Specification Sales Manager Lighting & Controls

Job Title: Specification Sales Manager Lighting & Lighting Controls

Sector: Indoor and Outdoor Lighting, Lighting Controls, Sensor Controlled Lighting, M&E Consultants, Consulting Engineers, Local Authorities, End Users, M&E Contractors, Specifiers, Electrical, Electrical Consultants, Lighting Contractor, Residential, Hotel, Apartments, Logistics, Education, Parking and Care Facilities

Area to be covered: Midlands

Remuneration: Competitive Basic salary and attractive commission in Year Two

£500 per month car allowance & benefits

The role of the Specification Sales Manager Lighting & Lighting Controls will involve:

Field sales role promoting a manufactured range of lighting and lighting controls (sensor controlled lighting)

Specification role, initially 50% of your time winning specifications with M&E consultants, Consulting Engineers and local authorities, although this will grow to 70% over time

Majority of your time visiting specifiers in the major Midlands conurbations, as well as one day seeing M&E contractors and one day working from home/ admin

Breaking specifications and building relationships with M&E contractors, lighting contractors and main contractors

Targeting projects with high end residential, hospitality/ hotel, apartments, logistics, education, parking and care facilities

Typical project sizes £10,000-£150,000, typically 3-12 month sales cycles

New business development role

Year one building focusing on building your quotation pipeline

The ideal applicant will be a Specification Sales Manager Lighting & Lighting Controls with:

Ideally lighting or lighting control associated product field sales experience with M&E consultants/ consulting engineers or local authorities

If a technical background, will be open to most product backgrounds with M&E consultants/ consulting engineers or local authorities specification field sales experience

New business hunter

Preferably with a network of contacts within M&E consultants/ consulting engineers or local authorities

Specific knowledge sensor controlled lighting is not essential but may be advantageous

Prior experience within residential, hospitality/ hotel, apartments, logistics, education, parking or care xbpsjku facilities preferred

Vibrate, energetic and full of life

Highly organised and capable

IT Literate

The Company

Well established

Part of a larger group

Small but growing UK operation

Recognised manufacturer

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: Indoor and Outdoor Lighting, Lighting Controls, Sensor Controlled Lighting, M&E Consultants, Consulting Engineers, Local Authorities, End Users, M&E Contractors, Specifiers, Electrical, Electrical Consultants, Lighting Contractor, Residential, Hotel, Apartments, Logistics, Education, Parking and Care Facilities