Safety Service Representative, Suppression

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We strive to provide our employees with an experience, focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. Become a member of the Johnson Controls family and thrive in an empowering company culture where your voice and ideas will be heard – your next great opportunity is just a few clicks away!

What we offer

• Competitive salary

• Paid vacation/holidays/sick time
  - 15 days of vacation first year

• Comprehensive benefits package including 401K, medical, dental, and vision care –
  Available day one

• Encouraging and collaborative team environment

• Dedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy

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What you will do

The primary role of the Suppression Sales Representative is to help our customers protect their highest value assets and highest risk hazards by selling fire suppression systems and products.

The main focus of this position is selling clean agent systems, wet and dry chemical systems, and gas systems to protect data centers, industrial hazards, control rooms, commercial kitchens, and a variety of other occupancies. Additional responsibilities include sales of deficiency repairs and modifications to existing systems, as well as fire extinguishers and emergency lighting.

How you will do it

• Field sales position responsible for selling suppression systems, products, and services to assigned customer base (including but not limited to kitchen hoods and other pre-engineered systems, Inergen, Co2, Sapphire, and other clean agent systems).

• Manage the entire sales process, from uncovering opportunity, developing solution/value proposition, preparing design, creating contract, negotiating terms, closing opportunities, and providing on-going customer service through service delivery

• Work with other sales, technical, design engineering, service, support, and management to meet customer needs

• May specialize on project type, customer type (contractor/bid or end-user), or sales strategy (new or existing customers)

• Determine customer needs and develop a sales strategy to gain customer understanding of company product offerings

• Close sales to meet or exceed sales plan objectives.

• Develop and maintain an active proposal backlog that will support achieving the designated sales plan.

• Assume account management responsibility including the provision and/or coordination of services (installation, customer training, etc.) to assure complete customer satisfaction.

• Develop financial justifications, prepare proposals, make presentations, and perform necessary follow-up for successful closing of the sales.

• Arrange for and/or coordinate delivery and installation.

• Investigate and resolve customer problems in regard to delivery dates, billings, financing and other related matters.

• Maintain established accounts through regular customer contact in pursuit of additional sales.

• Perform periodic market investigations within as assigned territory to develop new applications; provide sales forecasting for assigned territory.

• Conduct building surveys to support the development of estimates.

• Maintain correct and complete records of all sales related activities.

• Submit all required sales reports, expenses, competitive activity and correspondence in an accurate and timely manner.

• Develop a positive ongoing relationship with customers to ensure that Johnson Controls is meeting their requirements to ensure long-term customer loyalty.

• Support the Service Department towards achieving customer excellence, as well as working with other departments to generate leads for service or equipment / device upgrades.

What we look for

• Associates degree in a technical or business discipline or equivalent experience in the fire suppression business.

• 1-3 years of sales experience…