Sales Consultant with Area Responsibility for Mountain Sports 70 - 100 %

Transa Backpacking AG

Basel

Key information

Publication date:05 August 2025
Workload:70 – 100%
Contract type:Permanent position
Place of work:Basel

Job summary

Join our St. Gallen store opening in March 2026! Exciting opportunities await in a dynamic team.

Tasks

Lead our mountain sports segment with passion and expertise.
Guide customers in their outdoor adventures with personalized advice.
Manage product displays and inventory for optimal sales performance.

Skills

Retail training is ideal; open to career changers with passion.
Strong product knowledge in climbing, high tours, and ski touring.
Team-oriented, responsible, and reliable with IT skills.

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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 Area Responsibility for Mountain Sports 70 - 100 % starting February 1, 2026, or by agreement.

Do you enjoy being in the mountains, preferably on high tours, climbing, or ski tours? Would you like to take responsibility for our mountain sports area and are you looking for an interesting position in full-time or part-time? Then read on...

YOUR SPECIALTY AS AREA RESPONSIBLE

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 range. Your responsibility.
Exchanging, passing on, and initiating targeted training on specialist knowledge. Gladly.
Recognizing trends, checking sales potentials, and sharing them in specialist group meetings and with our purchasing team. You have an eye for trends!
Shaping the appearance of the mountain sports area and the presentation of products and services. Of course.
Point of contact for technical questions and participation in the analysis of sales figures. Product knowledge and numbers are your home.
Contributing to the flow of goods. That’s part of it too.

THIS IS YOU

An education 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 tours, or ski tours. That’s what you bring.
An open ear for our customers in St. Gallen. Absolutely.
Available flexibly, even on 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, there are 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

A slightly different recruitment process: We are starting a new adventure together: Be aware that the recruitment process will not follow the standard procedure. Events (indoor in St. Gallen and outdoor) with several short interviews and group interactions are planned. In addition to technical know-how, we value a pronounced team spirit and sense of community. This way, we will find a strong team for St. Gallen together. The first round of recruitment will take place on September 10 or 11, 2025, and the second round on October 18, 2025. Ready for a new adventure at Transa in St. Gallen? Does this role as a Sales Consultant with Area Responsibility for Mountain Sports 70 - 100 % appeal to you?

Then we look forward to your online application. Please do not send your application via email for data protection reasons.
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THIS IS US

Transa Backpacking AG has been the competence center for high-quality travel and outdoor equipment for over 45 years. The guiding principle «Out. But right.» is lived by around 500 employees. We are organized in circles and use the patterns of Sociocracy 3.0 – this way, employees are deployed according to their abilities. In the branches of Zurich, Basel, Bern, Lausanne, Lucerne, St. Gallen, Vevey, and Winterthur, the two outlet branches, and the station business Yosemite in Zermatt, there are over 42,000 products from around 550 brands. If products do get damaged, we take care of it in the repair workshop in Zurich Altstetten.

MORE INFORMATION

If you have any questions, feel free to contact Eva from the sales team in St. Gallen: Tel. +41 71 222 36 66
or visit us online: www.transa.ch/en/jobs

We would like to fill this vacancy as a Sales Consultant with Area Responsibility for Mountain Sports 70 - 100 % in St. Gallen without the support of personnel service providers.

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Commercial / Sales