Culture Cluster Manager

ERCO is looking for an enthusiastic Sales Manager to join our team and will be key inexpanding and developing relationships with the museum community throughout the United States and Canada. This is an exciting opportunity for a museum-focused professional who is looking to advance their career with an entrepreneurial and dynamic organization. This person will be responsible for promoting ERCO products across the museum community, with a focus on the thematic museum and exhibition design market, through sales presentations, project design support, and industry events.

Job Duties:
• Actively promote ERCO products to the thematic museum and exhibition design community including architects, lighting designers and specifiers, exhibit designers, and other applicable persons that are either directly or indirectly engaged within this market.
• Support Market Manager of Culture Cluster on large-scale demonstrations, events, and development of presentations.
• Cultivate new relationships and develop/enhance existing relationships to increase ERCO’s brand awareness in the market.
• Successfully secure lighting specifications through development of strong end user or specifier relationships.
• Represent ERCO at industry events including tradeshows, conferences, and professional committees or organizations which may include events over weekends.
• Evaluate and report sales activities within the assigned market.
• Establish and maintain positive relationships with customers, suppliers and employees at all levels.
• Develop and support domestic and international specifications through superior project management practices and collaboration.
• Prepare forecasts, budgets, and other projections as required.
• Keep senior management informed of economic, competitive, and other factors affecting the market with recommendations for improvements/changes.
• Telecommuting permitted in location with access to major markets for ERCO products.
• Travel 30-50% and required to work in various locations throughout the US.

Requirements:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Architectural Design or Architectural Lighting Design
• 5 years minimum experience in Lighting Design or Lighting Sales

Resumes should be sent to Oliver Heller, by post to ERCO Lighting, Inc., 160 Raritan Center Parkway, Suite 10, Edison, NJ 08877, or by email to o.heller@erco.com