Sales Leadership Program

About Us

Western Metals Recycling, a division of Nucor Corporation, is seeking applicants for our Sales Leadership Program. Western Metals is a world leader in scrap metal recycling, trading, and transportation. We have relationships with scrap metal businesses around the world. We pride ourselves on our dedication to safety, and the principles of integrity and respect. We’re recognized as a good community citizen who is trustworthy, financially strong, and environmentally proactive. Our parent company Nucor Corporation is a Fortune 100 company, known for being North America’s leader in designing, manufacturing, and recycling steel and steel products with a history of long-term sustainability and stability. Fortune Magazine recently ranked Nucor No. 1 on their list of the World’s Most Admired Companies in our industry. The key to Nucor’s success is that we care about the safety and well-being of our teammates and customers, the health and protection of our environment, and the relationships we establish in the communities where we live and work. At the heart of every Nucor division are the dedicated people who make up our team. We are seeking a creative, motivated, and dedicated teammate to join our team. We offer you a challenging and rewarding work environment where you can contribute to the success of over 30,000 Nucor teammates.

Benefits

SOME OF THE BEST BENEFITS IN THE BUSINESS
Medical and dental are just the beginning. We value our teammates and offer benefits packages that also include profit sharing, retirement savings, scholarships and tuition reimbursement, and unlimited growth potential. We strive to avoid implementing layoffs or furloughing our Teammates. We very strongly believe that a Nucor Teammate who does their job properly today, should feel confident that they will have a job tomorrow. For more information on our benefits go to Nucor.com/benefits.

Basic Job Functions:

Safety is the most important part of all jobs within Nucor; therefore, candidates must be able to demonstrate the ability to initiate, lead, and uphold safety policies, practices, procedures, and housekeeping standards at all times.

1. 12 month hands-on training in one Geographic Region
2. Will learn and be expected to model our “Safety First” Culture including OSHA and Safety programs
3. Responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with accounts to effect best possible service to customers
4. Gain a strong understanding of the scrap recycling market through customer visits, time spent in scrap yards and mentor shadowing
5. Become an expert in your market place and communicate your market forecast to your team
6. Interact with various levels of corporate personnel, customers, vendors/suppliers, and employees to resolve problems, and ensure steady delivery of products purchased or sold
7. Hone conflict resolution and relationship management skills
8. Remain current with the metal recycling industry by reading publications and participating in trade associations
9. The goal of the program is to assume a Buyer role upon completion of the program
10. Must be willing to relocate throughout the Geographic Region

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in a Business discipline
2. Willingness to relocate to any of the locations throughout the assigned region

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Will have exceptional communication skills and the ability to work autonomously and as a member of the team
2. Prior sales and/or customer service experience a plus
3. Ability to make quick decisions in an ever-changing environment