# General Sales Manager

**Company**: Red Bull Distribution Company, Inc.
**Location**: Bolingbrook, IL
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Sales
**Industry**: Beverages

**Apply**: https://jobs.redbull.com/en/general-sales-manager-ref34996r?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
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## Description

We are seeking an experienced General Sales Manager to lead our sales team in the Illinois region. As a General Sales Manager, you will be responsible for managing a highly capable team to ensure operational objectives are met or exceeded and sales and distribution targets are flawlessly executed to standard.

Key responsibilities include:

- Leading, coaching, and developing a team to achieve sales and distribution targets

- Establishing clear expectations, providing timely and candid feedback, and recognizing behaviors and results that reflect Red Bull standards

- Managing operating processes and expenses to deliver targeted profitability

- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop and execute programs

- Serving as a cultural champion who models Red Bull values and reinforces the behaviors and ways of working expected across the profit center

- Building a diverse team that reflects the marketplace and inspires team members through effective leadership

Requirements:

- 8+ years of experience in Direct Store Delivery (DSD) management, including a proven track record of meeting or exceeding assigned sales objectives

- Key account management experience on a district, regional, and national level

- A proven track record of motivating and building a successful sales team and promoting initiatives that build and create strong trade partnerships

- Strong leadership skills to provide mentoring, training, or corrective feedback

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including preparing presentation materials and presenting information one-on-one and in a group

- Strong computer skills in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel

- Demonstrated analytical and organizational skills

- Previous P&L experience and an understanding of computer ordering systems and other IT systems

- English; additional languages an advantage

## Skills

### Required
- Direct Store Delivery (DSD) management
- key account management
- leadership
- Microsoft Office
- analytical skills
- organizational skills
- P&L management

### Nice to have
- additional languages

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