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Sales Enablement Director

Johnson Controls
🇬🇧In-Person - Manchester-Manchester-United Kingdom, United Kingdom£65K–£95K/yri2h ago
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Johnson Controls is seeking a Sales Enablement Director to lead the sales enablement strategy across the UKI business, equipping sales teams with the tools, processes, and capabilities to drive growth, productivity, and customer experience. The role is a highly visible senior leadership position that aligns enablement with business strategy.

Key Responsibilities: Develop and execute the UKI sales enablement strategy, lead onboarding and coaching programmes, drive adoption of sales methodologies and tools, establish performance metrics and dashboards, and lead change management across commercial transformation initiatives. The role also requires close collaboration with commercial leaders, marketing, product, and operations teams, and regular UKI-wide travel.
Skills & Tools: Strong commercial acumen, executive-level stakeholder management and influencing, change leadership, and analytical problem-solving using performance data. Candidates should also be able to build, develop, and inspire high-performing teams and foster a customer-centric culture.
Qualifications: Significant experience in sales enablement, commercial excellence, sales operations, or sales leadership, with a proven track record of designing and implementing enablement strategies in a complex organisation. Specific degree requirements were not stated in the provided description.
Location: In-Person - Manchester-Manchester-United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Compensation: £65K–£95K/yr (estimated)

Job Description

Sales Enablement Director What You Will Do As Sales Enablement Director, you will lead the development and execution of Johnson Controls' sales enablement strategy, driving commercial excellence across our UKI business. Working closely with senior sales leaders, product teams, operations and functional partners, you will ensure our sales organisation has the tools, processes, insights and capabilities needed to accelerate growth, improve productivity and deliver an exceptional customer experience. This is a highly visible leadership role responsible for aligning sales enablement initiatives to business strategy, supporting revenue growth, driving adoption of best practices and fostering a high-performance, customer-centric culture. Travel within the UKI region will be required. What We Offer Competitive salary plus bonus plan 25 days holiday plus bank holidays Private healthcare Pension Life assurance Employee Assistance Programme Employee referral scheme Employee discounts Cycle to Work scheme Discounts on Johnson Controls products Training and career development opportunities Supportive, collaborative and safety-driven culture How You Will Do It Develop and execute the UKI sales enablement strategy aligned to business growth objectives. Partner with commercial leadership to identify capability gaps and deliver targeted enablement programmes. Drive adoption of sales methodologies, tools, processes and best practices across the sales organisation. Lead onboarding, coaching and continuous learning initiatives to improve sales effectiveness and productivity. Establish performance metrics, reporting frameworks and dashboards to measure enablement success. Collaborate with marketing, product management and operations teams to ensure consistent sales messaging and customer value propositions. Support strategic account planning and major growth opportunities through enablement resources and programmes. Lead change management initiatives associated with new processes, technologies and commercial transformation programmes. Champion a customer-first culture, ensuring enablement activities support customer outcomes and business objectives. Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders across the organisation to drive alignment and execution. What We Are Looking For Required Significant experience in Sales Enablement, Commercial Excellence, Sales Operations or Sales Leadership roles. Proven track record of designing and implementing successful sales enablement strategies within a complex organisation. Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate business strategy into measurable actions and outcomes. Experience leading organisational change and driving adoption of new tools, processes and ways of working. Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills at executive level. Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with experience using performance data to drive decision-making. Demonstrated ability to build, develop and inspire high-performing teams. Customer-focused mindset with a passion for improving sales effectiveness and business performance. Beneficial Experience within building technologies, security, fire, HVAC or related B2B industries. Knowledge of CRM platforms such as Salesforce and sales enablement technologies. Experience supporting large, geographically dispersed sales organisations. Understanding of strategic workforce planning, talent development and capability-building programmes. Familiarity with digital learning platforms and modern sales training methodologies. Degree-level qualification in Business, Marketing, Sales or a related discipline.

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