Contractor Specialist

Company Description:

Electrical Lines, LLC has been in business since 1960 and is the longest-standing electrical manufacturers' representative agency in Colorado. We give the manufacturers we represent first-class sales coverage, market development, and customer service. Electrical Lines is expanding across the Western states, and we're adding people who can help shape where we go next.

Role Description:

The Contractor Specialist will focus primarily on electrical contractors, building preference and pull-through demand for the manufacturer partners of Electrical Lines. Our ideal candidate will help contractors solve problems, save time and labor with productivity solutions, and establish Electrical Lines as their go-to technical resource. The contractor specialist will also collaborate daily with the Electrical Lines outside sales team, whose primary responsibility is to manage distribution relationships. The territory for this role centers on Colorado and Wyoming, with growing responsibility in New Mexico. This is a key role in the overall Electrical Lines growth strategy.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of outside sales experience calling on electrical contractors, with a manufacturer, rep agency, or distributor.

• A proven record of creating demand and converting specs or preference into sales.

• Experience with design-build contractors, preconstruction teams, and prefab shops.

• Strong technical knowledge across several key categories: lighting and controls, wire and cable, switchgear and distribution equipment, and prefab methods.

• Field, trade, or estimating experience is a strong plus.

• An existing network among Colorado and Wyoming electrical contractors preffered.

• Comfort presenting on the jobsite and in the office, from the field to the executive level.

• Self-motivated and organized, with willingness to travel in the territory, including potential overnight trips to New Mexico