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: London

Remuneration: £50,000-£60,000 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 £3.5m, approx. 50% project spec revenue

* 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