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

Publication date:01 December 2025
Workload:70 – 100%
Contract type:Unlimited employment
Place of work:St. Gallen

Job summary

Join our new Transa store in St. Gallen, opening March 2026! Enjoy a vibrant work environment and outdoor adventures.

Tasks

Manage our extensive mountain sports and ski product range.
Advise customers on their outdoor adventures in St. Gallen.
Organize product adjustments and share insights on trends.

Skills

Retail education or experience in mountain sports is ideal.
Strong product knowledge in climbing, ski touring, and mountaineering.
Excellent communication and IT skills, including Microsoft Office.

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About the job

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 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 area and are looking for an interesting full-time or part-time position? Then read on...

YOUR SPECIALTY AS AREA MANAGER

Our extensive mountain sports and ski assortment. 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 sessions. 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!
Experience 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

Ready for a new adventure at Transa in St. Gallen? Does this role as 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 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 employees are deployed according to their skills. In the branches Zurich, Basel, Bern, Lausanne, Lucerne, St. Gallen, Vevey, and Winterthur, the two outlet stores, and 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 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 want to fill this vacancy as Sales Consultant with Area Responsibility for Mountain Sports 70 - 100 % in St. Gallen without the support of personnel service providers.