Proton launches job board for wholesale distribution hiring

Proton.ai has launched Jobs in Distribution, a new job board for wholesale distributors that aggregates openings from customer employers and lets candidates compare published pay. The move gives distributors another recruiting channel while making industry jobs easier to find for experienced workers and newcomers alike.

Why it matters: - Jobs in Distribution gives wholesale distributors a new place to reach candidates who are already looking at the industry. - The board also gives job seekers a broader view of distribution careers, including pay information that is often hard to compare across employers. - For Proton customers, the tool adds another hiring channel without moving applications away from the employer’s own process.

What happened: - Proton.ai launched Jobs in Distribution, a job board built around openings at its customer distributors. - The board pulls openings directly from employers’ careers sites. - Candidates can search roles, compare published compensation, filter by location and seniority, and apply through the original employer listing. - The initial version focuses on a group of Proton customers. - The board is available at Jobs in Distribution.

The details: - Listed roles include sales, purchasing, IT and branch leadership positions. - The board groups published base pay by job function and seniority. - Hourly and salaried roles appear separately. - Candidates can filter for openings that disclose compensation. - Candidates can also sort by highest pay. - The board is part of Proton’s redesigned website. - The site now also includes a distribution glossary with practical examples. - The redesigned site includes a persistent audio player for the In the Mind of a Distributor podcast, hosted by Proton founder and CEO Benj Cohen. - Proton positions its platform as software built exclusively for distributors and designed to unify ERP, CRM, PIM and ecommerce systems into one data layer.

Between the lines: - Proton is applying its core product idea — bringing separate systems into one place — to the hiring process. - The job board may help smaller or less visible distributors get in front of candidates who would not find them through a company-by-company search. - The pay-comparison feature could make compensation a more central part of how candidates evaluate distribution jobs. - Benj Cohen said the company wanted to give distributors’ openings another place to be found and provide a useful starting point for people considering a move.

What's next: - Proton is using the board as an additional recruiting resource for customers. - The company expects the board to help both experienced distribution professionals and people new to the industry explore available work. - As more listings are added, the site could become a broader marketplace for distribution hiring and compensation discovery.

The bottom line: - Proton is turning its distribution software footprint into a hiring platform, aiming to make industry jobs easier to discover and compare.