As a Department Manager - Lighting, you will be responsible for all sales and marketing activities for the Lighting and Distribution Equipment Department. This includes the project identification and quotation stage through recapping the job once all shipments and billings are complete. You will know you're a match to this position if you possess interpersonal and organizational skills, are a self-starter, detail oriented, and can work quickly and accurately under time constraints and against deadlines.

What's in it for you?

Competitive pay and benefits. The opportunity to develop professionally, grow personally and have the flexibility to balance your life’s priorities. Leaders who inspire, build trust, and empower employees to achieve their best.

Primary Duties:

• Identify projects to be bid and assign responsibility for quotation.
• Work with the Account Managers and Branch Manager to close the sale at the earliest appropriate opportunity.
• Track all projects bid, lost, or written by the department.
• Sell the construction management concept and the services offered by the department to our customer base.
• Work to maximize overall profitability on all project quotations.

Qualifications:

• Valid driver's license and ability to travel often in the assigned territory and occasionally travel to attend company and vendor activities and events. Must meet Crescent Electric Supply Company's requirements to drive company vehicles.
• Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) in Electrical Engineering, Business Administration, Marketing, or a related discipline from four-year college or university; or at least three years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Previous sales experience, previous knowledge of wholesale electrical distribution industry, and previous experience providing superior customer service preferred.

Total Rewards and Benefits

Crescent Electric's compensation package includes an array of top-tier benefit options, including:

• Eligibility for health, and dental, vision coverage, 401(k) plan, and flexible spending accounts, subject to plan terms.
• Eligibility for company-paid benefits such as life insurance, short-term disability, long-term care, and Employee Assistance Program, subject to applicable waiting periods.
• Excused Absence time off and Paid Time Off (PTO).
• Company-paid holidays.
• Other benefits for which you may be eligible includes supplemental life insurance, hospital indemnity, and accident and critical illness benefits with cancer coverage.
• Eligibility: Employees are eligible for health, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits on the first of the month following 30 days of employment. Employees who are 21 years of age or older will be automatically enrolled in the company’s 401(k) plan once they achieve 90 days of employment.

Family Owned. Culture of Quality. Opportunities to Advance.

Crescent is transforming and we are on a mission to power the communities we serve through teamwork and relentless customer focus. We have a vision of uncompromising teamwork committed to becoming the industry leader for our employees, suppliers, and shareholders. At Crescent, you will have the opportunity to develop professionally, grow personally and have the flexibility to balance your life's priorities. Let's serve together. Let's power our communities together. Let's become THE industry leaders... together.

Crescent Electric Supply is proudly an Equal Opportunity Employer. Crescent Electric Supply does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, race, national origin, gender, religion, marital status, disability, veteran, military status, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. Veterans and military spouses are highly encouraged to apply. We recognize and value the unique strengths of the military community in supporting our mission to serve those who have served. Candidates are subject to pre-employment assessments, Motor Vehicle Record review, criminal background checks, references check, and a post-offer drug screen.

We're a nationwide leader in electrical supply distribution and solutions, focused on customer service. We work hard to get products to customers where and when they need them, as well as on time and ready for immediate use. No matter the role, from warehouse driver to general office support, every team member is responsible with helping our customers.