Co-Branch Manager 80 - 100 %

Transa Backpacking AG

St. Gallen

Key information

Publication date:15 October 2025
Workload:80 – 100%
Contract type:Unlimited employment
Place of work:St. Gallen

Job summary

Join Transa Backpacking AG as a Co-Team Leader in St. Gallen! Shape our new store opening in March 2026.

Tasks

Collaborate with a team to establish the new St. Gallen branch.
Oversee staff and ensure a positive customer experience.
Support daily sales and share product knowledge with the team.

Skills

Proven leadership experience, ideally in retail settings.
Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
Digital savvy and proficient in common MS programs.

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For our new branch in St. Gallen, we are looking for a Co-Team Leader 80 – 100 % to start immediately or by arrangement.

In this role, you are part of the management team at the St. Gallen branch and will play a decisive role in shaping the new branch on Multergasse (opening in March 2026). The management team consists of 4 people who are responsible for professional, personnel, financial, and strategic matters in the branch. Is combining sales and responsibility your thing? Are you looking for a varied position in St. Gallen? Then read on...

YOUR SPECIALTY AS CO-BRANCH MANAGER

Shape the new branch together with the St. Gallen team. Your thing.
You gladly take responsibility for employees and a positive customer experience. Wow, perfect.
Connecting people, understanding contexts, and bringing the right interfaces together. It’s in your blood.
Actively support the daily sales routine in St. Gallen. Advising customers is your passion.
Exchange knowledge, help shape the assortment, and ensure product know-how within the team. The best thing in the world.
Support employees both personally and professionally, keep an eye on the numbers for personnel planning and branch sales, and help shape the strategic direction of the branch. These topics may fall within your area of responsibility. You will develop your exact field of activity together with the management team according to your strengths and interests.
The outdoor world and our extensive outdoor assortment. Are your home.

THIS IS YOU

Several years of leadership experience, ideally in retail. It shows in your profile.
Encounters with people and contact with our customers in St. Gallen. Are your top priority.
Taking responsibility, helping shape the branch, and not forgetting the essential needs of employees. That’s what it takes.
Experience in retail and with sales-strategic aspects. You bring that along.
Digitally savvy and proficient in common MS programs. Of course.
Your environment describes you as open, communicative, and solution-oriented. Definitely.
New organizational models and agile working methods. Inspire you.
Outdoors on travel or outdoor adventures. Your hobby.

YOUR BENEFITS

A shared spirit of outdoor enthusiasts that can move mountains
Generous employee discount and attractive benefits with partners
Above-standard and part-time friendly social benefits
Possibility of unpaid leave
Loyalty bonus (vacation or money) every 5 years
Employee events from outdoor cooking to bivouac tours
Workplace directly at St. Gallen train station
And much more

The right equipment in your backpack? Does this role as Co-Branch Manager in St. Gallen appeal to you?

Then we look forward to your online application. Please do not send your application by 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  «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.