About Signify
Through bold discovery and cutting-edge innovation, we lead an industry that is vital for the future of our planet: lighting. Through our leadership in connected lighting and the Internet of Things, we're breaking new ground in data analytics, AI, and smart solutions for homes, offices, cities, and beyond.
At Signify, you can shape tomorrow by building on our incredible 125+ year legacy while working toward even bolder sustainability goals. Our culture of continuous learning, creativity, and commitment to diversity and inclusion empowers you to grow your skills and career.
Join us, and together, we’ll transform our industry, making a lasting difference for brighter lives and a better world.
More about the role
Key Areas of Responsibility
• Develops, maintains, and strengthens partnerships with key end users in the O&I segment. Understands customer strategies, operations, and sustainability goals to identify opportunities for collaboration.
• Achieves sales, revenue, and profitability targets by promoting Signify’s complete professional lighting offering— from LED and energy-efficient systems to connected building and IoT lighting platforms (e.g., Interact Industry, Interact Office) — driving measurable energy and productivity benefits.
• Creates strategic account plans that define growth opportunities, relationship goals, and solution roadmaps. Ensures alignment with overall segment strategy and business objectives.
• Collaborates with specifiers, system integrators, distributors, and installation partners to deliver complete lighting solutions to the end customer. Builds trust across the ecosystem to ensure seamless execution. Works closely with system integrators and sustainability consultants.
• Demonstrates the ability to mobilize and align cross-functional internal teams—including Marketing, Lighting application, Supply Chain, Systems & Services—when the evolution of the account or opportunity calls for broader collaboration.
• Leads commercial discussions, proposal submissions, and contract negotiations in collaboration with internal stakeholders, ensuring compliance with pricing and governance policies.
• Maintains accurate opportunity pipelines and forecasts in CRM systems. Tracks project progress, revenue realization, and post-sales satisfaction.
• Analyzes trends in technology, design, and customer needs to identify emerging opportunities and risks. Provides market feedback to influence future product and segment strategies.
• Continuously enhances knowledge of Signify’s solutions, connected systems, and market developments. Participates actively in learning programs and sales capability initiatives.
• Develops and maintains strong partnerships with corporate clients, facility managers, real estate owners, and industrial operators. Understands their operational, sustainability, and employee well-being goals.
• Champions connected, data-driven, and circular lighting solutions that support customers’ ESG commitments and smart-building initiatives.
• Map the stakeholders' influence, decision-making power, KPIs and prescribing roles per account (is critical in navigating the B2B sales cycle to secure successful outcomes in the long term)
• Develops and maintains excellent relationships with key stakeholders (including C-Level) within named key accounts
Critical Experiences
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Business Administration, Sales, Marketing, or a related field is essential to understand commercial and strategic account management principles.
• Minimum of 5 years experience in key account management or sales within the professional lighting, building technology, or IoT solutions sectors, demonstrating success in managing complex B2B customer relationships and achieving sales targets.
• Professional sales certification or relevant industry certifications in lighting or smart building technologies
Everything we’ll do for you
You can grow a lasting career here. We’ll encourage you, support you, and challenge you. We’ll help you learn and progress in a way that’s right for you, with coaching and mentoring along the way. We’ll listen to you too, because we see and value every one of our 27,000+ people. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace fosters creativity, innovation, and a full spectrum of bright ideas. With a global workforce present in 70+ countries, we are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where every voice is heard and valued, helping us all achieve more together.
Come join us, and together we can light up the future.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Business Administration, Sales, Marketing or related field
- Minimum of 5 years experience in key account management or sales in professional lighting, building technology, or IoT sectors
- Professional sales certification or relevant industry certifications in lighting or smart building technologies
What We Do
Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) is the world leader in lighting for professionals, consumers, and the Internet of Things. Our Philips products, Interact systems and data-enabled services deliver business value and transform life in homes, buildings and public spaces. In 2023, we had sales of EUR 6.7 billion, approximately 32,000 employees and a presence in over 70 countries. We unlock the extraordinary potential of light for brighter lives and a better world. We have been in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index since our IPO for seven consecutive years and have achieved the EcoVadis Platinum rating for four consecutive years, placing Signify in the top one percent of companies assessed. News from Signify can be found in the Newsroom, on X, LinkedIn and Instagram. Information for investors is located on the Investor Relations page
