Meg Levene and Scott Siegel, MomentumCPG (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 321)
Sometimes emerging and even high-growth consumer packaged goods companies have product lines with lackluster sales. That’s where MomentumCPG comes in. MomentumCPG Founding Partners Meg Levene and Scott Siegel join host John Ray to discuss reasons why this occurs for even the best companies, and the experience and strategies they bring to the table to jumpstart sales. “North Fulton Business Radio” is produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta.
Meg Levene and Scott Siegel, Founding Partners, MomentumCPG
Meg Levene and Scott Siegel are two of the four founding partners of MomentumCPG. The other two are Tim Byrd and Chris Cocca. MomentumCPG creates momentum for CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods) companies to reach next level sales.
They are Outsourced/Fractional Vice Presidents of Sales working with emerging and high-growth CPG companies. They help companies that are struggling to scale or grow in a competitive environment.
With over 120 years of sales and leadership experience, managing every channel, retailer, market, and category—they have worked with both the industry’s largest companies and small emerging brands.
Working with the leadership and sales teams, they create expansion strategies, new growth opportunities, and capabilities that focus on strategy, process, people, and partnerships.
Providing trusted leadership and industry experience, they help companies work smarter by developing a customized strategy and plan that will position companies to own their future.
To learn more please contact:
- Meg Levine – 215-450-8612 or meg@momentumcpg.com
- Scott Siegel – 978-881-4069 or scott@momentumcpg.com
Company website
Meg Levene
Meg spent her 25+ year career as a passionate sales leader and business builder in the consumer products industry. As an executive at P&G, Nielsen, Gillette, and J&J, she leveraged consumer and business insights to launch and build brands like Mach3, Tylenol, and Listerine worldwide. She led sales teams from 5 people to 500 people in the US, Canada, and the Caribbean. Meg also managed significant channels, including Food, Drug, Mass, and Club, and strategic customers, including Costco, Target, Meijer, CVS, and Ahold. In 2012, she joined Advantage Sales and Marketing, the largest outsourced sales agency in the U.S. where she helped over 100+ clients achieve double-digit growth. In 2019, Meg became a Certified Sales Consultant with Sales Xceleration, the pioneer in outsourced sales leadership.
Meg brings the experience of a Fortune 50 leader with the passion and resourcefulness of an entrepreneur. Today, she is focused on working alongside entrepreneurs to help scale the next generation of differentiated and high growth CPG businesses. When I am not helping my clients achieve breakthrough sales growth; she enjoys spending time with her husband and three teenagers, exploring the world from Salmon fishing in Alaska to Surf Camp in Costa Rica. These days, she spends my free time on my Peloton, cycling the hills and valleys of Vermont, and, when winter comes skiing the steeps.
Scott Siegel
Scott is a successful consumer products leader with broad experience that spans Fortune 500 to developing smaller brands and working with private equity backed small and mid-size organizations. As an executive at PepsiCo, Welch’s, and Keurig Green Mountain he leveraged his cross-functional experience to bring innovative solutions to brands, customers and building sales teams. Today, he is working with emerging brands creating winning sales strategies, sustainable sales processes, building teams and selling capabilities that allows entrepreneurs, owners, and leaders to focus on what they love most about their business.
Scott began his career as a Route Salesman for Frito-Lay. With 30+ years of progressive experience, he has held roles in national sales, field sales, operations, marketing, broker leadership, distributor management, DSD, omni-channel, and corporate strategy. He has proven success across a diverse set of organizations, channels, customers, categories and selling models with revenue responsibility from $5M to $3B.
Scott is a results-oriented, high integrity, creative and authentic leader who is passionate about driving growth, building teams, developing talent, engaging customers, and focusing on the fundamentals. His collaborative leadership style builds and strengthens internal and external partnerships to achieve long term growth and profitability.
Scott is involved in the community serving on the Education Committee for the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention, the Event Committee for XPX (Exit Planners) and as a Pitch Coach for TiE Atlanta.
He received a B.S. in Marketing from West Virginia Wesleyan and an M.B.A. from the University of New Haven. He is a former college soccer athlete, as the goalie for a nationally ranked team. He is an avid reader, and Yankee and Patriots fan. He enjoys spending time with his wife and four grown children.
Questions and Topics in this Interview:
- Why did you start MomentumCPG?
- When would a company need someone like you?
- Who are your clients?
- Can you tell me what services you provide to your clients?
- What are some common mistakes you see clients making?
- How do you engage a Buyer virtually?
- What should you do if a Buyer won’t talk to you?
North Fulton Business Radio” is produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.
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