Jobs at Van Meter Inc.

Build and maintain customer relationships, support Account Managers, identify new sales opportunities, promote products, solve customer problems, conduct joint sales calls, maintain customer crib inventory, and occasionally make deliveries. The role requires strong communication, customer service, technology proficiency, independent work, and collaboration. Candidates need a two-year degree or equivalent experience, a valid driver’s license with a clean record, and preferably experience with Eclipse, electrical products, and RF guns.

Serves as a lifecycle services subject matter expert and trusted advisor for industrial customers. Identifies operational, reliability, workforce, and improvement needs; develops recommendations, business cases, proposals, and roadmaps; and advances service agreements and recurring revenue opportunities. Partners with account managers, suppliers, customer success, and delivery teams throughout opportunity development and adoption handoff. Maintains CRM activity, supports sales enablement, and contributes to lifecycle services portfolio and commercialization strategy.

Sells products and services to construction, contractor, and OEM customers through inbound and outbound communications. Responsibilities include advising on product selection, quoting prices and credit terms, preparing orders, providing stock and delivery information, managing customer relationships, reviewing transaction reports, coordinating with outside sales, and resolving order or customer issues. The role also involves vendor purchasing oversight, sales data entry, negotiation, and maintaining accurate account information.

Coordinates large commodity projects from initiation through completion, managing customer and vendor communication, purchasing, delivery schedules, pricing, inventory, reporting, and issue resolution. Serves as a liaison among customers, wire centers, suppliers, commodity managers, purchasers, and sales representatives. Supports pricing updates, product launches, market growth, process improvements, and accurate project progress reporting while managing multiple priorities and deadlines.

Supports automation engineering projects through application research, product selection, estimation, BOM development, technical documentation, configuration, programming, testing, integration, commissioning, troubleshooting, and customer support. Works under experienced engineers while gaining foundational knowledge of automation systems, controls, and industrial technologies. Collaborates with customers, suppliers, sales, and project teams, participates in customer-site activities and training, and follows engineering, safety, and documentation standards.

Supports industrial automation initiatives and customer-focused projects while shadowing product specialists, visiting customer sites, completing product training, and assisting with proof-of-concept and application development activities. Collaborates with internal teams, develops technical and problem-solving skills, presents project outcomes, and gains exposure to automation products, customer solutions, and cross-functional business operations.

Supports industrial automation sales initiatives through job shadowing, customer site visits, technical solution development, demonstrations, trade shows, and cross-functional collaboration. The intern builds technical expertise, learns sales strategies, assists customers and internal teams, and participates in training and professional development activities.

Supports industrial automation engineering projects through application research, product selection, estimation, BOM development, technical documentation, configuration, programming, testing, integration, commissioning, troubleshooting, and customer support. The intern collaborates with engineering, sales, suppliers, and customers while learning automation systems, controls, integration, safety practices, and project processes. Overnight travel to customer sites may be required.

Supports project coordination for electrical distribution, lighting, and gear projects. Responsibilities include shadowing project teams, assisting with customer solutions and design processes, attending training and industry events, supporting event setup, completing administrative tasks, and traveling to customer sites. The intern collaborates with cross-functional teams and gains exposure to project management, engineering, automation, robotics, and information technology careers.

Supports project coordination for electrical distribution, lighting, and gear projects. Responsibilities include cross-functional collaboration, customer-site visits, event and trade-show support, assisting with lighting and gear solutions, administrative tasks, and learning project development and design processes. The internship provides exposure to customer interactions, vendors, field operations, and technical industry practices.

Supports customer relationships and product sales initiatives through customer visits, inventory management, product demonstrations, joint sales calls, order processing, and product replenishment. The intern works with Account Managers, Product Specialists, manufacturer representatives, and mentors while identifying customer needs and improvement opportunities. The role includes local travel to customer and branch locations, inventory-related physical tasks, product training, and exposure to industrial, automation, warehouse, and distribution environments.

Rotational supply chain intern supporting pricing, purchasing, inventory management, sales analysis, product launches, and process improvement. The role analyzes operational and product-line data, collaborates on cross-functional projects, rotates through departments, shadows professionals, and presents a capstone project. Interns gain exposure to sales support, business operations, customer journeys, and strategic functions while developing analytical, technical, and leadership skills.

Industrial Sales Interns gain hands-on experience in industrial automation, technical sales, customer engagement, and solution development. Responsibilities include job shadowing automation teams, supporting technical solutions, joining customer site visits, developing product expertise, assisting with training materials, attending events and demonstrations, and collaborating across departments. The role requires strong communication, analytical, organizational, and teamwork skills, along with proficiency in Microsoft Office and the ability to travel to customer, branch, and event locations.

Inside Sales Intern supporting customer communication, order entry, account support, inventory management, fulfillment, warehouse coordination, reporting, and process improvement. The rotational program provides exposure to multiple departments, customer-facing functions, and business operations. The intern will collaborate on projects, develop professional skills, and complete and present a capstone project. The role is primarily on-site and involves working across office, warehouse, and operational environments.

Processes accounts payable transactions, including matching invoices with purchase orders, coding and entering invoices, preparing checks and ACH payments, reconciling accounts, maintaining documentation, monitoring payment status, and supporting financial close and audits. The role also handles filing, mail distribution, and coordination with the finance team while ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely payment processing.

Operations intern supporting warehouse and distribution center activities, including receiving, picking, shipping, inventory management, process analysis, procedure improvement, and operational projects. The rotational program provides exposure to multiple departments, business processes, customer-facing functions, and cross-functional collaboration. Interns complete and present a capstone project while developing professional, technical, analytical, and leadership skills in a primarily on-site warehouse and office environment.

Processes accounts payable transactions, including matching invoices with purchase orders, preparing payments, coding and entering invoices, reconciling accounts, maintaining documentation, and monitoring payment status. Supports financial close cycles and audits while ensuring compliance with accounting procedures. The role also handles check requests, file maintenance, incoming mail, and collaboration with the finance team.

Sell products and services to construction, contractor, and OEM customers via phone and office interactions. Manage inbound/outbound communications, assist with product selection, prepare quotes and sales orders, track inventory and delivery, and collaborate with outside sales and vendors to resolve issues and support account activity.

Design electrical layouts and BOMs for MCCs, packaged drives, and control panels using EPLAN and internal tools; partner with sales and suppliers to develop competitive proposals, ensure compliance with safety and certification standards, support standardization and continuous improvement, and provide technical clarifications during project execution.