Regional (Central) Specification Sales Manager - Cooper Lighting Solutions

About Signify At Cooper Lighting Solutions, a Signify business, we build forward-thinking lighting and control solutions that make people’s lives safer while making buildings, homes and cities smarter and more sustainable. We deliver an industry-leading portfolio of indoor and outdoor LED lighting, advanced lighting controls and connected lighting systems across commercial, industrial, residential, sports, healthcare, education, retail and infrastructure applications. From performance-driven luminaires to intelligent networked control platforms, our solutions help customers enhance energy efficiency, improve occupant comfort and meet evolving building codes and sustainability goals. Our portfolio includes trusted brands such as HALO, Metalux, Lumark, McGraw-Edison, Streetworks, NeoRay and Corelite. Together, we serve architects, engineers, lighting designers, contractors, distributors and facility managers across North America. We continue to expand our innovation and industrial capabilities through strategic growth, including the recent acquisition of Nemalux, a market leader in hazardous location lighting. This strengthens our ability to serve customers operating in demanding environments where safety and performance are critical. We question. We seek. We solve. Because building a better world means asking tough questions and pushing harder for answers. Together with our customers, we design lighting environments that support productivity, safety, connection and performance, bringing the best of life to light in every environment we help create. Cooper Lighting Solutions is a business unit of Signify, the world leader in lighting. Together, we share a purpose to unlock the extraordinary potential of light for brighter lives and a better world.

Signify

Forward-thinking lighting and controls that make spaces smarter, safer, and more sustainable.

LED lightingcommercial lighting solutionsindustrial lightingarchitectural lightingoutdoor and area lightingsports lightinghazardous location lightinglighting controlsnetworked lighting controlsconnected lighting systems

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cooperlighting.com

5,001-10,000 employees

Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

Peachtree City, Georgia

Public Company

32k LinkedIn followers

• This is an exciting job opportunity for you as a Regional Specification Sales Manager, home based near Chicago, Illinois, or the Minneapolis, Minnesota areas with Cooper Lighting Solutions, a business unit of Signify, the world leader in lighting.
• Leads, coaches, and motivates a team of lighting agents. Fosters a collaborative culture focused on influence, innovation, and customer excellence.
• Defines the market influence strategy to position Signify/CLS as a thought leader in lighting design and technology. Sets priorities for target segments, key design firms, and emerging applications such as connected lighting, human-centric lighting, and sustainable design.
• Oversees specification activities to secure inclusion of Signify’s/CLS products and systems in project designs, tender documents, and building standards. Tracks influence-to-order conversion and ensures business impact from specification efforts.
• Leads initiatives to identify and target key specifiers in relevant markets. Builds and maintains strong relationships with key architects, lighting designers, and engineering consultants. Represents Signify in design and specifier industry forums, conferences, and industry associations to strengthen brand reputation and thought leadership.
• Identifies specification gaps in current product offering, analyses product and system gaps, conducts "voice of specifier" interviews to give timely feedback to offer management team to develop new lighting products and solutions.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Architecture, or a related technical field essential for understanding lighting design and technology.
• 4+ years of experience in specification sales or business development within the lighting or building technology industry, including leadership of technical teams and stakeholder engagement.
• Relevant professional certifications in lighting design is preferred
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future company sponsorship needs.
• Salary: $126,000 - $176,000 based on experience
• Bonus: target bonus opportunity - 35%
• Benefits Overview: Company subsidized benefits plan offerings that include Medical, Health Savings Account, Dental, 401K retirement plan with company match, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays/personal days, tuition reimbursement and products discounts. Ability to purchase supplemental benefits that include supplemental life insurance, dependent life insurance, vision insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurance, health care flexible spending account and dependent care flexible spending account.
• You can grow a lasting career here. We’ll encourage you, support you, and challenge you. We’ll help you learn and progress in a way that’s right for you, with coaching and mentoring along the way. We’ll listen to you too, because we see and value every one of our 27,000+ people. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace fosters creativity, innovation, and a full spectrum of bright ideas. With a global workforce present in 70+ countries, we are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where every voice is heard and valued, helping us all achieve more together.
• Come join us, and together we can light up the future.

• Medical
• Health Savings Account
• Dental
• 401K retirement plan
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Product discounts
• Supplemental life insurance
• Dependent life insurance
• Vision insurance
• Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurance
• Health care flexible spending account
• Dependent care flexible spending account