Sales Manager, Premium Home Products (Off-Price & Dept Stores)

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American Exchange Group is an industry leader in fashion accessory products and brand management. By facilitating distribution to major retailers internationally for their globally recognized brands, custom private label brands, and exclusive licensed brands—including footwear, tech wearables, watches, jewelry, handbags, fashion accessories, home, and beauty—American Exchange Group raises the bar by disrupting the status quo with value and quality, while staying at the forefront of trends.

 

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Sales Manager – Home

We are seeking a results-driven Sales Manager to lead wholesale sales for an exciting new licensed home brand with a strong fashion heritage and significant growth potential. This role will focus on expanding the brand’s presence across the soft home and hard home categories, with an emphasis on off-price and department store channels.

The ideal candidate brings established relationships with major U.S. retailers and a strong understanding of the off-price and department store landscape. This individual will be responsible for driving sales growth, developing new business opportunities, managing key accounts, and partnering cross-functionally to bring compelling product assortments to market. The role requires a highly commercial, relationship-driven sales professional who understands how to build business across multiple retail channels while protecting and elevating the brand’s positioning.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive wholesale sales growth for a newly launched licensed home brand across soft home and hard home categories.
• Develop and manage relationships with off-price retailers, department stores, and other key wholesale accounts.
• Identify and pursue new business opportunities to expand distribution, revenue, and market share.
• Build and execute account-specific sales strategies aligned with brand positioning, product assortment, and revenue goals.
• Present seasonal product collections, line reviews, pricing, and assortments to buyers and retail partners.
• Manage the full sales cycle, from initial outreach and product presentations through negotiations, purchase orders, and ongoing account management.
• Develop strong relationships with buyers and decision-makers across off-price and department store channels.
• Partner closely with Product Development, Merchandising, Design, and Planning teams to provide customer feedback and help develop commercially relevant assortments.
• Analyze account performance, sales trends, forecasts, and market opportunities to identify areas for growth.
• Monitor competitive activity, retail trends, pricing, and assortment strategies within the home category.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure products, pricing, packaging, and delivery timelines meet customer requirements.
• Attend and support market appointments, trade shows, showroom presentations, and customer meetings as needed.
• Negotiate pricing, margins, terms, and assortments while balancing customer needs with company profitability and brand integrity.
• Maintain accurate sales forecasts and provide regular reporting on account performance, opportunities, and business projections.

Qualifications & Requirements

• 5+ years of wholesale sales experience within the home industry, with experience selling soft home and/or hard home products.
• Required: Established experience selling to off-price retailers.
• Proven relationships with buyers and decision-makers at off-price and department store accounts.
• Experience selling home products such as bedding, bath, textiles, decorative accessories, tabletop