Build your best future with the Johnson Controls Team
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What we offer
- Competitive salary starting at $68,000, $7,500 sign- on and a 10% bonus plan!
- Paid vacation/holidays/sick time – up to 15 days of vacation in the first year
- Comprehensive benefits package including but not limited to; 401k, Medical, Dental and Vision care – Available day one
- Encouraging and collaborative team environment
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What you will do The Johnson Controls Accelerated Commercial Excellence (ACE) Development Program is a two-year sales development program located in Milwaukee, WI. Upon completion of the development program, your permanent role/assignment could be located in any major city across the US. The program is designed to help top talent develop their sales skills, develop knowledge of the controls industry, and become a future leader within our company. Under general supervision, you will provide sales support for Sales Managers and Channel Account Managers. You will also provide technical support, product selection assistance, and order processing assistance to a set of customers in an assigned region. This position will help you gain experience in a sales role while you provide value to our customers and field sales team. #ACE
How you will do it
- Provide technical, commercial, and pricing support to field sales personnel and customers.
- Develop relationships with managed and maintained customer accounts to generate new business opportunities and promote new product releases.
- Establish monthly cadence with Channel Account Managers to attend and participate in customer facing meetings
- Attend weekly training sessions to build HVAC/R and fire systems knowledge, product knowledge, learn sales management tools, learn sales tactics and processes
- Perform high levels of customer service when issues arise with order management, quality concerns, pricing discrepancies, and product application support
- Develop working relationships with Price Administration, Customer Service, and Product Management teams
- Lead product presentations internal to your team a to prepare for customer facing presentations and webinar opportunities
- Responsible for recording sales activities and opportunities in Salesforce
- Learn how to review sales data and understand how to customize views that are relevant to customer type and region; at some level become familiar with how to create reports in PowerBI
- Assist in increasing customer usage of our online ordering portal which will consist of live demonstrations, reporting feedback, and collecting product data to be uploaded
What we look for
Required:
- Bachelor's degree minimum (Engineering Degree highly preferred)
- Undergraduate senior expecting to graduate between May 2023 – May 2025. Program starts in January or June 2025
- Proficiency with MS Office programs (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint), internet software and e-mail
- MUST have the ability to be in Milwaukee, WI for the duration of the development program and upon completion, relocate to another major city
- U.S. citizen or legal right to work in the U.S.
Preferred:
- Technical internship experience is highly preferred
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Available to travel up to 20% – dependent upon your assignments