Lighting Specialist

Agilix Solutions is seeking an experienced Lighting Specialist within our Headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri. This position will cover a territory from St. Louis to Kansas City. 

The right professional will be able to manage and drive new business within Commercial, Industrial, and Electrical contractors. In conjunction with participating lighting manufacturers, the opportune candidate will have a command for lighting in all areas of LED lamps, drives and LED light fixtures for indoor and outdoor applications.

The chosen candidate will act as a Product Specialist with the existing sales team along with generating their own leads and business. This lighting professional will be the "go-to" person that clientele (and co-workers) will look towards for expertise and knowledge of all lighting product lines.

Responsibilities will include understanding our manufacturers, their newest technology, and competitive pricing for like products. Educating customers internal and external will also be a key component of this position. Close relations with lighting vendors will be required to maintain new product information companywide.

This position reports and communicates directly with the Director of Solar and Lighting.

Responsibilities

National Accounts
 Several key national accounts will be targeted for turnkey solutions. An understanding of National Account strategies and dynamics will be beneficial.

Construction-based Contractors
 Electrical contractors will be targeted in a support role for the current Agilix Solutions account manager. Responsibilities will include coordinating energy saving projects as well as communicating new product/technology issues regularly.

Industrial-based Contractors
 Coordination with key industrial opportunities and selected electrical contractors to secure turnkey business will be a key component of securing industrial lighting upgrades.

Vendor Support/Coordination
 Coordination of targeted vendors will be managed by the lighting specialist. These duties will include product knowledge from targeted and non-targeted vendors to provide optimal solutions for customer applications enabling a complete solution regardless of specific vendor offerings. Coordination of inventory by product category will also be managed by the lighting specialist.

Industrial/Commercial Retrofit
 Industrial energy saving retrofits will be managed by the lighting specialist. Establishing the manufacturer specification and driving compliance will be key in this role. Closing orders and engaging electrical contractors as required providing turnkey solutions will also be required. Maintaining some direct responsibility for commercial accounts may also be required.

Qualifications

• Extensive lighting product knowledge
• Minimum of 4 years of Lighting/Energy Sales Experience
• Previous experience driving new business sales
• Strong vendor relationships
• Prompt, courteous, and problem-solving
• 4-year college degree or equivalent in experience

Company-Provided Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• 401(k) (Company match contributions and discretionary annual profit-sharing plan)
• Company Sponsored Life Insurance
• Company Sponsored Short-Term Disability
• Company Sponsored Long-Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program
• Monthly allocation of work-from-home days

Voluntary Benefits

• Legal Services
• Critical Illness
• Life Insurance
• Dependent Care/FSA

About Agilix Solutions

With a robust history dating back nearly 130 years, Agilix Solutions delivers meaningful solutions to our customers in the industrial, commercial, and construction markets. We have longstanding partnerships with top manufacturers of automation, electrical, datacom, power transmission, safety, industrial supply, lighting, and solar solutions.

Agilix Solutions Equal Opportunity / Diversity & Inclusion Statement

Agilix Solutions values the unique contributions and perspectives of our team members. We are committed to a policy of providing equal employment opportunities for training, compensation, transfer, promotion, and other aspects of employment for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

Every effort is made to ensure that our status,, salary administration, promotion and transfer are based solely on job requirements, job performance and job-related criteria.
 
 Our policies and practices relating to compensation, benefits, transfer, retention, termination, training, self-development opportunities, as well as social and recreational programs - are administered without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status or other basis prohibited by law.

Agilix Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer.