Sales Manager 5
At $93,500/yr, this role pays less than the middle Sales Leadership opening on the board today ($198k/yr); the usual band for that kind of seat is $150k–$400k/yr.
The posting
About Us
Johnson Controls, a global leader in thermal management, mission-critical building systems, energy efficiency, and decarbonization, helps customers use energy more productively, reduce carbon emissions, and operate with the precision and resilience required in rapidly expanding industries such as data centers, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, advanced manufacturing, and higher education.
For more than 140 years, Johnson Controls has delivered performance where it really matters. Backed by advanced technology, lifecycle services and an industry-leading field organization, we elevate customer performance, turn goals into real-world results and help move society forward.
What you will do
The Johnson Controls Commercial Sales Manager is the leader of the commercial sales team in one of Johnson Controls field offices. This role is responsible for building a team of highly productive sales representatives that can meet and exceed revenue expectations, as well as the needs of our existing and potential customers. The Commercial Sales Manager is responsible to drive Johnson Controls Corporate Sales and Marketing initiatives through the territories for which they are responsible. These include business and customer development, territory management, data mining, professional presentation and product sales. Additionally, this individual is responsible for job and channel profitability, revenue per user ("RPU") growth of our customers, and retention of both customers and sales representatives. This position requires a strong, principle centered leader.
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How you will do it
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- Model and champion Johnson Controls values. Create a safe environment for the discussion and resolution of values-related issues and concerns.
- Plan, coordinate and implement Commercial sales operations. This would include business and customer development and territory management.
- Attain budgeted revenue expectations. Assure the profitability of the channel is met.
- Build and retain an effective team of sales representatives. Lead, coach and motivate team to achieve pre-established goals.
- Set sales territory expectations for each of Johnson Controls sales representatives including customer touch expectations, as well as quota achievement. Direct territory activities of sales staff.
- Measure the activities of each sales representative to assure that their marketing activities will produce intended sales production.
- Implement and execute the company's marketing strategy and business plans.
- Work in concert with other department and business segment leaders to assure congruence with sales operations, representing the voice of the department, the customer and the interests of the sales team.
Education
- College Degree in Business, Marketing or other related field.
Experience
- Minimum of 5 years sales experience, including 3 years of field sales management experience in a business to business environment, or successful management of another sales channel.
Skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Proven ability to effectively interact with internal organization and customer organizations both at the senior executive and field level
- Functional/Technical Skills in leading a sales organization
- Action Oriented
- Business Acumen
- Drive for Results
- Managing & Measuring Work
- Customer Focus
- Building Effective Teams
- Motivating Others
- Organizational Agility
- Interpersonal Savvy
- Conflict Management
- Learning/Change Agility
- Managing Vision & Purpose
- Conflict Management
- Managerial Courage
- Managing Diversity
- Developing Direct Reports & Others Other:
- Ability to travel nights and weekends to accommodate the customer's agend
Salary Range: HIRING SALARY RANGE: $93500. - $146,000. (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.) This role offers a competitive Sales Commission Plan that will take into account project, quarterly, and annual margin. This position includes a competitive benefits package. For details, please visit the Employee Benefits tab on our main careers page at https://www.johnsoncontrols.com/careers
Johnson Controls International plc. is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any other characteristic protected by law. To view more information about your equal opportunity and non-discrimination rights as a candidate, visit EEO is the Law . If you are an individual with a disability and you require an accommodation during the application process, please visit here .
Taken from Johnson Controls's own posting, last seen live on 2 Nov 2026.
About Johnson Controls
HVAC equipment, building automation, fire detection and suppression, security systems and the service contracts that maintain them, sold to building owners, contractors and data center operators.
Pay schedule: Johnson Controls pairs a base salary with a Sales Incentive Plan settled quarterly and annually on the volume and margin of what each rep sells, and many US field postings list a company vehicle, a few a sign-on bonus.
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