Salesperson with responsibility for the mountain sports department 70 - 100%.
Transa Backpacking AG
St. Gallen
Key information
- Publication date:24 December 2025
- Workload:70 – 100%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:St. Gallen
Job summary
Join Transa's new St. Gallen store opening in March 2026! Enjoy a dynamic work environment and great benefits.
Tasks
- Manage our extensive range of mountain sports products effectively.
- Provide expert outdoor adventure advice to customers in St. Gallen.
- Organize product range adjustments and training sessions.
Skills
- Retail qualification preferred, but open to newcomers passionate about sports.
- Strong knowledge of climbing, skiing, and high-altitude activities.
- Ability to analyze sales data and trends effectively.
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READY FOR A NEW ADVENTURE?
For our new branch in St. Gallen on Multergasse (opening in March 2026), we are looking for a sales consultant with responsibility for the mountain sports department 70 - 100% starting February 1, 2026, or by arrangement.
You enjoy being in the mountains, preferably on high-altitude tours, climbing, or ski touring? You want to take responsibility for our mountain sports department and are looking for an interesting full-time or part-time position? Then read on...
YOUR SPECIALTY AS DEPARTMENT MANAGER
- Our extensive mountain sports and ski range. Your passion.
- Advising our customers in St. Gallen on their outdoor adventures. Your thing.
- Organizing adjustments and changes to the assortment. Your responsibility.
- Exchanging professional knowledge, passing it on, and initiating targeted training. Gladly.
- Recognizing trends, checking sales potential, and sharing this in specialist group meetings and with our purchasing department. You have an eye for trends!
- Co-designing the appearance of the mountain sports area and the presentation of products and services. Of course.
- Contact person for technical questions and involvement in the analysis of sales figures. Product knowledge and numbers are your home.
- Participating in the goods flow. That’s part of it too.
THIS IS YOU
- Training in retail as a retail specialist EFZ would be ideal. Career changers are also very welcome.
- Product and application knowledge in mountain sports, whether climbing, high-altitude tours, or ski touring. You bring this with you.
- An open ear for our customers in St. Gallen. Absolutely.
- Flexible availability, including Saturdays. Yes!
- Working with IT tools (Microsoft Office and BC). You are used to it.
- Your environment describes you as responsible and reliable. Definitely.
- Being outdoors. Your hobby.
WHAT AWAITS YOU WITH US
- A shared spirit of outdoor enthusiasts that can move mountains
- Employee events from outdoor cooking to bivouac tours
- Generous employee discounts and above-average, part-time friendly social benefits
- A centrally located workplace 5 minutes from St. Gallen train station
- A 40-hour week or flexible working time models (depending on the model, up to 7.5 weeks of vacation per year) and the possibility of unpaid leave
- A corporate culture based on a meaningful purpose
- And much more
Then we look forward to your online application. Please do not send your application by email for data protection reasons.
#getoutbutright #nextstopTransa
WHO WE ARE
Transa Backpacking AG has been the competence center for high-quality travel and outdoor equipment for over 45 years. The motto "Get out. But right." is lived by around 500 employees. We are organized in circles and use the patterns of Sociocracy 3.0 – this ensures that employees are deployed according to their skills. In the branches in Zurich, Basel, Bern, Lausanne, Lucerne, St. Gallen, Vevey, and Winterthur, the two outlet branches, as well as the station store Yosemite in Zermatt, there are over 42,000 products from around 550 brands. Should products ever get damaged, we take care of them in the repair workshop in Zurich Altstetten.MORE INFORMATION
If you have any questions, please contact Eva from the sales team in St. Gallen: Tel. +41 71 222 36 66or visit us online: www.transa.ch/en/jobs
We want to fill this vacancy as a sales consultant with responsibility for the mountain sports department 70 - 100% in St. Gallen without the support of personnel service providers.
