Business Development Representative

Detroit
Full-time
Visa Sponsorship

About the role

About Nox Metals. American factories deserve a supply chain that moves as fast as they do. Nox Metals is building it, along with the tools that run it. We’re a technology company in Metro Detroit supplying aluminum plate, bar, and rounds to aerospace and defense manufacturers. We use software and automation to supply metal to American factories faster than the industry thought possible.

The role. We’re hiring a Business Development Representative to create qualified conversations by phone. You will call manufacturers, learn how they buy aluminum, identify real needs, and earn the next step for our sales team.

This is a high-activity, skill-building role. Success requires preparation, resilience, careful listening, and honest records. The goal is not to read a script as quickly as possible.

You will:

  • Research targeted accounts and identify relevant contacts

  • Make consistent outbound calls and follow up by email

  • Explain Nox Metals clearly and ask useful discovery questions

  • Qualify material needs, timing, buying process, and potential fit

  • Schedule well-prepared handoffs to inside or outside sales

  • Follow up on campaigns, events, dormant accounts, and selected inbound leads

  • Record accurate notes, outcomes, and next steps in the CRM

  • Review call results and improve messaging with coaching

  • Learn aluminum products, common applications, and customer terminology

  • Protect customer trust by avoiding claims or commitments you cannot support

You are:

  • Comfortable starting conversations with people you have not met

  • Resilient and able to learn from rejection without becoming robotic

  • A strong listener who notices useful details

  • Clear, concise, and professional on the phone

  • Organized about follow-up and honest about activity

  • Coachable, curious, and motivated to improve quickly

  • Interested in developing a career in industrial sales

Nice to have:

  • Phone sales, customer service, fundraising, recruiting, or appointment-setting experience

  • Experience in manufacturing, automotive, machining, distribution, or another industrial environment

  • Experience with CRM and sales-engagement tools

  • Demonstrated success in a high-activity role

  • Comfort using AI tools for account research and call preparation

Benefits:

  • Equity in Nox Metals

  • Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance

This role is full time and in person in Detroit.

Nox Metals is an equal opportunity employer. We hire based on skill, attitude, and fit for the work, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, height, weight, marital status, or any other protected status under federal, state, or local law.

About Nox Metals

Factories waste time quoting, sourcing, and cutting aluminum blocks. It's slow, manual, and adds unnecessary overhead. This inefficiency compounds across thousands of jobs, dragging down margins and throughput. We started Nox to automate this layer and unlock speed and scale for modern manufacturing.

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Job details

Salary

$82,754 - $91,465

Equity

0.00001% - 0.025%

Location

Detroit

Experience

0+ years

Company

NameNox Metals
Industrymanufacturing, defense, logistics, hardware, robotics
Team Size12

Funding

Total raised

$11.5M

Last stage

Seed

Investors

Y Combinator

Founders

Zane Hengsperger

Zane Hengsperger

Founder & CEO

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What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.