Territory Manager - Upper Midwest (Field-Based)

Purple; Columbia Heights (MN); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness

401(k) Match

Flexible Vacation

Parental Leave

Sick Time

Holiday Pay

Sabbatical

Employee Discount

Give Back Day

Complimentary Mattress

Job summary

Purple, a leader in comfort solutions, is seeking a Territory Manager to grow placements and sales across the Upper Midwest. You will represent the brand to retail partners and drive revenue by expanding product adoption of mattresses, pillows, sheets, bases, and seat cushions.

You will travel within markets, manage accounts, forecast needs, and collaborate with manufacturing, marketing, and logistics to ensure timely fulfillment and strong profitability.

Qualifications

• Experienced territory manager with strong sales background.
• Willingness to travel daily/overnight and ownership of P/L.
• Excellent communication to retail partners and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Expand Purple’s placement and sell-through with retail partners across an assigned geographic territory.
• Represent the Purple brand by selling mattresses, pillows, sheets, bases, and seat cushions.
• Increase sales and communicate product/delivery updates to customers; discover and justify new revenue through product innovation.
• Coordinate forecasts with production and supply chain teams; manage accounts P/L; report to VP and Head of Wholesale.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, marketing, fulfilment/logistics, and purchasing to coordinate efforts.
• Manage budgets and KPIs, bring in new business and ensure timely communication with customers.

Skills

Territory sales

Retail partnerships

Negotiation

Travel readiness

Job description

The Purple story

At Purple, we believe a better life is achievable — and it starts with investing in yourself. As the masterminds of modern rest and recovery, we believe a good night’s sleep is the first step toward powering human potential. It fuels happiness, enhances personal growth, and builds a more connected world. That’s why our mission is to deliver the most restorative, most supportive, most downright life-changing comfort on the planet. From our groundbreaking GelFlex® Grid technology to our work in the community, we never stop pushing boundaries. We’re bold, curious, and uncompromising in our pursuit of better — for our customers, for our people, and for the world. Because when you invest in better, everything else follows.

Compensation

The compensation target for this role is: $85,000 - $100,000

Why this role matters

This is a field-based position, and candidates must reside in the Upper Midwest area (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Missouri, or Indiana). The work arrangement may vary based on business needs. Ability to travel daily within market, overnight and airline travel required.

As a Territory Manager, you will work to expand Purple’s placement and sell-through with our retail partners across an assigned geographic territory. You will be charged to represent the Purple brand by selling our range of mattresses, pillows, sheets, bases, and seat cushions. You will be an active part of helping to develop Purple’s identity as a wholesale supplier to retail accounts in your territory.

You will be charged with increasing sales, ensuring clear and timely communication to customers about product and delivery, and discovering & making the case for new revenue through product innovation.

You will assist in growing sales and communicating forecasts to the production and supply chain teams. You will have responsibility for the management of P/L for the accounts in your territory. This position reports to the VP and Head of Wholesale.

While this role is an individual contributor, you will have a direct impact on how our team coordinates with manufacturing leads, marketing, and fulfilment & logistics, and purchasing. KPIs will include managing a sales and expense budget, adding new business revenue, cross-functional internal communication, and on-time communication with customers.

Purple is looking for an experienced territory manager that is an enthusiastic sales pro who possesses a self-starter, can-do attitude. If this sounds like a role that you would be interested in please read the qualifications below.

How Purple brings you comfort

• Comprehensive Health & Wellness Benefits

• 401(k) Match

• Flexible Vacation Plan

• Childbirth & Parental Leave

• Sick & Wellness Time

• Holiday Pay

• Sabbatical

• Employee Discount

• Give Back Day

• Complimentary Mattress

WHY JOIN PURPLE?

At Purple, you’ll join a team that truly invests in you, not just as an employee, but as a person. Here, you’ll grow in an environment that values curiosity, collaboration, and courage. We believe in open communication, where your ideas are heard, your voice matters, and feedback helps everyone get better. We prioritize building long-term careers and helping you stretch your skills to reach new goals. You’ll be part of a team that owns its work, celebrates integrity, and takes bold risks to innovate. And most importantly, you’ll belong to a community that values people first, where we lift each other up, celebrate what makes us different, and work together to create something extraordinary.

Purple provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.