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: Scotland

Remuneration: £45,000-£55,000 Neg. + £5,000-£10,000 uncapped bonus Benefits: Hybrid car option after probation period & 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 turnover £2.6m, approx. 50% project spec revenue (£1.3m-£1.5m)
Tasked with growing the area by 5-10%
25% back-selling through established CEF electrical wholesale dealer network
Typical projects include; education, 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
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

Eat. 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