Sales Engineer – LED Lighting

Job Description:

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