Maintain an accurate pipeline and forecast and report progress against new customer and purchase order goals.

Skills

Executive presence

Pipeline building

Automation value translation

Domestic travel

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 is an individual contributor role leading with consulting engagements that define automation requirements, converting them into automation hardware and integration programs.

The candidate will build executive relationships, manage opportunities from engagement to purchase order, and drive new customer acquisition across diverse manufacturing sectors.