joshua berg: East Coast Regional Sales Manager in Elmsford, NY
joshua berg

East Coast Regional Sales Manager
Elmsford | United States
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Traeger Wood Fired Grills
East Coast Regional Sales Manager | 05/2015 - Current
Promoted to lead a Team of 13 across 5 Territories, 20 States, a $113M Region, & all Classes of Trade for Wholesale business unit.
Responsibilities: Drive regional territory & channel revenue, forecasting/tracking revenue goals, team bonus goals,
monthly region, team, & channel business reviews, reporting, & salesforce KPI's. Retail merchandising tools, product &
fixture allocations, new product & category launches, beta testing. Supporting channel & department heads, Regional & National Co-Op marketing budgets & support; events, blitzes, tradeshows. Team travel, expense, & promo budgets
• Evolved Sales & Events Tech role to Retail Account Manager: Raised the bar of team & new hires
• Fostered Rep Self-Assessment for performance awareness: Elevated all KPI metrics & sales execution
• Developed Retail Product Survey: Amended Distribution Strategy of 2023 New Product Launch
• Built Territory Management Process & Retail Merch Standards (PRIME & TRAEGER): Established platform & basis for expectations, benchmarking performance, and training initiatives
Leadership: Motivating, coaching, & training team to drive sell-in & sell-through. Execute best in class sales, aspirational
merchandising, & memorable retailer training methods. Curate cultural multipliers to fly the flag w/in retail & elsewhere. Be
fun & easy to do business with. Finding new aspirational retail partners. Pursue win-win solutions for dealers, how to say
"not yes", and be a shock absorber for the brand. Support and defend "Omni-Channel" strategy. Owning the shops & shop
employees. Make retailers stoked to sell us vs. have to. Stay P.R.O.- positive, realistic, & optimistic.
• Promoted: 2 Retail Account Managers to Territory Managers (Florida & Northeast)
o FL: 77% (+16%) to Goal YTD vs YTD LY & NE: 81% (+21%) to Goal YTD vs YTD LY
• Hired 2: Georgia Home Depot Sales Specialist & Eastern Seaboard Retail Account Manager
o GA HD: 78% ($4.9M) YTD / $6.4M Goal & ESB RAM: 71% ($16.4M) YTD / $23M Goal
• Territory Realignment: Made Florida Standalone Territory: 77% (+16%) to Goal YTD vs YTD LY
• Tenure: 10 of 13 Eastern Region Team Members: 5yrs+ on Eastern Region Team
• Created: MEATLOCKER- Virtual storage room for Sales Mgmt. to see Team Wins & Best Practices in Marketplace
Notable Successes:
Nixon Watches
Mid-Atlantic Sales Representative | 09/2012 - 05/2015
Sold all categories; Watches, Accessories, Soft goods, & Audio across all channels- Surf/Skate/Snow/Watch & Jewelry/Lifestyle/Urban
• Hit 2013 Forecasted Goal of $2.4m from $1.1m PY equating to 118% YOY Growth
• Finished #1 Nationally: Units Sold & Points of Dist.- Launch of Portable Audio- Blaster
• Executed Custom Shop-In-Shop Partnerships w/ Heritage, Farias, Billabong, Kona
• Sold/Serviced Key Majors & Specialty; Barneys, Bloomingdales, UO, Heritage, Farias, BNW, Billabong
Skullcandy Headphones
East Coast Regional Merchandising & Marketing Manager | 10/2010 - 09/2012
Set, Directed, & Executed Visual Merchandising for NYC/Metropolitan Area & Greater East Coast; rollouts of new
fixturing, buildouts, product/brand resets, POP, Shelf Positioning, Brand Priorities, & 2011 rebranding of all in-
store merch incl. territory allocations
• Managed All Event Marketing; Zumiez Couch Tour, Journey's Backyard BBQ, Wax Poetics Artist Showcase, Red
Bull 3style, New York Snow Film Fest & Surf Film Fest, ECSC's, Sweetwater Pro
• Built artist projects; Jim Jones, Biz Markie, Roc Nation, Erykah Badu, Afrika Bambaataa, & DJ Premier
The Boston Beer Company- Samuel Adams & Twisted Tea
New York City Key Account Manager | 10/2008 - 10/2010
Oversaw BBC's 3rd largest territory worldwide, largest single market beer distributor, and 4th largest beverage
distributor in US- Manhattan Beer Distributors