Systems Sales

Join Our Team: Systems Salesperson at Barbizon Lighting Company

Empower Your Career with a Leader in Entertainment Lighting

About Barbizon Lighting Company:

Barbizon Lighting is not just a company; it's a beacon in the entertainment lighting industry, illuminating the path for theatre, television, film, education, and themed environments for over 75 years. As the foremost supplier of entertainment lighting, rigging, drapery, expendables, and theatrical systems integration, we pride ourselves on blending the resourcefulness of a large international corporation with the personalized touch of a small business. Located in Atlanta, GA, we're inviting you to become a part of our legacy and contribute to our bright future.

Your Role: Systems Sales

In this role, you will be an integral part of our Systems Sales Team, helping to turn customer dreams into reality.

What You Will Do:

• Generate profitable sales of Barbizon's products and services by actively engaging with industry clients through inside and outside sales efforts.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients, vendors and contractors.
• Utilize and expand knowledge base of products, applications, and paths to market to better serve clients and identify new business opportunities.
• Professionally represent the Systems Division by showcasing our capabilities and expertise to potential clients in a personable, friendly, and professional manner.
• Prepare accurate quotations and bills of material in response to project requirements.
• Collaborate closely with internal project management teams to ensure seamless project execution and customer satisfaction.

Your Impact:

As a Systems Salesperson, your contributions will resonate beyond mere tasks.

You will:

• Oversee the lifecycle of sales opportunities from initial request to final bid.
• Contribute to postsale project handoff meetings, ensuring accurate and detailed information is relayed to Project Managers and Service Technicians.
• Nurture and expand vendor relationships, building a network that strengthens our project foundations.
• Provide postsale support to our Project Management and Technical Services Departments, and to our Customers.
• Collaborate with the Systems Team to create and improve synergy and efficiency.

Who You Are:

• An experienced professional, with expertise in Stage, Studio and Architectural lighting control, power distribution and fixtures.
• A team player, capable of assimilating large amounts of information and keeping multiple projects moving forward concurrently.
• A strong communicator, demonstrating clear, confident, and effective communication, enhancing customer service and consistently meeting or exceeding client expectations.
• Resilient under pressure, adept at meeting deadlines in a fastpaced environment.
• Thrives in an openconcept office environment, designed to promote communication and collaboration.
• Proficient in MS Office applications, particularly Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Proficient in AutoCad and Bluebeam.

Why Barbizon?

Embark on a career journey with Barbizon, and you'll find more than just a job. You'll discover a place where your contributions matter, a team that values your voice, and opportunities for personal and professional growth. We celebrate diversity, encourage innovation, and strive for excellence in everything we do.

Join us at Barbizon Lighting Company, where your passion for Systems Sales will illuminate the stages of the world. Apply now and shine with us!

The salary range for a Systems Sales at Barbizon Lighting Company’s Atlanta location is currently $60K to $70K per annum, depending upon experience. Please be aware extensive industry experience or specific skills that fully match, or exceed what is required, may in fact increase this range. We strongly encourage all to apply.

In addition to the base pay listed here, Barbizon offers a generous compensation package including medical, dental, life insurance, long-term disability, profit share, and a matching 401k Plan at no cost to the employee. Barbizon’s healthcare benefits are fully funded by the Company for all full-time employees and their dependents.

Barbizon also offers a host of voluntary ancillary benefits that include affordable vision, pet insurance, additional life insurance, Flexible Spending Plan, Pre-tax commuter benefits, and Benefits VIP, a dedicated advocacy group that can help employees and their family members resolve benefits issues. Barbizon offers fully paid vacation, PSST, and an additional ten paid holidays. Barbizon Lighting Company’s largest shareholder is our employee group, who currently owns 51% of the company via an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”). An ESOP is a qualified retirement plan that extends beneficial ownership of the business to its employees, at no cost to the plan participant.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

Barbizon Lighting provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. It prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to a diverse workforce. To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans’ Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title 1 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact Barbizon Lighting’s Corporate HR Department at 643 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10036.

About BARBIZON CHARLOTTE INC

Open for business since 1947, the Barbizon Lighting Company (Barbizon) is the world’s leading provider of turnkey entertainment lighting systems and products – specializing in the design, sale, service, and installation/integration of lighting, rigging, and control equipment for television, film, live productions, performing arts, themed environments, houses of worship, and architecture. From Barbizon’s strategically placed stocking facilities, we provide industry-leading solutions for our full range of customers. Known as the industry leader, Barbizon boasts an uncontested range of experience, time-tested relationships with product manufacturers, and a first-class team of Systems Integrators, Project Managers, Field Service Technicians, Specifiers, Sales Associates, General Administrators, and Managers.