Regional Sales Manager

MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT OF BUYING GROUP PARTNERSHIPS Partner Relationships: Builds strong relationships with Buying Group leadership, key decision makers, member operators, Distributor Partners, and internal cross-functional teams to support customer priorities and Red Bull goals. Local IBC Field Leadership: Focuses on building strong, consistent relationships with local IBC field leadership teams to improve communication, strengthen market-level alignment, and accelerate execution of Red Bull priorities. Local Chain Coverage: Calls on local chain convenience customers that are members of IBC to identify store-level opportunities, reinforce program value, and support execution of agreed-upon Red Bull standards. Member Engagement: Supports Buying Group member communication, onboarding, program awareness, and adoption of Red Bull initiatives, including clear guidance on program expectations, suggested retail pricing, merchandising standards, and executional requirements. Program Development: Develops customer-specific solutions that resonate with Buying Group needs while ensuring programs are scalable, consistent, and aligned with Red Bull standards for distribution, price, promotion, merchandising, and display execution. Local Programming Wins: Secures local programming wins with IBC members and participating convenience customers, including promotional support, incremental display activity, merchandising commitments, and other market-level growth opportunities. Store-Level Sell Opportunities: Identifies and secures store-level selling opportunities that drive incremental Red Bull visibility, distribution, display activity, and consumer engagement.   DISTRIBUTION, PRICE, PROMOTION & MERCHANDISING EXECUTION Shelf/Distribution: Sells and executes distribution priorities across assigned Buying Group members and ensures package mix, shelf flow, and schematic recommendations reflect Red Bull standards and channel strategy. Price: Communicates and sells Red Bull recommended price programs and suggested retail price guidance, using available tools, business insights, and customer-specific context to support margin-neutral or value-accretive outcomes where applicable. QPOD: Drives permanent, high-quality merchandising solutions and evaluates ROI before recommending customized programs, display investments, or pay-for-space opportunities.   BUYING GROUP PROGRAM GOVERNANCE & EXECUTION Customer Agreements: Manages the execution of Buying Group agreements, annual programming commitments, member incentive structures, and customer marketing deliverables across assigned areas of responsibility. Program Compliance: Monitors member participation, execution compliance, performance gaps, and adoption of agreed-upon program standards, partnering with DPs and Region teams to resolve issues quickly and consistently. Compliance Gap Closure: Closes gaps on compliance opportunities by partnering with IBC field leadership, DPs, and internal teams to identify root causes, align on action plans, and improve execution consistency. Program Transitions: Supports transitions between customer programs, including VIP, IBC, and other Buying Group structures, by ensuring communication is clear, timelines are managed, and field teams understand execution requirements. Funding Discipline: Manages customer investment, incentive funding, T&E, and program spend to assigned budgets while evaluating financial impact and ROI.   BUSINESS ANALYSIS & INSIGHTS Performance Management: Analyzes sales, distribution, share, promotional results, member participation, and execution data to identify priorities, risks, and growth opportunities across assigned Buying Groups. ROI & Post-Analysis: Partners with Category Management, Finance, DPs, and internal account teams to evaluate ROI on programs, promotions, incentives, displays, and space agreements; shares learnings to improve future planning. Data Access: Pursues opportunities to obtain retailer scan data, basket analysis, member-level performance reporting, and other relevant data sources that improve understanding of consumer behavior and buying group performance. Energy Insights: Provides insights that influence promotion, price, distribution, merchandising, and member activation decisions across the customer base.   BUSINESS REVIEWS & RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT Business Reviews: Conducts regular business reviews with internal and external stakeholders to evaluate performance, communicate priorities, review competitive activity, and align on future opportunities. Wiring Model: Establishes and maintains a Buying Group wiring model that defines communication points across customer leadership, member influencers, DP leadership, Region teams, and internal Red Bull stakeholders. Customer Storytelling: Proactively shares Red Bull marketing, brand, category, and shopper insights to reinforce Red Bull’s value proposition and points of difference versus competition. Issue Resolution: Partners cross-functionally to resolve execution barriers, member questions, incentive discrepancies, or program concerns in a way that protects customer relationships and Red Bull standards   COMMUNICATION & TEAMWORK Field Alignment: Uses clear communication processes to keep DPs, DPMs, Region teams, and internal stakeholders informed of Buying Group programs, priorities, timelines, and execution expectations. Tools & Templates: Creates and maintains consistent business review templates, execution trackers, program summaries, and customer-facing materials for use across assigned buying group partnerships. Distributor Partner Engagement: Routinely engages with DPs to maintain strong relationships, reinforce execution priorities, and ensure open lines of communication for assigned Buying Group programs. Distributor Initiatives: Supports Distributor Partner initiatives tied to IBC and other Buying Group priorities, ensuring field teams have clear program direction, customer context, and executio