Manager, Lighting Business Development
Posted Sep 1, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
Likely interview questions for this role
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About your past
Tell me about your experience in electrical distribution, lighting or contractor sales, and how it prepares you to manage lighting programs.
What they are checking: Whether their background matches the lighting and distribution experience the posting says the ideal candidate has.
Tell me about a time you changed a market strategy because conditions changed.
What they are checking: Whether they review and adjust plans instead of sticking with a strategy that has stopped working.
Tell me about a presentation you gave to leaders or customers that changed a decision.
What they are checking: Whether their communication and presentation skills actually move people, which this role relies on.
What would you do
A branch manager pushes back on your lighting plan because they think it does not fit their customers. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they can influence people they do not manage and blend local insight into the plan.
How would you work with suppliers to grow Graybar's lighting business in this market?
What they are checking: Whether they can build supplier partnerships that support promotions, pricing and growth.
About the work
How would you evaluate the performance of district and branch locations in the lighting market?
What they are checking: Whether they can use sales and margin data to judge branch performance and decide where to focus.
Walk me through how you would support a national lighting promotion from planning to tracking results.
What they are checking: Whether they can help product managers prepare, roll out and measure a national promotion.
How do you decide how much lighting inventory a branch should stock?
What they are checking: Whether they can make stock recommendations that balance product availability with the cost of carrying inventory.
What changes in the lighting market, like LED retrofits, controls or energy codes, matter most right now?
What they are checking: Whether they keep up with lighting trends well enough to adjust strategy as the market shifts.
How have you used SAP and Excel to analyze sales or market data?
What they are checking: Whether they are comfortable with SAP and Microsoft Office, which the posting lists as required tools.
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