Sales Engineer - Lighting

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

Benefits offered by this job

EV car option after probation

Benefits

Job summary

Mitchell Maguire is seeking a Project Sales Engineer - LED Lighting / Trade Account Manager for field-based sales across North London and Northern Home Counties. You will promote a manufactured range of LED lighting and manage relationships with electrical contractors and wholesalers.

The role targets projects from £5,000 to £500,000, with a £500,000 new business revenue target, and includes a 1% commission on top of a £50-65k salary.

Qualifications

• Electrical field sales background, lighting preferred.
• Must have sold into electrical contractors/ electricians.
• Experience managing lighting projects from survey to tender and sale.
• Strong technical capability.
• Local electrical contractor knowledge preferred.
• Good knowledge of electrical wholesalers.
• Familiar with CRM and Microsoft 365.
• Full driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Field sales position selling a LED lighting range.
• 75% of time stimulating demand with electrical contractors and electricians.
• Lighting projects from £5,000-£500,000.
• £500,000 new business revenue target.
• Remaining 25% back-selling through established electrical wholesale dealer network.
• Survey site installations where necessary.
• Ensure tenders, quotes and technical submittals are accurate.
• Support for electrical wholesale branches on lighting project enquiries.
• Identify opportunities by working with electrical wholesale branch network.

Skills

Electrical field sales

Lighting knowledge

Experience with electrical contractors

CRM

Tools

CRM

Microsoft 365

Driving licence

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

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