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Outside Technical Sales Representative – CNC Tooling & Accessories
Dallas–Fort Worth, TX
Are you the person everyone in the shop comes to when it's time to improve cycle times, solve tooling problems, or optimize a machining process?
We're looking for an experienced machining professional to join our outside sales team. This is an opportunity for someone with a strong technical background in CNC machining who enjoys working directly with customers to improve productivity and manufacturing performance.
Whether you're already in technical sales or you're a machinist, programmer, applications engineer, or manufacturing engineer looking to leverage your expertise in a customer-facing role, we'd like to talk with you.
What You'll Do
- Develop and grow relationships with manufacturers throughout the Dallas–Fort Worth market.
- Help customers select the right cutting tools, workholding, and machining accessories for their applications.
- Analyze machining processes and recommend tooling improvements that reduce cycle times, improve tool life, and increase profitability.
- Work alongside customers on the shop floor to troubleshoot machining challenges and implement process improvements.
- Generate new business while maintaining and expanding existing customer relationships.
- Partner with leading tooling manufacturers to deliver technical solutions that create measurable value.
What We're Looking For
- Hands-on CNC machining experience in a production or job shop environment.
- Strong knowledge of carbide cutting tools, indexable tooling, workholding, and machining processes.
- Experience selecting tooling, feeds and speeds, and optimizing machining operations.
- Ability to confidently discuss machining applications with programmers, engineers, shop owners, and production managers.
- Self-motivated with excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
- Sales experience is a plus but not required—we value technical credibility first.
Ideal Background
You may currently be a:
- CNC Machinist
- Lead Machinist
- Manufacturing Engineer
- Applications Engineer
- CNC Programmer
- Tooling Specialist
- Technical Sales Representative for another tooling distributor or manufacturer
If you've helped shops improve productivity through better tooling and machining strategies, you'll likely be a great fit.
What We Offer
- Competitive base salary, $80k - $85k plus commission – eventually moving to full commission – on-target earnings of $110k - $150k
- Vehicle allowance and business expense reimbursement.
- Comprehensive benefits – health, dental, vision – day-1 of employment
- 401k with match
- Ongoing product and technical training.
- The opportunity to represent industry-leading tooling brands while helping customers become more profitable.
If you're passionate about machining and enjoy solving manufacturing challenges, we'd love to hear from you.
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Salary : $80,000 - $85,000