Sales Manager

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Job information

  • Location: Madison, Dane County
  • Job type: Permanent
  • Job sector: Sales
  • Salary: US$70000.00 - US$100000.00 per annum + +commission +bonus +benefits
  • Published: 5 June 2026

Sales Manager – Industrial Recycling Solutions

Madison, WI | Full-Time (60-70% travel within Wisconsin state)

$70,000-$100,000 Base | $98,000-$140,000 OTE + Bonus + Healthcare + 401k

Are you a commercially driven sales professional with experience selling top-level service quality into new and existing accounts in industrial and manufacturing environments?

Do you want to feel at home with a highly respected, family-owned recycling and waste solutions business that has doubled in size over the last six years through exceptional service, customer loyalty, and operational excellence?

This is an opportunity to join a well-established recycling business that provides top solutions for cardboard, plastics, metals, and e-waste holding its own operational sites that offers an excellent environment and opportunities for its staff as well as top industry training for any staff outside of recycling.

The ideal candidates someone who thrives on relationship-led sales, enjoys spending time with customers on-site, and can identify opportunities to expand existing partnerships while developing new revenue streams across Wisconsin.

This is your chance combine account management and business development on a warm desk within a growing organisation and take advantage of full onboarding and industry training if you are new to the recycling industry.

THE ROLE:

* Manage and grow existing accounts through strong relationship management, retention, and service-led sales.
* Identify and convert opportunities to expand services within existing customers while developing new business across industrial and manufacturing sites in Wisconsin.
* Build trusted relationships with operational and commercial stakeholders to deliver long-term customer value.
* Spend 60-70% of time visiting customer sites and partnering closely with internal operations teams to ensure excellent service delivery.

THE PERSON:

* Proven B2B sales experience selling into industrial, manufacturing, production, packaging, or processing environments.
* Strong account management and business development capability with experience managing multiple stakeholder groups.
* Ideally brings exposure to recycling, waste management, plastics, cardboard, metals, circular economy, or environmental services.
* Commercially driven, relationship-focused, and comfortable operating autonomously in a field-based role with regular travel.

Sales Manager, Business Development Manager, Industrial Sales, Recycling Sales, Waste Management, Circular Economy, Manufacturing Sales, Packaging Industry, Account Management, New Business Development, Environmental Services, Industrial Recycling

If you’re interested in this role, click ‘apply now’ to forward an up-to-date copy of your resume, or call us now.

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