Project Sales Engineer – LED Lighting

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: Norwich, Suffolk, Cambridge, Essex, Bedfordshire & Northamptonshire

Remuneration: £45,000-£55,000 Neg. + up to £5,000-£10,000 Year One
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 £3m, 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