Project Manager

Elliott Electric Supply; Nashville (TN); Hybrid; USD 49,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Elliott Electric Supply is seeking a project coordination professional to oversee awarded projects, coordinate materials, and support sales and customers through accurate ordering, billing, and documentation.

The role emphasizes maintaining vendor relationships, ensuring on-time expediting, and preserving gross margins while addressing issues such as damages, returns, and shortages. Strong communication and reading lighting plans are essential.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent; 3–5 years in a similar setting.
• Base knowledge of lighting industry and how to source suppliers.
• Experience in quoting account projects.
• Computer skills: Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat.
• Ability to read lighting plans (RCP and Electrical).
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage projects awarded to department.
• Provide documentation, material coordination, and support to customers and sales staff.
• Support branch sales strategy with timely responses to internal and external customers.
• Establish and maintain superior customer and vendor relationships.
• Evaluate percentage of gross return on projects and maintain margins.
• Ensure products are ordered and billed accurately; address complications to maximize customer satisfaction.
• Expedite material to ship and deliver on time.
• Create and process change orders and maintain billing until project close.
• Create and maintain project documentation (Job Account Info & Agreement form, Submittals, Ship Schedules, Billing Recap, Change Orders, O&M Manuals).

Skills

Communication skills

Reading lighting plans

Customer service

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Adobe Acrobat

Job description

Oversees and manages projects awarded to department. Provides documentation, material coordination, and support to customer and sales staff during project. Support the overall Branch sales strategy through efficient and timely responses to internal and external customers. Establishes and maintains superior customer and vendor relationships to ensure customer satisfaction. Evaluates percentage of gross return on project. Maintains gross margin levels established by management in the area of project quotations. Responsible for ensuring product are ordered and billed accurately. Address and correct complications as they are reported, including but not limited to damages, returns, shortages, etc. to maximize customer satisfaction. Ensures material is purchased with best pricing terms from manufacturers. Contacts and negotiates with vendors for special terms and pricing for supplies and materials regarding quoted projects. Perform appropriate expediting functions to ensure material is shipped by vendor and received by customer in the agreed-upon time frame. Communicates scheduling and shipping date changes with customer and sales staff. Create and process change orders as requested and maintain billing on the project until closed. Creates and maintain project documentation:

• Job Account Information & Agreement form
• Submittals
• Ship Schedules
• Billing Recap
• Change Orders
• O&M Manuals

Develops and maintains effective working relationships with various vendor representatives.

Qualifications:

High school diploma or equivalent preferred with three (3) to five (5) years working experience in the similar setting; Base knowledge of lighting industry (vendors, suppliers, agents, and how to source) General Lighting industry experience; experience in quoting account projects; Computer skills (Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat). Be able to read lighting plans (RCP and Electrical). Good written and verbal communication skills.

Physical Requirements:

Ability to sit for long periods of time. Ability to frequently bend, lift and climb.