Colbert to lead a team of more than 80 sales and marketing professionals.
Heineken USA has appointed Jeffrey Colbert as region vice president sales, central region, effective immediately.
In his new role, Colbert reports to Scott Blazek, senior vice president of sales, and is responsible for driving HUSA performance and delivering results through the effective management of regional resources.
“Jeff brings a strong history of leadership and success in the beverage industry to the Heineken USA sales management team,” said Blazek. “We are thrilled to welcome him to the helm of our central region, where he will lead a team of more than 80 sales and marketing professionals to drive business results and establish a success-oriented culture in the region.”
Colbert is now responsible for establishing central region objectives, strategies and tactics, and guiding account planning. He oversees relationships with distributor partners and key regional accounts, as well as assesses and improves the effectiveness of retail executions that support brand development to ensure delivery of company objectives.
Colbert brings more than 26 years of sales and marketing management experience to Heineken USA. Most recently, Colbert served as senior vice president of sales and marketing at Tenth & Blake Beer Co. in Chicago, IL, where he oversaw the company’s overall commercial strategy and business development, which included sales, brand marketing, innovation, channel marketing and customer solutions as well as the organizations internally focused learning and development goals.
Prior to Tenth & Blake, Colbert held several positions of increased responsibility in the beer industry including region vice president, southwest for MillerCoors; area vice president, south central region for Coors Brewing Co.; region vice president, southern region for MolsonCoors; and general manager southwest region for the Miller Brewing Co. Prior to working in the beer industry, Colbert held sales and general management positions with Coca-Cola Enterprises in Massachusetts.
Colbert holds a Bachelor degree from The University of New Hampshire, Whittemore School of Business and Economics. He will be based in Heineken USA’s Chicago office.