Full-Time

Sales Development Representative

Fulcrum

Fulcrum

51-200 employees

Cloud-based manufacturing SaaS with BOM

Compensation Overview

$50k - $60k/yr

+ OTE + Equity

No H1B Sponsorship

Minneapolis, MN, USA

In Person

Must be able to commute to Minneapolis office or willing to relocate.

Category
Sales & Account Management (1)
Required Skills
Sales
Lead Generation
Requirements
  • Curious, resilient, and hungry to learn.
  • Empathetic— you deeply understand people and what motivates them.
  • Competitive and disciplined, with above-average grit.
  • Comfortable hearing “no” and rebounding quickly.
  • Energized by goals, metrics, and personal growth.
  • Clear, adaptable communicator who can tailor a message to different audiences.
  • Detail-oriented and thoughtful about how you approach your work.
  • Restless in the best way — always pushing to get better.
  • Open to coaching and eager to apply feedback.
  • Motivated by impact over ego— team wins matter more than individual credit.
  • This role requires candidates to be located in the United States and authorized to work here; visa sponsorship is not available; candidates must be able to commute to the Minneapolis office or relocate.
Responsibilities
  • Research and deeply understand manufacturers, their challenges, and motivations.
  • Prospect into new accounts through outbound and inbound channels.
  • Craft thoughtful, compelling outreach tailored to different audiences.
  • Qualify leads and generate high-quality opportunities for Account Executives.
  • Work closely with Account Executives to align on messaging and strategy.
  • Partner with Marketing to test, refine, and improve campaigns.
  • Aggressively learn new industries, skills, and product knowledge.
  • Track and manage your pipeline with discipline and accuracy.
  • Relentlessly pursue your targets while maintaining high-quality standards.
  • Demand personal growth from yourself and raise your own bar over time.
  • This role rewards consistency, curiosity, and resilience. It’s about learning fast, executing well, and building skills.

Fulcrum provides a cloud-based manufacturing software platform (SaaS) for small and mid-sized manufacturers. It covers the full production workflow, including drag-and-drop BOM and routing, real-time job tracking, automated production scheduling, live inventory with cost breakdowns, quality control, and quoting to speed up orders. Customers use an online platform to design and manage materials, track work, schedule resources, monitor inventory, and collect quality data, with a dedicated onboarding and success team for setup and ongoing support. Fulcrum differentiates itself through an integrated suite paired with hands-on onboarding and continuous customer success, offering seamless implementation and live shop-floor data without third-party consultants. The goal is to help manufacturers connect the shop floor to live data to make better, faster decisions, improving efficiency and reducing costs through digital transformation.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$39.9M

Headquarters

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Founded

2015

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • $18M Series A2 funds decentralized manufacturing network expansion.
  • Real-time job tracking boosts throughput for $1.6B SMB parts production.
  • MachineMetrics partnership advances connectivity and automation in 2026.

What critics are saying

  • Name confusion with fulcrumapp.com erodes SEO and acquisition traffic.
  • Katana MRP undercuts pricing, driving 50-70% churn in 12-18 months.
  • Core platform compliance gaps cause aerospace audit failures in 6-12 months.

What makes Fulcrum unique

  • Replaces ERP, MRP, MES with intuitive drag-and-drop BOM and routing.
  • Launched AI-powered Control for AS9100D/ISO 9001 aerospace compliance.
  • Dedicated launch team ensures seamless onboarding without third parties.

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Headcount

6 month growth

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1 year growth

-2%

2 year growth

3%
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