
Technical Sales & Account Manager - HVAC
- Cinisello Balsamo, Milano
- Tempo indeterminato
- Full time
- Builds partnering relationships with assigned Data Center customers (C, VP and operational levels) and consulting engineers to earn basis of design (BOD), influence specifications, and lead account and project strategies to grow our account share across our entire line card of HVAC Systems offerings. Develops and continually refines Account Management Plans to achieve this success.
- Maintains frequent face-to-face contact with the customers who most directly influence decisions. Actively listens, probes, identifies and addresses concerns. Understands the customer's business and speaks their language. Develops credibility, loyalty, trust and win-win-win relationships.
- Consistently drives specifications towards the full spectrum of Johnson Controls offerings with consulting engineers, design build contractors, hyperscalers and colocation operators, not only earning BoD status, but also influencing written specifications to provide value to the customers and differentiation from competitors. With assigned owner accounts, consistently drives preference for our offerings, works on building OFCI/CFCI programs for HVAC solutions, achieves favorable specifications & decision making.
- Leads collaborative efforts with regional offices, global prodcuts and other JCI teams to pursue projects, based on account assignments.
- Develops relationships with internal support, sales, operations, and administrative staff to ensure customer satisfaction, and quickly addresses issues. Trains and mentors local sales teams within EMEA to drive customer satisfaction.
- Conducts technical presentations on JCI offerings and positions oneself as a subject matter expert to assigned accounts.
- Keeps management informed of progress and account status. Leverages management with accounts, such as local, area, and/or executive leadership engagement and sponsorship, when and where appropriate.
- Utilizes applicable sales tools effectively (Salesforce CRM, Altify Account Management, STAR Account Plan reviews etc.) to plan, build pipeline of opportunity, and document progress as well as increase penetration of accounts.
- Develops a solid understanding and remains current on industry standards, pertinent building codes/regulations within the EMEA region, and best practices for design of HVAC Equipment within data centers.
- Provides feedback to management and factory teams on activities in the field, including customer perception of JCI products, competitive moves, industry trends, and lost/secured/pipeline information.
- Acts as a thought leader, in terms of HVAC solutions for data centers, fosters a team mentality within all internal departments, communicates effectively and clearly to create internal alignment with all stakeholders.
- Supports the entire pre-bid (sales support), bid (DoA) and post-bid (hand over) processes to set our regional teams up for a successful delivery and works with local/regional/global operation teams to achieve high levels of customer satisfaction.
- Owns and facilitates the customer relationships, through regular cadence, QBRs and on-site/virtual meetings. Initiates technology innovation sessions with consulting engineers, design & build contractors, hypersclaers and colocation operators within EMEA and aligns with global teams on similar initiatives and helps localize those initiatives for data centers.
- Participates in professional organizations for reasons of personal development, customer relationship building, and industry networking within local/regional market and community.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Engineering, Business, or, proven track record of achieving HVAC sales targets for the past five (5) years in a B2B setting.
- Ability to adapt and flex while working on influencing and guiding customer with a consultative approach that will enable them to choose the best solution.
- Ability to work in a matrix environment as an individual contributor.
- To be based in/around the FLAP-D markets
- Ability to travel between %25-%50 of the time, both local and within EMEA.
- A valid EU/UK diriving license.
- Fluent language skills in English.
- Five (5) years of experience selling HVAC solutions within the data centers industry.
- An existing network/relationships within the data centers industry (consulting engineers, contractors, hyperscalers and colocation operators), specifically around OFCI/CFCI programs.
- Experience communicating effectively across multiple cultures.
- Prior experience with Sales Force, Altify and day-to-day software solutions (Outlook, Office, Teams etc.)