Sales Consultant: Travel & Outdoor 30 - 100 %

Transa Backpacking AG

St. Gallen

Key information

Publication date:05 August 2025
Workload:30 – 100%
Contract type:Unlimited employment
Place of work:St. Gallen

Job summary

Join Transa's new store in St. Gallen opening March 2026! Exciting opportunities await.

Tasks

Offer expert advice on outdoor gear to customers.
Collaborate with the team to enhance product selection.
Maintain the sales area and assist with inventory flow.

Skills

Retail experience is ideal, but newcomers are welcome.
Strong knowledge of outdoor products and trends.
Excellent customer service and teamwork 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 new team members as Sales Consultants: Travel & Outdoor 30 - 100 % starting February 1, 2026, or by arrangement.

We are excited to offer our customers an even more unique shopping experience at the new location. For this new adventure, we are looking for around 15 new Transa team members in full-time or part-time positions in the following areas:

Hardware (sleeping bags / backpacks / tents)
Clothing
Technology (outdoor kitchen / GPS / ...)
Mountain Sports
Bike
Shoes
Kids

Your personal experience and know-how will determine your area of responsibility. Do you enjoy being outdoors in the mountains, traveling with a backpack and tent around the world, or riding your bike? Would you like to be part of a new Transa adventure in St. Gallen? Then read on...

YOUR SPECIALTY AS A SALES CONSULTANT

Our extensive outdoor and travel range. Your home.
Advising our customers in St. Gallen on their outdoor adventures. Your thing.
Engaging in discussions, sharing knowledge, and exchanging know-how within the team. Gladly.
Being a valuable sparring partner in the team and shaping the future product range together. Exciting!
Co-designing and maintaining the sales area. That’s part of it too.
Assisting with the flow of goods. Of course.

THIS IS YOU

An education in retail as a retail specialist EFZ would be ideal. Career changers are also very welcome.
Product knowledge in one or more of the above areas or experience in application. That’s what you bring.
An open ear for our customers in St. Gallen. Absolutely.
Available flexibly, even on Saturdays. Yes!
Your environment describes you as reliable and enthusiastic. Definitely.
Motivation to help shape the new branch and work in a large team. Yes, please.
Experience with IT tools (Microsoft Office and BC). You are used to it.
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 work 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 professional know-how, we value a pronounced team spirit and sense of community. This way, we can 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: Travel & Outdoor 30 - 100 % appeal to you?

Then we look forward to your online application. Please do not send your application via email for data protection reasons.
#outbutright

THIS IS US

Transa Backpacking AG has been the competence center for high-quality travel and outdoor equipment for over 45 years. The motto «Out. But right.» is lived by around 500 employees. We are organized in circles and use the patterns of Sociocracy 3.0 – this allows employees to be deployed according to their abilities. In the branches of Zurich, Basel, Bern, Lausanne, Lucerne, St. Gallen, Vevey, and Winterthur, as well as 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, please 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/de/jobs

We would like to fill this vacancy as a Sales Consultant: Travel & Outdoor in full-time and part-time in St. Gallen without support from personnel service providers.