Lighting Regional Sales Engineer - Ireland
Job description
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55,000 Basic +5,000 Bonus + Company Car + Excellent Benefits
Ireland (Dublin & Cork Focus)
Our retained clients are continuing to expand their presence across Ireland and are looking to appoint a motivated and commercially minded Lighting Regional Sales Engineer to join the team.
This is an excellent opportunity for either an established lighting/electrical sales professional or an ambitious technically qualified individual looking to build a long-term career within one of the industry's most respected manufacturers.
Working across Ireland, with a strong focus around Dublin and Cork, you will be responsible for managing existing customer relationships, re-engaging dormant accounts, and developing new business opportunities across the region.
The Role
- Develop and grow sales across the Irish market
- Manage and strengthen relationships with existing customers
- Re-activate older or underdeveloped accounts
- Identify and secure new business opportunities
- Work closely with internal technical and lighting design teams based in Dublin
- Deliver technical and commercial support to customers across multiple sectors
- Travel throughout Ireland as part of the role
What We're Looking For
- Experience within lighting, electrical, engineering, or technical sales would be advantageous
- Lighting design capabilities highly desirable
- Technical qualification or background within an electrical or engineering discipline
- Commercially driven with strong relationship-building skills
- Comfortable working autonomously and managing a regional territory
- Full driving licence required
- Open to both experienced professionals and ambitious fresh starters looking to develop within the industry
What's On Offer
- 55,000 basic salary
- Company car
- Strong support structure including technical and lighting design support in Dublin
- Career development within a highly respected and growing business
- Opportunity to shape and grow the Irish territory
If you would be interested in a confidential discussion regarding the opportunity, please submit a fully detailed CV with your current remuneration package and availability quoting job reference 10345.
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⭐ Highlight your lighting design capabilities prominently as this is highly desirable for the role
🔧 Emphasise any electrical or engineering qualifications early in your CV as technical background is essential
🌍 Showcase your experience managing regional territories or working autonomously across large geographical areas
💼 Quantify your sales achievements and customer relationship successes to demonstrate commercial drive
🚗 Confirm you hold a full driving licence as extensive travel throughout Ireland is required
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- •Managed 85-client lighting portfolio across 3 counties, achieving 127% of annual sales target through technical consultation and design support
- •Re-activated 12 dormant electrical contractor accounts worth £180k combined revenue by delivering tailored lighting solutions and technical training
- •Developed new business relationships with 8 commercial property developers, securing £320k in lighting specification contracts over 18 months
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Your Lighting Regional Sales Engineer position perfectly aligns with my technical background and commercial drive. Having developed expertise in electrical engineering and technical sales, I am particularly drawn to the opportunity to combine lighting design capabilities with territory management across Ireland's growing market.
My background in technical sales and engineering disciplines has equipped me with the skills to deliver both commercial and technical support to customers across multiple sectors. I thrive working autonomously while building strong customer relationships, exactly what this role demands.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How would you approach lighting design for different commercial sectors?
- ›What electrical qualifications or technical background do you have?
- ›How do you stay current with lighting technology and industry developments?
- ›Describe your experience with technical sales presentations to clients
- ›What lighting design software or tools are you familiar with?
Behavioural
- ›How do you manage relationships with existing customers while developing new business?
- ›Describe a time when you successfully re-engaged a dormant client account
- ›How do you prioritise your time when managing a large regional territory?
- ›Tell me about a challenging sales situation and how you overcame it
- ›How do you work autonomously while maintaining team collaboration?
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Describe a time when you successfully re-engaged a dormant client account
How do you prioritise your time when managing a large regional territory?