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Red Bull

Manufactures and markets energy drinks

Head of Field Sales

Field SalesConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSanta Monica, CA, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 12 years of sales leadership experience in beverage or consumer goods, with deep expertise in the On Premise channel.
  • A proven track record leading a large-scale field sales organization at a national level.
  • Hands-on experience building outlet-level execution standards, route-to-market models, segmentation, and field sales ways of working.
  • Demonstrated success coaching and developing senior leaders through influence.
  • Experience owning national sales strategy and annual business planning.
  • Strong commercial and financial acumen.
  • A track record of building talent programs.
  • Experience navigating complex cross-functional environments.
  • Love for PowerPoint and a newfound passion for artificial intelligence.

Responsibilities

  • Own the development, management, and execution of comprehensive field sales strategies aligned with company objectives.
  • Transfer successful practices systematically between regions and set standards, benchmarks, and best-practice ways of working.
  • Own the annual field sales business plan and, in partnership with VPOPs, set KPIs, focus areas, field strategy, and recognition platforms.
  • Develop tools and resources to ensure regional field sales budgets demonstrate strong return on investment.
  • Own the path from strategy to outlet by driving consistent national communication and removing roadblocks between planning and execution.
  • Own national territory design, using the annual planning cycle to deploy the field sales organization against the highest-opportunity outlets in the marketplace.
  • Set and maintain the national standard for in-outlet brand leadership across A, B, and C+ outlets in America.
  • Serve as the senior approval authority, alongside Finance, for major partnership agreements accessing national opportunity funds.
  • Collaborate with Global On Premise leadership by sharing successful practices, importing best practices from other markets, and representing the field sales organization.
  • Partner with Key Accounts leadership to develop and implement national strategy through the field sales organization.
  • Collaborate with Finance, Distribution, Marketing, Business Insights, and the SVP RGMs to advance performance.
  • Own the national field sales talent pipeline, development, and succession plans, and build programs that ensure ready-now talent at every field sales level through Vice President, Region.
  • Lead and develop the Directors of Field Sales (East and West) as they coach and elevate the Art of Musketeering in the regions, focused on ROPM development in partnership with the Directors of Musketeers.
  • Oversee the Senior Manager, Training in developing a consolidated national Art of Musketeering curriculum, executed in partnership through the two regional directors.
  • Coach the five Vice Presidents, Region as field sales leaders, developing their capability, leadership, and standards.
  • Onboard new VPOPs into norms and routines, pressure-test regional business plans, prepare regions for global and national market visits, and provide institutional knowledge on complex On Premise scenarios.
  • Serve as the functional expert VPOPs call on to diagnose field sales performance challenges and identify solutions.

About the Company

Red Bull

Manufactures and markets energy drinks

Red Bull makes and markets energy drinks. It focuses on a signature global beverage and uses a distinct marketing strategy to build the brand. How it works: the drink combines ingredients such as caffeine and sugars (originally based on Krating Daeng) and is carbonated for Western palates, distributed worldwide through large-scale marketing, sponsorships, and events to boost sales. How it differs: it remains privately held by the founding families, avoiding public funding, and relies on a marketing-heavy approach—extreme-sports sponsorships, high-profile events, and a strong brand identity—rather than conventional product features alone. What it aims to do: maintain leadership in the energy-drink category, grow globally through branding and partnerships, and continue expanding its product line and presence without going public.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Salzburg, Austria
Founded
1984

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