Trade Account Manager – Led Lighting

Trade Account Manager – LED Lighting

Job Title: Trade Sales Engineer – LED Lighting

Job reference Number: 593896-2031-2417

Industry Sector: LED Lighting, Electrical Wholesale, Electrical Contractors and Electricians, Downlights, Battens, Floodlights, Emergency Lighting, Light Energu Surveys, Luminaire Stock

Area to be covered: Northern Home Counties & Anglia, North London and M40/ M1 Corridor

Remuneration: £40,000-£45,000 Neg. + up to £5,000 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, floodlights, emergency lighting, luminaire stock and light energy surveys
• 95% Account management role
• Account managing circa 65 CEF electrical wholesale branches across 6 groups on this area
• £4.5m+ revenue responsibility
• Typically visiting each branch once per month
• Account developing branches from £20,000 to £750,0000 turnover
• Increasing stock share in branch network
• Small amount of time will be spent with electrical contractors, these relationships are managed by a Project Sales Engineer whom you will work closely with
• Provide training and support to electrical wholesale team
• Trade mornings
• Merchandise and develop trade counter presence across electrical wholesale network

The ideal applicant will be a Trade Account Manager – LED Lighting with:

• Proven account management/ relationship building skills
• Must have sold into the electrical wholesale market
• Ideally sold electrical or similar products, lighting preferred but not essential
• Open to merchandising backgrounds
• Comfortable with “milk round” type field sales opportunity
• Structured, determined and organised
• Bubbly character would be ideal
• Familiar with CRM, Microsoft 365 software
• Full driving licence

The Company

• 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