Exterior Street Lighting Area Sales Manager

Mitchell Maguire Limited; Leeds; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance or company car

Full benefits package

Salary sacrifice option

Job summary

Mitchell Maguire Limited is recruiting for an Area Sales Manager covering exterior street lighting products. The role focuses on breaking specifications with highways contractors, street lighting departments, local authorities and developers, while managing distributor relationships and project-based opportunities.

Based in the North East, Yorkshire, and East Midlands, you will travel several days weekly, pursuing new business development and achieving ambitious annual sales targets in a market

Qualifications

• Must have electrical field sales experience.
• Experience selling to highways contractors, street lighting departments, Local Authorities, housebuilders, private developers or facilities managers for university campuses.
• Specific exterior street lighting knowledge is not essential.
• Open to diverse electrical product backgrounds; signals, communication systems, etc.
• May also consider street furniture.
• Self-starter, mouldable from a technology perspective; personable and driven.

Responsibilities

• Field sales to break specifications for exterior lighting ranges.
• Split time between road visits (approx. 3 days/week) and electrical distributors (1–2 days/week).
• Develop new business; target is ~£650k first year, £1m+ by year 3.
• Follow up on Glenigan leads and office leads; manage projects of typical sizes ~£45k–£20k for heritage/solar.

Skills

Electrical field sales

Highways contractors

Local authorities

Housebuilders

Facilities managers

University campuses

Job description

Mitchell Maguire Limited is recruiting for an Area Sales Manager covering exterior street lighting products. The role focuses on breaking specifications with highways contractors, street lighting departments, local authorities and developers, while managing distributor relationships and project-based opportunities.

Based in the North East, Yorkshire, and East Midlands, you will travel several days weekly, pursuing new business development and achieving ambitious annual sales targets in a market