Key Account Manager

Johnson Controls, Inc.; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Uncapped opportunity to influence ANZ

Access to Australia’s largest retailI

Market-leading retail technology

Global career development

High visibility with leadership

Collaborative team culture

Ongoing learning

Flexible work environment

Job summary

Johnson Controls is seeking a high-performing Key Account Manager to drive growth across Australia and New Zealand. Based in Sydney, you will expand strategic customer relationships, manage channel partnerships, and support global retail accounts.

You will lead complex sales opportunities, engage C-suite stakeholders, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative retail technology solutions.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in enterprise sales.
• Experience building and executing strategic account plans.
• Strong relationship skills with senior executives.

Responsibilities

• Grow revenue and market share across ANZ retail portfolio.
• Develop and execute strategic account plans to drive retention and expansion.
• Identify and close new business opportunities with key retailers.
• Maintain a robust sales pipeline through proactive prospecting.
• Collaborate with partners and cross-functional teams to deliver solutions.

Skills

Enterprise sales

Account management

Business development

Consultative selling

C-suite engagement

Salesforce experience

Salesforce CRM

Tools

Salesforce CRM

Job description

At Johnson Controls, we're reimagining how businesses operate through intelligent, connected technologies. With more than 140 years of innovation and a global presence spanning smart buildings, security, sustainability, and digital solutions, we help organisations work smarter, safer, and more sustainably. Sensormatic Solutions, the retail business of Johnson Controls, is a global leader in retail technology. Trusted by many of the world's most recognised retail brands, we deliver innovative solutions that improve inventory accuracy, reduce shrink, enhance shopper experiences, and drive profitable growth. Our portfolio includes market-leading RFID, traffic intelligence, loss prevention, computer vision, and retail analytics technologies that help retailers thrive in an evolving omni-channel environment. As retailers continue to invest heavily in digital transformation and connected store experiences, there has never been a more exciting time to join our team.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a high-performing Key Account Manager to drive growth across Australia and New Zealand. Based in Sydney, you will be responsible for expanding strategic customer relationships, developing new business opportunities, managing channel partnerships, and supporting global retail accounts operating across the region. This is a highly visible role that combines strategic account management, new business development, and executive stakeholder engagement. You'll work closely with local, regional, and global teams to deliver innovative retail technology solutions to some of the largest retailers in the market.

What You'll Be Doing

• You will: Grow revenue and market share across an assigned portfolio of retail customers.
• Develop and execute strategic account plans that drive customer retention, expansion, and long-term partnership growth.
• Identify, qualify, and secure new business opportunities across key retail verticals.
• Build and maintain a strong sales pipeline through proactive prospecting and market engagement.
• Partner with channel partners, distributors, and technology alliances to expand market penetration.
• Lead complex sales opportunities from discovery through to commercial negotiations and contract closure.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior customer stakeholders by understanding business challenges and recommending value-driven solutions.
• Collaborate with Customer Success, Professional Services, Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance, and Service Delivery teams to ensure successful customer outcomes.
• Maintain accurate pipeline management, forecasting, and opportunity tracking through Salesforce.
• Represent Australia and New Zealand in regional and global business reviews and strategic planning initiatives.

What Success Looks Like

• Revenue growth and margin achievement
• Strategic account expansion and customer retention
• New logo acquisition and pipeline generation
• Channel partner development and productivity
• Forecast accuracy and Salesforce excellence
• Executive stakeholder engagement
• Customer satisfaction and business outcomes
• Cross-functional collaboration and operational execution

What You'll Bring

• Proven success in enterprise sales, account management, or business development within retail technology, SaaS, security, analytics, or related industries.
• Experience selling complex technology solutions into large enterprise customers.
• Strong business development capability with a track record of generating and closing new opportunities.
• Expertise in consultative selling, value-based solution selling, and strategic relationship management.
• Experience engaging and influencing senior executives and C-suite stakeholders.
• Strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills.
• Experience using Salesforce or comparable CRM platforms.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, highly collaborative, results-driven environment.
• Retail technology, RFID, traffic analytics, computer vision, or retail intelligence experience will be highly regarded.

Why Join Sensormatic Solutions?

At Johnson Controls, you'll have the opportunity to work with world-class technology, industry-leading retailers, and a global network of experts committed to innovation and customer success.

We Offer:

• Uncapped opportunity to influence growth across ANZ
• Access to some of Australia's largest retail organisations
• Market-leading retail technology solutions
• Career development opportunities within a global organisation
• High visibility with regional and global leadership teams
• Collaborative and supportive team culture
• Ongoing learning and professional development programs
• Flexible and autonomous work environment

Ready to Make an Impact?

If you're passionate about technology, retail innovation, and building strategic customer partnerships, we'd love to hear from you.

Johnson Controls: Enhancing the Intelligence of Buildings

Your buildings have a purpose. They are places for people to live or work. Facilities for learning or healing. Venues for entertainment and shopping. Sites for the specialized storage of tangible goods or mission-critical data.

Your buildings have a huge variety of functions; they are central to your mission.

This is where Johnson Controls comes in, helping drive the outcomes that matter most.

Through a full range of systems and digital solutions, we make your buildings smarter.

A smarter building is safer, more comfortable, more efficient, and, ultimately, more sustainable.

Most important, smarter buildings let you focus more intensely on your unique mission.

Better for your people. Better for your bottom line. Better for the planet.

At Johnson Controls, we’ve been making buildings smarter since 1885, and our capabilities, depth of innovation experience, and global reach have been growing ever since.

Today, we offer the world’s largest portfolio of building products, technologies, software, and services; we put that portfolio to work to transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play.