ACE Technical Sales - Controls; Northwest

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• Competitive base salary range between $70,000-$75,000, $7,500 sign-on and a 10% bonus plan!
• Paid vacation/holidays/sick time – up to15 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

The Johnson Controls’ Accelerated Commercial Excellence (ACE) Program is an early career 18-month sales development program designed to transform recent graduates into skilled channel or product sales individuals. Over the course of the program, participants receive instructor‑led intensive training, hands‑on customer experience and mentorship to build technical expertise and sales acumen, preparing them for impactful sales roles within our organization.

This program is designed to prepare candidates for product channel sales across seven different Johnson Controls’ business units with a single cohort, summer hiring cadence. In this particular role, you will be supporting Johnson Controls’ Controls business unit. We make everything from highly programmable building automation systems (BAS) that drive reduced HVAC energy and effective operational outcomes to highly programmable automation systems for entire facilities and campuses.

Building occupants are comfortable and safe through simple, configurable controls for specific kinds of equipment. Through our PENN portfolio, we also provide leading commercial refrigeration solutions for temperature, pressure, humidity and air flow controls.

During the first six months of the program, the entire ACE cohort will bebased out of Milwaukee WI working at Johnson Controls’ HQ office in the northwest suburb of Glendale WI.At the end of month six, you will be required to relocate to a predetermined assigned location where upon program graduation you will transition to an outside or field sales role covering specific accounts in your territory.

For Summer 2027, we have three (1) available territory locations with their respective Controls channel sales group:
Northwest (Seattle WA) – Building Automation Systems (BAS) channel

• Complete all required ACE foundational sales training
• Attend frequent training sessions to build deep Controls product knowledge, industry/market awareness and sales process expertise
• Provide technical and commercial aid to Controls outside sales personnel (called Channel Account Managers) and accounts
• Complete inside sales rotation for lead/case management, CRM pipeline management and account updating hygiene
• Establish monthly cadence with Channel Account Managers (CAMs) and Channel Sales Managers for development progress and business reviews participation
• Create, analyze and customize sales reports and dashboards using PowerBI
• Promote our Solution Navigator self‑ordering customer portal and report feedback
• Strengthen internal cross‑department collaboration with application engineers, product managers, tech engineers, marketing coordinators, etc.
• Develop strong customer relationships with managed and maintained accounts to generate new business, support strategic product or account growth initiatives and report feedback
• Provide problem‑solving assistance to customers such as order management,…