Director of Athletic Sales

Forged Athletic is a Christian, faith-driven athletic apparel brand built on discipline and purpose. Our foundation is rooted in biblical principles and a commitment to honoring God through how we work, compete, and represent ourselves. We are building a performance alternative to legacy athletic brands-designing modern active wear, performance gear, and unified team collections for athletes, coaches, and sports organizations.

Forged Athletic is an early-stage, faith-driven sports apparel brand. This is a 100% commission and profit-share founding role with no initial base salary, offering a contractually guaranteed percentage split of global storefront net profits paid automatically. We operate as a flexible, office-less hybrid team; you will work independently from home and meet locally in the Kansas City area for weekly strategic syncs or creative media shoot days.

If you want a traditional corporate desk job, this isn't it—but if you want a direct stake in building a dominant athletic brand from the ground up and earning an executive seat, we encourage you to apply.

We are seeking an ambitious, competitive Area Director of Athletic Sales to lead our regional B2B and organizational growth. Your mission is to introduce Forged Athletic's modern apparel solutions to sports organizations, schools, travel leagues, and training facilities in your territory.

Rather than forcing booster clubs and coaches into short, high-stress "flash sales," you will set them up with our premium, year-round, digital "Always-On" Team Stores. Beyond basic fan gear, you will work directly with coaches to provide "Complete Team Uniformity"—outfitting squads with matching custom apparel and high-performance equipment (such as color-matched batting gloves, sleeves, and compression layers).

• Account Acquisition: Identify, contact, and secure partnerships with athletic programs, competitive travel clubs (baseball, football, basketball, volleyball, soccer), private academies, and local fitness facilities.
• Complete Team Uniformity Sales: Consult directly with coaching staffs to provide unified team outfitting solutions, guiding them to consolidate their team gear, training wear, and on-field equipment under the Forged brand.
• Frictionless Pitching: Educate athletic directors and coaches on the benefits of our zero-upfront-cost, zero-inventory digital Team Stores with direct-to-door shipping compared to outdated, bulk-order catalog systems.
• End-to-End Account Stewardship: Act as the primary, personal point of contact for the organizations you partner with. You are responsible for the entire relationship lifecycle, from the initial sales presentation to answering client inquiries and coordinating order statuses with our E-Commerce team.
• Local Market Outreach: Load up a gear sample bag, visit local sports complexes, and put physical samples of our premium active wear directly into the hands of local decision-makers to close deals.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to present professionally to high school athletic directors, travel club coordinators, and business owners.
• A deep athletic background (as a former competitive player, coach, or trainer) and familiarity with the unique culture of scholastic and club sports.
• High self-motivation and the organization needed to manage a sales pipeline independently.
• Reliable local transportation to visit sports facilities and accounts across the metro area.
• Deep respect for and alignment with our faith-driven, high-performance mission.

Uncapped Performance Commissions: You will earn recurring commissions on all sales generated through the Team Stores you establish. Specific commission structures, override metrics, and future career advancement opportunities will be discussed in detail during the interview process.