General Manager

Johnson Controls

The Role

Overview

Lead regional service and installation teams, overseeing operations, strategy, and P&L.

Key Responsibilities

  • financial management
  • service operations
  • installation
  • field leadership
  • contract management
  • strategic planning

Tasks

-Financial leadership: Own the P&L, budgeting, and forecasting for your region, ensuring financial targets are met or exceeded. -Cross-functional collaboration: Partner with sales, operations, and engineering to deliver seamless, integrated solutions. -Continuous improvement: Champion innovation and smarter ways of working, leveraging data and feedback to refine service delivery. -Lead from the front: Provide hands-on leadership to large, multi-disciplinary field teams (Fire & Security, Building Automation), ensuring high performance and accountability. -Strategic oversight: Develop and execute regional strategies to grow install and service revenue, improve efficiency, and enhance customer experience. -Customer-centric delivery: Build strong relationships with clients, ensuring consistent service quality and responsiveness to evolving needs. -Contract ownership: Oversee complex service contracts, ensuring compliance with SLAs, KPIs, and driving successful renewals. -Drive operational excellence: Manage high-volume service and installation activities, optimizing workflows, resource allocation, and technician productivity.

Requirements

  • communicator
  • negotiator
  • team leadership
  • operational mindset
  • strategic thinker
  • building systems

What You Bring

-Confident communicator and negotiator who builds trust quickly with internal teams and external clients. -Proven success managing large field teams in installation and service environments, ideally in high-volume, multi-site operations. -Strong operational mindset with a hands-on approach to leadership and problem-solving. -Strategic thinker with the ability to translate business goals into actionable plans. -Deep understanding of building systems and integrated technologies. -Experience managing complex service contracts and performance metrics.

Benefits

-Career development opportunities within a global organization operating in over 150 countries. -Access to cutting-edge technologies in Fire & Security, Building Automation, and integrated solutions.

The Company

About Johnson Controls

-Pioneered the electric thermostat, launching the building controls industry. -Evolved into a global leader in smart building systems through over a century of innovation. -Typical projects range from HVAC installations to integrated smart systems in hospitals, airports, stadiums, and data centers using their OpenBlue digital platform. -Expertise covers HVAC, fire detection and suppression, security systems, energy management, and facility services. -Earned LEED Platinum certification for its North American headquarters and supplied smart systems to landmarks like Burj Khalifa and Taipei 101.

Sector Specialisms

Buildings

Commercial

Residential

Industrial

Energy

Infrastructure

Security

Safety

Fire Detection

HVAC

Controls

Smart Buildings

Sustainability

Operations

Maintenance

Repairs

System Modernisation

Carbon Reduction

Data Analytics

Facility Management