Sales Engineer – Lighting

Mitchell Maguire; Enfield; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

EV car option after probation period

Job summary

Mitchell Maguire is seeking a Project Sales Engineer for LED lighting in North London and the Northern Home Counties. This field role focuses on selling a wide range of LED lighting products to electrical contractors and electricians, with a £50k-£65k salary plus 1% commission.

You will drive demand, manage lighting projects from survey to tender, and support wholesale branches in lighting enquiries, targeting education, healthcare, industrial, and commercial sectors.

Qualifications

• Experience in electrical field sales or lighting industry is essential.
• Ability to manage lighting projects from survey to delivery.
• Strong technical understanding of lighting products and applications.

Responsibilities

• Field sales role covering North London and Northern Home Counties.
• Targeting electrical contractors and electricians; 75% of time on demand stimulation.
• Manage projects from £5,000 to £500,000 with tenders and quotes.
• Support lighting projects through quotes, submittals, and technical submissions.
• Identify opportunities by working with wholesale branches and distributors.

Skills

Electrical field sales

Lighting knowledge

Contractor sales

Project management

CRM

Microsoft 365

Driving licence

Tools

CRM

Microsoft 365

Job description

Sales Engineer - 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

North London and Northern Home Counties

Remuneration

£50,000-£65,000 Neg. + 1% Commission

Benefits

• EV 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
• £500,000 new business revenue target
• Remaining 25% back-selling through established 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 electrical wholesale branches on lighting project enquiries
• Identify opportunities by working with electrical wholesale 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 electrical wholesalers
• Familiar with CRM, Microsoft 365 software
• Full driving licence

The Company

• Eat. 50 years+
• £45m turnover
• Owned by a larger group