Amer Sports is a sporting goods company with internationally recognized brands including Salomon, Arc’teryx, Peak Performance, Atomic and Wilson.

“The Mountain Sport Company”, Salomon was born in 1947 in the heart of the French Alps and the birthplace of modern alpinism. Salomon’s commitment to innovative design and passion for mountain sports created a vast range of revolutionary new concepts in bindings, boots, skis and apparel for both Alpine and Nordic skiing and brought innovative solutions to footwear, apparel and equipment for snowboarding, adventure racing, mountaineering, hiking, trail running, and many other sports.

Through performance driven design, Salomon delivers innovation and progression to mountain sports; converting new ideas into action and expanding the limits of possibility. Salomon’s heritage, culture, and commitment are tied together by one simple concept: the world’s leading mountain people creating the world’s leading mountain products. Salomon is responsibly committed towards the outdoor through its sustainability program. Diversity is one of Salomon’s five values, therefore we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all.

Salomon is headquartered in Annecy, France.

Amer Sports est le leader mondial des équipementiers du sport avec les marques Salomon, Arc’teryx, Peak Performance, Atomic et Wilson.

Salomon SAS, « The Mountain Sport Company », est née en 1947 au cœur des Alpes et berceau de l’alpinisme moderne. Grâce à la passion du sport et un design innovant, Salomon a créé une vaste gamme de nouveaux concepts révolutionnaires en fixations, chaussures, skis et vêtements pour le ski alpin et nordique et a pu apporter des solutions innovantes dans le footwear, et les équipements pour le snowboard, la compétition, l’alpinisme, la randonnée, le trail running and bien d’autres sports.

Au travers de cette orientation vers la performance, Salomon innove et excelle sur les sports de montagne, en convertissant de nouvelles idées en produits et en repoussant les limites du possible. L’engagement, la culture et l’héritage de Salomon sont tous liés par un simple concept : chaque salarié peut faire de Salomon la marque de montagne de référence. Salomon s’engage de manière responsable pour l’outdoor au travers de son programme de développement durable. La diversité est l'une des cinq valeurs de Salomon, c'est pourquoi nous nous engageons à créer un environnement accessible à tous.

Le siège de Salomon est basé à Annecy (74), France.

Main Purpose:

Responsible for building and leading an outstanding performing team to ensure that they:

• Achieve set goals
• Execute brand standards
• Deliver operational excellence
• Adhere to financial targets

Motivate & coach the team to execute strong signature service

The SM provides the highest level of customer experience and delivers the vision of the brand, supporting and mentoring the ASM and the store team to their personal career development.

Main tasks / responsibilities:

Performance management

• Develop topline & manage profitability
• Track, manage & analyze KPIs and manage reporting
• Lead corrective action when necessary

Customer service

• Supervise that the execution of marketing activations and VM guidelines are properly managed to ensure Brand and store standards 
• Act as a role model and ensure his managers and team members understand customer profiles and deliver outstanding customer shopping experience

Operations

• Ensure the right inventory level to provide the best shopping experience
• Oversees activities to ensure building safety, health & safety measures are met
• Work on the planning to have the optimal floor coverage
• Ensure company policies and SOP Excellence, are understood and fully applied

• Manage the resources to keep operating expenses under control and influence staff Opex to reach the targets

Recruitment & training

• Recruit the team with the support of Talent acquisition, HRBP, District Manager
• Build & coach to have an expert team, with the support of the Training Champion, on best-in-class customer service & product expertise
• Motivate & coach the team to achieve set goals; lead KPIs animation
• Actively identify underperformers, at first through individual KPI management, to put appropriate action plan
• Identify talents to provide individual development plan with the support of DM & HRBP
• Have ongoing succession plan

• Demonstrated entrepreneurial mindset to identify and seize opportunities
• Appeal for performance products and their benefits
• High-end sports brands experience, performance product knowledge, footwear focus, community engagement
• Solid retail expertise with Strong management experience: >3 yrs, >10 HC, turnover >€2M

At Salomon, we believe that diversity fuels innovation. We are committed to providing an inclusive environment where recruitment and career development are based on qualifications, experience, skills, performance, and personal merit.