Senior Account Executive

The Senior Account Executive - Bioenergy Solutions at Johnson Controls is responsible for driving sales of complex bundled offerings in the bioenergy sector, particularly focused on biogas projects and renewable service agreements. This role requires building long-term relationships with C-level executives, identifying customer needs, and securing contracts through financial modeling and strategic communication. The position demands a deep understanding of the biogas market, regulatory frameworks, and effective negotiation skills to close high-value deals.

What you will do

The Account Executive Bioenergy Solutions position is part of our Sustainable Infrastructure business at Johnson Controls. We are seeking a seasoned sales professional with a proven track record of success selling performance contracts, biogas sale agreements, and alternative project delivery methods in the wastewater and bioenergy space. Come join our successful team.

Under general direction, responsible for the sale of large, complex, bundled offerings with guaranteed savings to high potential, solution sales customers at the C-level. Promote the JCI value proposition at the executive level (C-level) by providing solutions to the customer’s business and financial challenges. Builds and manages long term customer relationships/partnerships with key and target facility owners. Responsible for customer satisfaction. Executes the sales process to aid in cultivating and managing long-term relationships and in seeking out, qualifying and closing new sales and guaranteed savings opportunities. Positions renewable service agreements and guaranteed savings as the foundation of managed account relationships. Utilizes sales tools to plan and document progress as well as increase business opportunity in accounts. Leverage monthly checkpoints to gain progressive commitments from the customer. Seeks to expand the depth and breadth of offerings within that account.

Responsible for developing RNG design-build, DBOM, and biogas sale agreement opportunities for Johnson Controls and contracting structured offtake agreements with qualified biogas producers. Work with the business development team as subject matter expert in the placement of biogas with partners. Have a good understanding of the regulations (state/federal) impacting the production and placement of biogas and the associated environmental attribute (RIN/LCFS) markets.   

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for developing RNG design-build, DBOM, and biogas sale agreement opportunities for Johnson Controls and contracting structured offtake agreements with qualified biogas producers.

• Leverage and build upon market intelligence, targeting tools, and investment memoranda to identify landfill gas and biogas sale agreement, D/B, and DBOM opportunities

• Develop proformas to justify investment, development, and offtake agreements

• Responsible for contracting (biogas producers and offtaker/equity partners)

• Coordinate weekly management meetings

• Attend industry trade shows and networking events to support business development opportunities

• Facilitate meetings between stakeholders (internal/external) to ensure proper communication and data flow

• Communicate and present key deal structure decisions to various stakeholders within organization

• Prepare deal summaries outlining the risk/reward for each opportunity including financial models  

How you will do it

• Sells, with minimal supervision, the JCI offerings persuasively, persistently and confidently to building owners and owner representatives at the C-level while reaching optimal profit levels. Particularly focusing on selling biogas Design-Build-Operate-Maintain (DBOM) and revenue share solutions while ensuring that we achieve maximize share of customers business. Focuses on demonstrating value at the executive level by providing solutions to business and financial challenges as well as working through gateways to achieve joint planning status. Sells, renews and expands renewable service agreements, including multi-year agreements, to both new and existing customer.

• Builds partnering relationships with the economic buyer, owner or owner representatives responsible for the decision-making process to drive the solution sales of JCI offerings. Manages ongoing sales process, develops relationship, responds to and anticipates customer needs. Actively listens, probes and identifies concerns. Understands the customer's business and speaks their language. Demonstrates financial and business acumen to develop credibility, loyalty, trust and commitment.

• Seeks out, targets and initiates contact with prospective customers. Develops network of contacts. Understands and leverages sales process checkpoints as well as demonstrates evidence of gaining small trial closes and commitments. Qualifies and assesses potential customers. Refers leads to other business segments.

• Addresses customer's financial, business, operational and environmental objectives, needs and requirements. Recommends solutions that match the customer’s business and financial challenges. Differentiates JCI services and products from competitors based on business benefits and knowledge of competitor’s business strategies.

• Maximizes assigned Project Development Engineering resources effectively and efficiently. Ensures the customer and JCI receive maximum value from dedicated and assigned resources. Engages appropriate sales support resources determined by the JCI sales and business process, including COE (construction management services), energy and operational engineering and technical support, financial and legal resources, etc.

• Effectively writes, presents and communicates proposals. Secures major opportunities through the use of financial agreements. Negotiates value, addresses resistance when demonstrated, and closes the sale.

• Utilizes applicable sales tools effectively (Salesforce, Account Management, Account Plan and TAS) to plan and document progress as well as increase business opportunity in accounts. Leverages JCI sales process monthly checkpoints to gain progressive commitments from the customer. Manages the sales process steps of the pipeline with a focus on completing the Opportunity Action plan and meeting the milestones in the customer’s buying process.

• Leads the sales team by building and fostering team relationships to ensure customer satisfaction. Solicits support from and communicates effectively with internal staff. Develops relationship with Systems and Service sales organization to exceed customers' expectations. Owns and facilitates the customer relationship.

• Acts as the customer’s advocate in interactions with the JCI organization to ensure the customer obtains the best value from the JCI offerings. Sets appropriate customer expectations on JCI product and service offerings. Participates in final project inspection. Ensures that the customer is trained and oriented to system operation or the value of services delivered.

• Assists in the development of the team or Area Office Solution sales and marketing plans and strategies. Aides in the implementation of these strategies and action plans. Targets new customers based on vertical market strategies.

• Keeps management informed of progress and account status. Knows when to call for assistance from upper management to keep the sales process moving.

• Attends and presents at trade shows. Participates actively in professional organization(s) as the face of JCI to our customers.

What we look for

Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, finance, mathematics, engineering, or related discipline required. MBA preferred. A minimum of five to seven years of progressive field sales experience at the C-level. Prior RNG experience and industry contacts preferred. Building models for valuing investments required.  Preference given for experience selling biogas revenue share deals and/or energy solutions performance contracts. Excellent initiative, and interpersonal communications skills. Demonstrated ability to influence the market at key levels. Ability to travel 50%.

• Skills:

  • Hard Skills: Strong capabilities in MS Excel, MS Word and MS PowerPoint and other management systems building financial models.  Broad understanding of contracting RNG, natural gas, electricity markets, and trading strategies are required.

  • Soft Skills: Good written and oral communication skills, team player, exceptional customer service, attention to detail, self-motivated, good time management skills, innovative thinking and ability to think outside the box, and excellent attention to detail.

• Typical Physical Demands:

  • Requires prolonged sitting, some bending and stooping.

  • Occasional lifting to 25 pounds.

  • Manual dexterity sufficient to operate a computer keyboard and calculator.

  • Requires normal range of hearing and vision.

Who we are

Johnson Controls 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, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information, please view EEO is the Law. If you are an individual with a disability and you require an accommodation during the application process, please visit www.johnsoncontrols.com/tomorrowneedsyou.

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