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Account Manager France

Account Manager France

Planon, part of Schneider Electric, is growing rapidly in France, with over fifty public and private organisations using our solutions, including universities, metropolitan authorities, and national institutions. Many clients are still progressing through adoption, creating a clear need for structured account management.

As Account Manager, you lead a portfolio of public sector clients, guiding adoption, driving renewals, and building long-term partnerships. You help institutions align departments, optimise operations, deliver measurable results, and strengthen public services. Backed by Schneider Electric, Planon offers credibility, stability, and local expertise, giving you the support of a trusted French group in a fast-growing software company.

Key responsibilities

  • Build and grow relationships with universities, metropolitan regions, social housing and government bodies.
  • Drive renewals and identify opportunities for growth, broader departmental use, or process improvements, supporting alignment around the Planon roadmap.
  • Drive structured follow-up and clear communication to boost satisfaction and adoption.
  • Navigate multi-department and multi-stakeholder environments to ensure successful implementation and broad adoption.
  • Organise review meetings, steering committees, and on-site visits to maintain trust, monitor progress, and sustain momentum.

Profile

You are comfortable in complex environments and understand how public sector organisations function. You are professional, organised, and skilled at building long-term partnerships across departments and stakeholders.

Your profile:

  • Experience working with public sector organisations such as universities, municipalities, or national government bodies.
  • Background in enterprise software, ERP, IWMS, or other complex B2B solutions.
  • Strong ability to collaborate across multiple departments and engage stakeholders at different levels.
  • Native or fluent French, with sufficient English for internal coordination.
  • A structured, proactive mindset with high ownership and the ability to manage long decision cycles.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to clearly convey value to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

We offer

A healthy work-life balance with the flexibility of hybrid working. We foster a collaborative and learning-oriented environment, offering continuous development and meaningful training opportunities. Additionally, you will work on challenging projects with world-leading clients, gaining extraordinary experiences.

Join us on our journey to become the recognised world leader in Smart Sustainable Building Management software solutions. How do we do this? By putting our people at the heart of our company and creating an inspiring and safe environment that allows all of us to work, learn, live, and play!

Planon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable law.

Excited to build connections and make an impact? Join us, apply today and let's shape the future together!

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

We know that a company is nothing without its people. Our diverse group of employees is the beating heart of Planon, and the key to our collective success. From celebrating both the big and small wins, to home working, we understand that company culture is a number one priority. Excitement, enjoyment and fun are integral to who we are and help to create a shared sense of belonging. Not only do they power our success, but they also encourage our drive and resilience.

Crucial to the personal and professional development of our people is maintaining a continuous learning culture. The Planon Academy has been set up for this reason. We encourage our people to show self-leadership, impact their personal growth and fulfil their career potential by using the range of support and tools. At the end of the day, it’s your career - we want you in the driving seat.

Our managers play a very important role in driving the talent and career development of our people. To support them in their role, we offer a specific management learning programme.

With our Healthy Hybrid Workplace framework, you have the freedom to work in a way that suits you, whether that’s from the office or home. You have the flexibility and autonomy to make sustainable choices that work for you. We believe in the benefits of coming together at the office, but we also embrace the many possibilities that working from home offers. Your wellbeing comes first.

Our application process consists of five steps:

  1. Introduction call with a recruiter
  2. First interview
  3. Assessment
  4. Second interview
  5. Offer

Learn more about our application process.

First of all, you will receive an attractive salary and benefits package. Secondly, our employees enjoy a healthy work-life balance and have multiple opportunities to grow.

Learn more about the benefits specific to your country.

Alongside developing smart sustainable building management software to support our clients on their journey to net-zero buildings, we are investing in improving the sustainability of our own operations.

In our daily activities, we adhere to sustainable business practices. We include these practices in our company values and standards, which are implemented in several ways. The UN Sustainable Development Goals play a leading role in our decision-making, and we aim to report under the CSRD and the GHG Protocol.

Learn more about Planon’s impact

We value a working culture that excludes nobody. DEIB (diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging) is essential to our company and the key to unlocking the maximum potential of our individuals and teams. In everything we do, we try to break down barriers and build connections. We focus on diversity when it comes to our people, new hires, management, and leadership. We recruit, employ, and promote our colleagues based on their qualities and abilities, and do not discriminate in any manner.

Internal education also plays a big role in our DEIB programme. The programme includes internal courses and regular workshops on topics such as how to be a hiring manager, overcoming bias and intercultural competence. The global nature of our organisation and colleagues means we especially value these competences.

Planon has offices in 16 countries. The headquarters are in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

You are more than welcome to submit an open application here. We will contact you as soon as possible.

Schneider Electric is a global industrial technology leader bringing world-leading expertise in electrification, automation and digitisation to smart industries, resilient infrastructure, future-proof data centres, intelligent buildings, and intuitive homes.

At Schneider Electric and Planon, we're building the future together. As a new colleague, you will be joining a partnership that's redefining what smart buildings can do. Our solutions bridge the gap between building systems (OT) and business processes (IT), transforming data into clear, actionable insights. This is where you come in: helping our customers to create buildings that drive innovation, operational efficiency and sustainability.

Together, we empower our customers to lead and inspire, crafting spaces that are efficient, optimised and have a positive impact on both our users’ lives and our planet.

These are the steps of our onboarding process:

  1. You will receive a welcome letter with information about your first working day.
  2. Your manager will welcome you on your first day and give you a tour of the office.
  3. You will collect your laptop and other assets from IT and visit HR to finalise the administrative onboarding.
  4. You follow the three-day online induction course by the Planon Academy.
  5. After your probation period, your manager discusses the continuation of the employment contract with you.

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