Ken Legros has been the Administrator of the Irish Electrical Buying Group ( IEBG ) since 2012. Ken’s main role as Administrator is to provide the members with a wide choice of quality suppliers across all product sectors and to negotiate terms with these suppliers which enable the IEBG members to offer a competitive and professional service to their customers. Under Ken’s tenure, the group has added new members in Ashbourne, Castleblaney, Crossmaglen, Donegal, Drogheda, Dundalk, Killarney, Tralee and Tullamore, bringing the number of branches in the group to 28 and enhancing the group’s nationwide coverage considerably.
Ken has spent most of his working life on the sales side of the electrical industry in Ireland, starting with Ashtown Trading in 1979, moving on to Thorn Lighting in the mid-1980s and then spending almost 20 years as Managing Director of GE Lighting Ireland and GE Power Controls Ireland. As a result, Ken has known the proprietors of the IEBG businesses for a very long time, initially as customers and more recently as colleagues. Ken’s philosophy on suppliers , based on his own experiences at GE , is that suppliers should strive to have great people, great products, great prices and great service. The IEBG’s key suppliers tick all of these boxes and that’s why the IEBG has become a force to be reckoned with in the electrical industry in Ireland.
Ken can be contacted on 085-2072761 or via email at admin@iebg.ie