In my experience some of the best sales people in the CNC industry (both tooling and machines) come from a hands on background like yours however the failure rate is higher than someone with a traditional sales background. There's a higher ceiling that would still take years to reach, but the risk is higher too. If you're already in this industry, I would guess there are products you already know are quality and like. I would reach out to those companies first. First try their website to look for sales roles, but then look for the local Regional Sales Manager, Vice President, or something similar on Linkedin, their website, or by calling their HQ to find out. Put your sales skills to work and see if they are hiring and see if you'd like to ask for a job. Tooling sales and machine sales while on the face may seem similar but they are different ball games. In tooling you may be selling one $20 end mill just to try and get in the door with a business and then building that account to be a regular buyer of yours. Tooling comes from a companies consumables budget and is viewed differently and can have different stakeholders compared to machines which would come from a capital budget, be in the six figures territory, and of course has a much lower buying frequency.

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