Territory Manager
$61,025–$82,564 year
On-siteGreensboro, North Carolina, United States
Job Summary
Lead and manage a team of Sales Consultants to consistently meet company standards across assigned accounts by recruiting, interviewing, and providing comprehensive training and coaching. Conduct regular market rides to evaluate sales execution, monitor product freshness, and enforce rotation policies. Develop strategic sales and merchandising plans to drive revenue growth while building strong relationships with store-level management and key account managers. Ensure full compliance with safety protocols, federal laws, and company vehicle policies. Complete all administrative responsibilities, reports, and personnel documentation in a timely manner. Maintain a clean driving record and uphold professional grooming standards.
Required Qualifications
- Knowledge of a specialized or technical field such as cost or general accounting, business administration, logistics, management, economics, human resources, marketing, supply chain management, sales, technical purchasing
- Equivalent to high school plus additional broad specialized training equal to 2 years of technical college OR apprenticeship training
- Over 3 years up to and including 5 years
- Over 3 years' experience in beverage or related field
- Cicerone Certified Beer Server
- ABC Beer Permit
- Valid driver's license
- MVR within CDC/CPB Driving Points Policy
- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
- Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs
- Close vision
- Distance vision
- Depth perception
- Ability to adjust focus
- Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
- Must be able to walk
- Must be able to use hands to finger, handle, or feel
- Must be able to reach with hands and arms
- Must be able to talk or hear
- Must be able to frequently stand
- Must be able to climb or balance
- Must be able to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
- Must occasionally sit
- Must maintain a clean driving record
- Must adhere to company vehicle policies
- Must ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations
- Must uphold company dress code and grooming standards
- Must demonstrate proficiency in Microsoft Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, VIP, and other business systems
- Must leverage data analytics tools to identify market trends and uncover growth opportunities
- Must collaborate with delivery and operations teams to optimize routing and resolve service-related issues
- Must ensure full compliance with all required training and development programs for self and team
- Must be able to lead and manage a team of Sales Consultants
- Must be able to recruit, interview, and assist in the hiring of top talent
- Must be able to provide comprehensive training, coaching, and continuous development
- Must be able to conduct regular market rides to evaluate sales execution, provide feedback, and identify opportunities for improvement
- Must be able to mentor all team members and support their advancement within the organization
- Must be able to establish clear goals and expectations for each account
- Must be able to facilitate regular team meetings to communicate new programs, initiatives, and procedural updates
- Must be able to develop and implement strategic sales and merchandising plans to expand product distribution and drive revenue growth
- Must be able to ensure flawless execution of monthly divisional initiatives by providing clear direction and actionable feedback
- Must be able to build and maintain strong relationships with key account managers
- Must be able to resolve service issues promptly and professionally
- Must be able to monitor product freshness and enforce rotation policies to prevent out-of-date inventory in the market
- Must be able to ensure team compliance with safety protocols and complete required safety observations
- Must be able to complete all administrative responsibilities, reports, and personnel documentation in a timely manner
- Must be able to represent company with professionalism, integrity, and a commitment to exceptional customer service
- Must be able to Analyze complex or diverse information
- Must be able to Synthesize complex or diverse information
- Must be able to use intuition and experience to complement data
- Must be able to Identify and resolve problems in a timely manner
- Must be able to develop alternative solutions
- Must be able to use reason even when dealing with emotional topics
- Must be able to Strive to continuously build knowledge and skills
- Must be able to Share expertise with others
- Must be able to Listen to others without interrupting
- Must be able to remain open to others' ideas
- Must be able to try new things
- Must be able to Speak clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations
- Must be able to respond well to questions
- Must be able to participate actively in all company meetings
- Must be able to Put success of team above own interests
- Must be able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives
- Must be able to recognize accomplishments of other team members
- Must be able to communicate changes effectively
- Must be able to monitor transition and evaluate results
- Must be able to Exhibit confidence in self and others
- Must be able to inspire and motivate others to perform well
- Must be able to accept feedback from others
- Must be able to Include staff in planning, decision-making, facilitating and process improvement
- Must be able to take responsibility for subordinates' activities
- Must be able to make self available to staff
- Must be able to continually work to improve supervisory skills
- Must be able to Understand business implications of decisions
- Must be able to demonstrate knowledge of market and competition
- Must be able to align work with strategic goals
- Must be able to Work within approved budget
- Must be able to contribute to profits and revenue
- Must be able to Follow policies and procedures
- Must be able to support organization's goals and values
- Must be able to benefit organization through outside activities
- Must be able to Display willingness to make decisions
- Must be able to support and explain reasoning for decisions
- Must be able to Set and achieve challenging goals
- Must be able to measure self against standard of excellence
- Must be able to Treat others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position
- Must be able to Observe safety and security procedures
- Must be able to make a recommendation from their manager or department head (Internal candidates only)
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