Key Account Manager
What You Will DoAs a Key Account Manager, you will be responsible for driving the account management strategy and execution across a portfolio of strategic customers. Managing a select group of high-opportunity named accounts, you will focus on strengthening customer relationships, retaining and growing revenue, and increasing share of wallet through the full range of Johnson Controls solutions and services. You will lead commercial discussions, support contract negotiations, and partner with internal teams to ensure an exceptional customer experience. This role offers the opportunity to influence customer strategy, deliver measurable business results, and play a key role in driving sustainable growth across the business.
What We Offer- Competitive salary and performance-based bonus
- Company car or car allowance
- Pension scheme
- Private medical insurance
- Life assurance
- Employee assistance programme
- Career development and progression opportunities within a global organisation
- Ongoing training and professional development
- Access to employee discounts and wellbeing programmes
- Develop and execute account plans for a portfolio of strategic named accounts.
- Build, maintain, and strengthen customer relationships across key decision-makers and influencers.
- Drive revenue growth through retention, cross-selling, and upselling of Johnson Controls products, services, and solutions.
- Conduct commercial negotiations to maximise profitability and long-term customer value.
- Identify new business opportunities within existing accounts and develop strategies to increase market share.
- Collaborate with sales, operations, service, and product teams to ensure successful delivery of customer commitments.
- Monitor account performance, pipeline activity, and revenue forecasts to ensure targets are achieved.
- Analyse customer needs, market trends, and competitive activity to identify growth opportunities.
- Resolve customer issues proactively while maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction and loyalty.
- Maintain accurate account plans, opportunity tracking, and forecasting within CRM systems.
Required:
- Proven experience in key account management, account management, or complex B2B sales.
- Demonstrated success in managing and growing strategic customer relationships.
- Strong commercial and negotiation skills with experience managing customer agreements.
- Track record of delivering revenue growth, retention, and profitability targets.
- Ability to identify and convert cross-sell and upsell opportunities.
- Excellent relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong communication, presentation, and influencing abilities.
- Ability to manage multiple accounts, priorities, and sales opportunities effectively.
- Analytical mindset with strong planning and forecasting capabilities.
Preferred:
- Experience within building technologies, HVAC, fire, security, industrial solutions, or related sectors.
- Experience managing enterprise, national, or multi-site customer accounts.
- Knowledge of consultative or solution-selling methodologies.
- Degree qualification in Business, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Experience working within a matrix organisation.
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Skills Required
- Proven experience in key account management, account management, or complex B2B sales
- Demonstrated success managing and growing strategic customer relationships
- Strong commercial and negotiation skills, including experience managing customer agreements
- Track record of delivering revenue growth, retention, and profitability targets
- Ability to identify and convert cross-sell and upsell opportunities
- Excellent relationship-building and stakeholder management skills
- Strong communication, presentation, and influencing abilities
- Ability to manage multiple accounts, priorities, and sales opportunities effectively
- Analytical mindset with strong planning and forecasting capabilities
- Experience within building technologies, HVAC, fire, security, industrial solutions, or related sectors
- Experience managing enterprise, national, or multi-site customer accounts
- Knowledge of consultative or solution-selling methodologies
- Degree qualification in Business, Engineering, or a related discipline
- Experience working within a matrix organisation
Johnson Controls Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Johnson Controls and has not been reviewed or approved by Johnson Controls.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a meaningful part of the package through employer 401(k) matching, repeatedly framed as a strong pillar of the overall rewards mix. The matching contribution is described with specific match levels in multiple places, reinforcing perceived value for long-term saving.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is presented as comparatively robust, with multiple paid holiday categories, vacation time, and sick time described as generous or “amazing” in places. Paid time off breadth appears to be a consistent contributor to total rewards attractiveness beyond base pay.
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Flexible Benefits — Benefits are described as broad and customizable, spanning standard medical/dental/vision plus optional add-ons like pet insurance, identity protection, and legal support. Tuition reimbursement is repeatedly highlighted as a high-value option supporting professional development.
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What We Do
At Johnson Controls, we transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play. From optimizing building performance to improving safety and enhancing comfort, we drive the outcomes that matter most. Dedicated to protecting the environment, we deliver our promise in industries such as healthcare, education, data centers and manufacturing. With a global team of 100,000 experts in more than 150 countries and over 130 years of innovation, we are the power behind our customers’ mission. Our leading portfolio of building technology and solutions includes some of the most trusted names in the industry, such as Tyco®, York®, Metasys®, Ruskin®, Titus®, Frick®, Penn®, Sabroe®, Simplex®, Ansul® and Grinnell®.






