Director, Department Store Sales

About the role

The Director of Department Store Sales owns SPANX’s strategy, profitability, and relationships across the North American department store channel. This is a leadership role responsible for setting the vision for the channel, driving profitable growth, leading a high-performing team of account managers, and partnering with sales operations professionals and planners.

The role blends strategic planning, analytical rigor, and executive relationship management. The Director partners closely with Merchandising, Planning, Marketing, and Operations to translate brand strategy into account-level execution, and serves as the primary voice of the department store channel within the SPANX wholesale organization.

This role is based in our Atlanta headquarters, requires weekly in office work Tuesday-Thursday, and reports into VP, Wholesale.

You’ll love it because you will…

Channel Strategy & Growth

• Define and lead the multi-year growth strategy for the department store channel, identifying white-space opportunities across accounts, categories, and collections. • Own the channel P&L and revenue targets; forecast and manage the business to deliver on financial commitments. • Develop seasonal and account-level plans that balance sell-in, sell-through, and inventory productivity.

Account Leadership & Relationships

• Serve as the senior SPANX relationship owner for buyers, DMMs, and GMMs across key department store partners. • Lead strategic account conversations — assortment planning, joint business planning, and negotiation — to grow SPANX’s share and shelf presence. • Represent SPANX at market, line reviews, and executive account meetings.

Planning & Analytics

• Direct the development of unit and dollar sales projection models at the account, style, color, and size level, leveraging point-of-sale and inventory data to inform buys and forecasts. • Establish and monitor channel KPIs — sell-through, productivity, and margin — and use them to drive decision-making. • Identify sales opportunity ranges and lift potential across accounts to prioritize investment.

Team & Operations Leadership

• Build, lead, and develop the department store sales team. • Establish the organizational infrastructure, roles, and rituals that enable a scalable, high-performing team. • Champion sales operations excellence — order management, account setup, seasonal planning, systems optimization, and cross-functional coordination.