Chris Yates

Chris Yates is an experienced sales manager with a strong background in the beverage industry, currently serving as the Off Premise Sales Manager at Cone Distributing, Inc. since November 2018. Previously, at Community Coffee, Chris held the position of Area Sales Manager, overseeing the Coffee Services Division across Jacksonville, Tallahassee, and Tifton, leading a team of eight salespeople and two Sales Specialists. Earlier roles included Sales Manager in Tallahassee, managing five salespeople, and significant positions at PepsiCo, where Chris was a Unit Sales Manager for a 1.2 million case location and a Territory Sales Manager, managing a territory with annual sales of 1.6 million cases and 13 million dollars in revenue. Chris's career began at Pepsi Bottling Group as a Territory Sales Manager, overseeing a large format sales team with twenty-three direct reports and accountable for 2.3 million cases annually.