Inside Sales/Project Manager
About The Position
Mercer Zimmerman is seeking an Inside Sales / Project Management professional for its Wichita, Kansas team. The role guides lighting projects from order through completion, coordinating with customers, contractors, manufacturers, sales professionals, and internal teams. Mercer Zimmerman is a lighting manufacturer representative agency serving construction projects across Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Iowa. Its mission is to create value for clients through trust, inspiration, and service. This on-site position manages order processing and customer updates, takes ownership of large and complex lighting projects, coordinates project documentation and approvals, and supports project closeout. The position also collaborates with sales, quotation, and service teams and leads preconstruction meetings with electrical contractors. Remote and hybrid work arrangements are not available.
Requirements
- Project management experience, ideally within construction, lighting, electrical, or a related industry.
- Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment while adapting to changing timelines.
- Proactive, self-motivated approach and ability to anticipate needs and solve problems.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills with internal teams and external customers.
- Confidence leading meetings and collaborating through challenges, changes, and competing priorities.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
- Curiosity and enthusiasm for learning new products, systems, and technology.
- Flexibility and a team-first mindset, including willingness to learn and take on new responsibilities as business and team needs evolve.
Nice To Haves
- Construction industry knowledge and familiarity with construction documents are strongly preferred.
- Experience with Bluebeam, AutoCAD, or similar software is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Manage new project orders from electrical distributors by reviewing orders against quotations, ensuring accurate order entry, and providing tracking and updates.
- Serve as a primary contact for order-related questions about product availability, pricing, shipping dates, and issue resolution.
- Manage execution of large and complex lighting projects from order through closeout.
- Review construction documents and research project requirements to ensure specifications and details are addressed.
- Partner with sales and quotations teams to resolve questions, discrepancies, and project changes.
- Prepare and manage project submittals, coordinating revisions and resubmissions through final approval.
- Lead preconstruction meetings with electrical contractors to establish expectations, confirm project details, and help ensure order accuracy.
- Coordinate jobsite lighting start-up activities with Mercer Zimmerman’s service team.
- Maintain clear and accurate project status reports for customers and internal teams.
- Manage project closeout, including warranty information, operation and maintenance manuals, and confirmation of final billing.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
