TEAM LEAD FOR GLOBAL SPORTS BRAND - FRANCE & IBERIA

WorkShop; Paris; Sur place; EUR 60 000 - 80 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading global sports brand is seeking a Team Lead to oversee Product Trainer teams in France. The role focuses on strategic leadership, ensuring training excellence, and driving measurable commercial impact across multiple stores. Ideal candidates have extensive experience in retail training and team management, with strong communication skills. This full-time position involves travel and offers an opportunity to elevate performance and develop talent across Europe.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in retail training or management.
• Proven experience managing teams across multiple markets.
• Solid understanding of retail environments.

Responsabilités

• Lead planning and execution of training within the region.
• Provide leadership and coaching to PT teams.
• Steer KPI performance through continuous monitoring.
• Capture and share best practices across regions.
• Ensure delivery of training content with excellence.
• Oversee reporting cycles and governance topics.

Connaissances

People leadership

Training delivery

Strong communication

Retail operations

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Business Education or equivalent

Description du poste

Are you driven by leading high‑performing teams and elevating execution across diverse markets for one of the worlds most influential sports brands? As Team Lead you will take ownership of steering Product Trainer (PT) teams, ensuring operational discipline, strategic alignment and a consistently strong presence in every store across your region.

You will operate at the strategic intersection of central direction and local delivery, guiding PT teams in partnership with client cluster leads and ensuring training initiatives translate into measurable commercial impact.

Job Purpose

The Team Lead provides strategic and operational leadership to Product Trainer teams across the assigned region. The role ensures training excellence, operational consistency and achievement of performance KPIs. Acting as the key conduit between EU governance structures and market‑level implementation, you uphold standards, planning routines and reporting mechanisms across the region.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end planning and execution of training within the region, including forecasting, account planning, governance and alignment with local cluster leads and wholesale partners
• Provide leadership and coaching to PT teams, ensuring strong performance management, development planning, operational guidance and approval of expenses
• Steer KPI performance through continuous monitoring, structured feedback and timely corrective actions
• Capture, formalise and share best practices across regions to drive alignment and ongoing optimisation
• Ensure delivery of client‑provided training content – physical and digital – with strong preparation and execution excellence
• Lead training tours, including classroom delivery, in‑store sessions, store visits and leadership‑level meetings
• Oversee reporting cycles, governance topics, uniform requirements, vacancies and resource planning
• Support local cluster readiness and enable wholesale partners integration into the training program
• Contribute to budget inputs, recruitment processes, toolbox evaluations, tool reviews, partner buy‑in and frequency planning
• Serve as the escalation point for the region, safeguarding process adherence and operational continuity

What Success Looks Like

• A consistently high standard of training execution across all assigned markets
• Engaged, supported and high‑performing PT teams with clear development trajectories
• Strong alignment with client cluster leads and EU governance structures
• Tangible improvement in KPIs and measurable training impact
• Reliable reporting, streamlined processes and proactive issue resolution

Key Attributes

• Strong people leader with demonstrated capability in developing and elevating field teams
• Highly structured and detail‑oriented, ensuring governance frameworks and reporting standards are rigorously followed
• Solid understanding of retail environments and the drivers behind high‑quality in‑store execution
• Ability to connect training activities with commercial outcomes, operational KPIs and overall business performance
• Confident communicator who manages stakeholders at multiple levels, including client cluster leads, store managers and EU governance teams
• Proactive, solutions‑focused leader comfortable with dynamic field conditions and frequent travel

Minimum Qualifications

• 35 years of experience in retail training, field team leadership or region/cluster management
• Proven experience managing teams across multiple markets or large store portfolios
• Strong background in training delivery and retail operations
• Bachelor's degree in Business Education, related field or equivalent professional experience
• Experience working within governance frameworks, reporting structures and multinational environments
• Excellent local language English communication and presentation skills
• Ability to travel across assigned regions; a driver's licence may be required in certain markets

Placement

France, Spain & Portugal area

Start

As soon as possible or according to agreement

Working Hours

Full time

Join a team committed to developing people, elevating performance and driving meaningful retail impact across Europe! Apply now and play a central role in shaping how a global sports brand shows up in every store for every consumer.