Sales Manager - Electrical & Lighting Products (M&E Contractors & Consultants)

Location: South of England / M25 Corridor (Home-Based)
Package: Up to £80,000 Basic plus 20% bonus
Benefits: Company car (choice) or car allowance, 25 days' holiday + bank holidays, pension

The Role

We are a well-established electrical distributor seeking an experienced Sales Manager with a strong electrical and lighting specification background to drive growth across the South of England, with a particular focus on the M25 corridor.

This role combines account management and new business development, working closely with M&E contractors, consultants, and end users to secure projects from early design stage through to installation. A significant element of the role involves lighting solutions, including specification-led sales, project support, and value engineering across commercial, industrial, datacentre, nuclear, and large construction projects.

This is a home-based position offering autonomy, territory ownership, and the opportunity to represent a respected and growing name in the electrical and lighting supply market.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and develop an established portfolio of M&E contractor and consultant accounts
• Identify and secure new business opportunities on major projects
• Drive lighting specification opportunities, influencing design teams and consultants
• Promote a broad range of electrical and lighting products, including controls and project solutions
• Work on projects from concept and specification through to delivery and completion
• Conduct client meetings, CPD-style presentations, site visits, and project reviews
• Collaborate with internal technical, lighting design, and customer service teams
• Achieve and exceed agreed sales and margin targets

About You

You will be a commercially driven sales professional with strong industry knowledge and relationships. You will have:

• Experience with an electrical distributor or manufacturer
• Proven lighting specification sales experience
• Established relationships with M&E contractors and consultants across the South / M25 region
• A track record of winning and managing project-based business
• Experience selling into commercial, industrial, datacentre, nuclear, or construction sectors
• Strong communication, influencing, and project follow-up skills
• The ability to work autonomously in a home-based, field-focused role

What's on Offer

• Total package up to £80,000 BASIC PLUS BONUS
• Competitive basic salary plus performance-related bonus
• Company car (choice) or car allowance
• 25 days' holiday + bank holidays
• Pension scheme
• Home-based flexibility with genuine ownership of your territory

If you're an ambitious electrical sales professional with lighting specification expertise looking to progress your career with a forward-thinking distributor, we'd love to hear from you.

At Morgan Ryder we can provide you with a full range of employment opportunities from short term and fixed term temporary vacancies to permanent positions.

We recruit for companies that operate in the following industries: Defence Equipment, Food and Drink Manufacturers, FMCG, Packaging, Engineering, Automotive, Aerospace, Warehousing, Logistics, Waste Management, Petro Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Power & Renewable Energy.

Our commitment:

Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion at Morgan Ryder Associates are critical to our success as DE&I positive company, so we want to recruit, develop, and keep the best talent. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic.

Please note that calls to and from the offices of Morgan Ryder Associates Ltd. may be monitored or recorded. This is to ensure compliance with regulatory procedures, record business transactions and for training purposes.