Merchandising Manager (temporary position)

Merchandising Manager (temporary position) Established in 1986 in the Swedish mountains, our love for skiing in untouched terrain and embarking on adventures in the wild run deep. Our purpose is simple: to bring this freeride spirit to the world. With our products, we aim to make adventures possible 365 days a year. We are driven by passion, togetherhood, responsibility and winning spirit. We know that an inspiring spread of unique abilities and personalities contribute to our dynamic culture and our success. Now, we are looking for a new talent to join our team. We're looking for an analytical and commercially minded Merchandising Manager to join our Merchandising team for a temporary position during a maternity leave cover, from September/October 2026 to June 2027. In this role, you'll play an important part in optimizing product performance across our brand store fleet. Working closely with Visual Merchandising, Retail and Marketing teams, you'll monitor sales performance, support assortment decisions, steer replenishment and allocation accordingly and help ensure our stores always have the best possible customer offer. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working with data, solving commercial challenges, and wants to develop a career in merchandising. Key Responsibilities: Monitor sales and stock performance across stores to identify opportunities and risks. Perform allocation and replenishment actions to ensure products are available when and where customers need them. Analyze sales, inventory levels and product performance, turning insights into actionable recommendations. Support in-season trading activities, including product activations, markdowns and promotional planning. Collaborate with Visual Merchandising, Retail and Marketing teams to execute commercial plans. Prepare reports and communicate performance insights with cross-functional teams. Gather feedback from Retail teams to support continuous improvements to the customer offer. Further develop our tools and be part in optimizing our way of working for future Who we think you are: You're curious, analytical and enjoy working with numbers while keeping the customer in mind. You like collaborating with others and are motivated by improving commercial performance. Job Requirements: 1–3 years of experience in merchandising, allocation, replenishment, planning or retail analysis. A degree in Business, Economics, Engineering or a related field (or equivalent experience). Strong analytical skills and confidence working with data and Excel. A commercial mindset and interest in retail and consumer behavior. Skills and experience in building Excel and AI tools is beneficial but not critical Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Fluency in English, both written and spoken. Success in this role: You'll contribute to ensuring products are available in the right stores at the right time, supporting healthy stock levels, strong sell-through and an excellent customer experience across both stores and e-commerce. What we offer: We offer you an inspiring work environment where our values of Passion, Togetherhood, Responsibility and Winning Spirit are at the core of everything we do, promoting creativity, teamwork, accountability, and progress. You get the opportunity to work with a great team that shares your passion for sports and outdoor life. We are on a growth journey, finding our line and building our future success. That provides interesting challenges and possibilities in all roles for the person who is curious and likes to get things done. We’re small enough for you to play a key role regardless of your position, but big enough to have a global presence. At Peak Performance, you get the best of both worlds. To live our brand, we also offer Workout classes and yoga classes in our Training Box at HQ Sports Hour – 1 hour training on Fridays (activity of your own choice) Mountain house & Apartment in Åre. Available for rent and team activities. Health care allowance – 3000 SEK per year Pension advisory via Linder & Partners Skandia Health Insurance If our values inspire you and you share our passion for outdoor sports and products that combines style and performance, we want you to join our winning team. Apply now and unlock your freeride spirit! Please send in your application latest 2nd of August. Interviews will be held shortly after this date. Department Product Management & Merchandising Locations Peak Performance HQ Remote status Hybrid Peak Performance HQ About Peak Performance Back in 1986, two very passionate skiers, one of them a world-class mogul skier with several World Cup wins, were sitting next to each other in a chairlift heading up a mountain. About to test and write about a new skiwear line, they started to talk about why no one was making skiwear that they wanted to wear. Garments that combined excellent functionality with simple, attractive design. Also, they wondered if there was any way that they could stay longer and more often in the ski resort they both loved - the little mountain village Åre, in northern Sweden. It turned out that the answer to both questions was Peak Performance. Initially, their ambitions didn’t extend much beyond making some clothes for themselves and their friends, in sufficient quantities to make a living from it. The business was shaped by what was important to them. Finding the right design and technical solution was paramount. And the strategy worked. In the late 1980’s, people were tired of extravagance and superficiality. Everybody was looking for the real thing that comes with genuine quality. Ski jackets with leather details and flannel shirts were suddenly the answer, rather than neon and looking like a fully decorated Christmas tree. Orders generated by the first mail order catalog overwhelmed the little post office in town. So much so that they had to take on more staff just to keep up. During the early years, most things took longer to do than they should have. After all, Peak Performance was a company founded by skiers – people who more than anything else wanted to ski some winter. Anyone who managed to find our little office in Åre was often confronted with a sign on the front door that read: Gone skiing.