Project Sales Engineer – LED Lighting
Job Title: Project Sales Engineer – LED Lighting
Industry Sector: LED Lighting, Electrical Contractors, Electricians, Electrical Wholesale, Education, Emergency Services, Healthcare, Industrial, Warehousing, Office, Residential, Retail & Leisure and Sports
Area to be covered: Midlands
Remuneration: £45,000-£60,000 Neg. + up to £5,000 Year One £10.000 year 2
Benefits: Fully expensed Car & benefits
The role of the Trade Account Manager – LED Lighting will involve:
* Field sales position selling a manufactured and distributed range of LED lighting including; downlights, versatile battens, canopy, exterior wall, ground lights, hazardous, floodlights, emergency, weatherproofing and accessories etc.
* 75% of your time stimulating demand with electrical contractors and electricians
* Lighting project based sales from £5,000-£500,000
* Area specification turnover circa £800,000
* Tasked with growing the area by 5-10%
* 25% back-selling through established CEF electrical wholesale dealer network
* Typical projects include; education, logistics, emergency services, healthcare, industrial, warehousing, office, residential, retail & leisure, sports etc.
* Survey site installations where necessary
* Ensure tenders, quotes and technical submittals are accurate and progressed
* Support for CEF branches on lighting project enquiries
* Identify opportunities by working with CEF branch network
The ideal applicant will be a Trade Account Manager – LED Lighting with:
* Electrical field sales background, lighting preferred
* Design/project management experience
* Must have sold into electrical contractors/ electricians
* Experience of managing small to large lighting projects through survey, design, tender and sales stages
* Strong technical capability
* Ideally with local electrical contractor knowledge on patch
* Good knowledge of CEF advantageous
* Familiar with CRM, Microsoft 365 software
* Full driving licence
The Company
* Est. 50 years+
* £50m turnover
* Owned by a larger group
Mitchell Maguire is a specialist Construction Field Sales Recruitment Consultancy, dealing exclusively with Construction Field Sales Jobs, Construction field sales vacancies and Specification field sales positions within: LED Lighting, Electrical Wholesale, Electrical Contractors and Electricians, Downlights, Battens, Floodlights, Emergency Lighting, Light Energu Surveys, Luminaire Stock