Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Kidde Global Solutions is a global technology leader in fire and life safety solutions. The Key Account Manager for Walmart will lead strategic account growth and customer relationship management, ensuring alignment between customer needs and the company's delivery model to drive revenue and operational consistency.

Responsibilities

• Own the overall commercial relationship for the Walmart account across national, regional, and site-level stakeholders
• Lead account planning and growth strategy for Walmart, with focus on repeatable multi-site deployment opportunities, remodels, rollouts, retrofits, inspections, and service programs
• Convert prototype and early-program success into a scalable national account model with consistent commercial and operational execution
• Coordinate closely with project management, CAD/design, field engineering, service operations, and affiliate/service partners to ensure customer requirements are translated into executable plans
• Drive pipeline development, opportunity qualification, forecasting, pricing alignment, proposal strategy, and contract support for Walmart opportunities
• Support standardized rollout models for fire alarm, life safety, inspection, service, and related systems within the Walmart environment
• Act as the voice of the customer internally, ensuring Walmart requirements, escalation points, operating constraints, and service expectations are understood and addressed
• Partner with Edwards and Kidde channels, dealer partners, and internal leadership to improve pull-through, coverage, and execution consistency
• Help define and refine customer-facing value propositions, reporting expectations, and lifecycle service attachment strategies for the account
• Maintain disciplined communication with internal and external stakeholders regarding milestone status, risks, issue escalation, and growth opportunities
• Support executive account reviews and present account strategy, risks, wins, and next-step recommendations to leadership

Skills

• High School Diploma
• 5+ years of experience in key account management, national accounts, strategic sales, or enterprise account leadership
• Bachelor's degree
• Experience managing complex multi-site or national accounts with centralized buying and distributed execution
• Strong commercial skills in account planning, pipeline management, proposal development, and executive-level relationship management
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams including sales, project management, design, field operations, and service
• Strong communication, issue-resolution, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to operate in a fast-moving growth environment where process, coverage, and execution discipline are still being scaled
• Willingness to travel as needed to support customer meetings, site visits, internal planning, and program launches
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools and digital sales technologies to improve strategic account planning, customer insights, proposal quality, forecasting, and selling efficiency
• Experience with Walmart, big-box retail, national rollout programs, or large retail remodel environments
• Experience working with channel partners, national service networks, or affiliate execution models
• Experience in fire alarm, life safety, low voltage, building systems, retail programs, or other technical service-led environments preferred
• Experience supporting accounts that require standardized reporting, escalation discipline, and repeatable field execution
• Formal training in Korn Ferry Consultative Selling or a comparable consultative sales framework

Benefits

• Annual performance bonus based on both individual and company’s performance
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Retirement plan
• Paid time off (vacation, sick, company holidays)
• 401(k) with employer match
• EAP assistance

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