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About Sumitomo Electric

Sumitomo Electric is a Japanese industrial group, and the sales seats it posts in the US belong to separate operating companies, each selling its own line. Sumitomo Electric Carbide hires sales engineers who each work a home territory for its carbide cutting tools, calling on machine shops and manufacturers together with authorized distributors, recommending tooling that improves a customer's machining, presenting new products to the distribution channel and feeding test data back to engineering; a working command of CNC machining is expected and the territory brings overnight travel. Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, a supplier of wire harnesses and electrical distribution systems to automakers, hires sales engineers who chase new vehicle programs at General Motors and other OEMs, running the RFQ, the pricing strategy and the commercial relationship for the life of a program. Sumitomo Electric U.S.A. sells optical fiber cabling to hyperscale data center operators through a director who owns the account P&L, negotiates master agreements and leads a team of account managers and engineers, while Keystone Powdered Metal contracts independent manufacturer's representatives to sell its powdered metal parts in assigned regions. Outside the US the group's Philippine company hires cutting tool sales engineers who support customers through an authorized distributor.

$72.5k–$170k/yr

Typical pay, live

, SalesJobs.Now shows 11 open Sumitomo Electric sales roles; the postings mostly run from $72.5k to $170k a year, with $72.5k in the middle.

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Sumitomo Electric sales openings

Board read 13 Nov 2026, 22:07 UTC

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Sumitomo Electric as an employer

Japanese industrial group (automotive, infocommunications, electronics, energy and industrial materials) whose US sales hiring is territory sales engineers for its carbide cutting tools, plus automotive OEM, data center and powdered metal sellers. Posted pay: $72.5k–$170k/yr, midpoint $72.5k/yr.

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Hiring right now

11 sales openings at Sumitomo Electric, as its own board showed them 14 Nov 2026.

How pay is built

Sumitomo Electric's cutting tool sellers earn a base salary plus commission and a bonus, its automotive and data center sellers a salary, with the wiring systems company listing medical, dental, vision, disability and life cover, a 401(k) with match, tuition benefits and paid time off, while Keystone Powdered Metal engages independent agents on commission alone.

Where it hires

Right now its 11 open sales roles are posted in Michigan (2), Alabama (1), Chicago (1), Indiana (1), Kansas City (1) and 2 more places. Read from its postings on 30 Oct 2026: US: cutting tool territories around Seattle, Portland, Oregon, the Chicago area, Fort Wayne in northern Indiana, Kalamazoo in southwest Michigan and Kansas City (Kansas and western Missouri), plus Florida and an Alabama and Mississippi territory; automotive OEM sales from Farmington Hills, Michigan (hybrid); hyperscale data center accounts from San Jose, California; independent powdered metal agents across US regions; abroad, Metro Manila in the Philippines for cutting tools.

Pay at Sumitomo Electric

From today's postings, 14 Nov 2026
$72.5k–$170k/yrTypical posted pay

Midpoint $72.5k/yr across 5 openings with posted pay. Posted figures range from $65k/yr to $220k/yr.

Based on 5 distinct posted pay ranges, at this company, every range put on a yearly basis (a rate per hour × 2,080 hours). 6 of the 11 openings here list no pay.

Sales roleOpeningsTypical base
Sales engineering9$72.5k–$90.5k/yrits roles in the United States
AE2$180k–$220k/yr1 salary

Best-paid Sumitomo Electric openings on the board

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Is Sumitomo Electric a good company to sell for?

Japanese industrial group (automotive, infocommunications, electronics, energy and industrial materials) whose US sales hiring is territory sales engineers for its carbide cutting tools, plus automotive OEM, data center and powdered metal sellers.

Is Sumitomo Electric still an active employer?

Yes. Japanese industrial group (automotive, infocommunications, electronics, energy and industrial materials) whose US sales hiring is territory sales engineers for its carbide cutting tools, plus automotive OEM, data center and powdered metal sellers. How its pay is structured: Sumitomo Electric's cutting tool sellers earn a base salary plus commission and a bonus, its automotive and data center sellers a salary, with the wiring systems company listing medical, dental, vision, disability and life cover, a 401(k) with match, tuition benefits and paid time off, while Keystone Powdered Metal engages independent agents on commission alone.

What does a sales job at Sumitomo Electric pay?

On Sumitomo Electric's board today, the 5 openings in the United States that post pay put the typical band at $72.5k–$170k/yr and the midpoint at $72.5k/yr. Posted figures range from $65k/yr up to $220k/yr.

Is selling for Sumitomo Electric worth it?

Posted pay at Sumitomo Electric: $72.5k–$170k/yr, midpoint $72.5k/yr. Industrial and logistics sales suit reps who build long account relationships and like being in front of customers.

How is Sumitomo Electric's sales comp put together?

Sumitomo Electric's cutting tool sellers earn a base salary plus commission and a bonus, its automotive and data center sellers a salary, with the wiring systems company listing medical, dental, vision, disability and life cover, a 401(k) with match, tuition benefits and paid time off, while Keystone Powdered Metal engages independent agents on commission alone.

Where are Sumitomo Electric's sales roles based?

Right now its 11 open sales roles are posted in Michigan (2), Alabama (1), Chicago (1), Indiana (1), Kansas City (1) and 2 more places. Read from its postings on 30 Oct 2026: US: cutting tool territories around Seattle, Portland, Oregon, the Chicago area, Fort Wayne in northern Indiana, Kalamazoo in southwest Michigan and Kansas City (Kansas and western Missouri), plus Florida and an Alabama and Mississippi territory; automotive OEM sales from Farmington Hills, Michigan (hybrid); hyperscale data center accounts from San Jose, California; independent powdered metal agents across US regions; abroad, Metro Manila in the Philippines for cutting tools.

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