Market Manager, Winter Sports Equipment

Location: Full-time position based in Grödig, Austria; regular travel across Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, and Croatia is required.

Company

International sporting goods company with brands including hirify.global, Arc’teryx, Peak Performance, Atomic, and Wilson, focused on innovative mountain sports products and responsible outdoor development.

What you will do

• Lead commercial development, sales planning, market-share growth, and profitable performance for Winter Sports Equipment across four countries.
• Manage, coach, and develop a local team of Sales Representatives, including objectives, performance management, and resource allocation.
• Translate the EMEA strategy into country-specific priorities, growth initiatives, seasonal plans, and local market execution.
• Build partnerships with specialist retailers, rental operators, ski resorts, and other winter sports stakeholders.
• Represent hirify.global at industry and customer events while strengthening brand visibility and expert relationships.
• Coordinate with Marketing, Trade Marketing, Key Account Management, and Operations on go-to-market execution, forecasting, inventory, KPIs, and corrective actions.

Requirements

• Proven experience in sales leadership, business development, or commercial management.
• Experience in sporting goods, outdoor, winter sports, consumer goods, or a comparable industry.
• Strong understanding of wholesale and retail distribution networks.
• Experience leading and developing teams, with strong financial, forecasting, and performance-management skills.
• Ability to work effectively across multiple countries and stakeholder groups.
• Fluent English and German required.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent full-time employment in a strategic Alpine winter sports market.
• Opportunity to work across Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, and Croatia.
• Collaboration with regional commercial, marketing, brand, and operations functions.
• Focus on accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, sustainability, and inclusion.