Trade Marketing Specialist Europe till CCM Hockey

At CCM Hockey, we live our values everyday:
Authenticity: Standing up for who you are, doing what you mean and what you believe in.
Empowerment: Through their unique contributions, each person is different, each person is important, and each person has the opportunity to make a difference.
Teamwork: A team that works together always beats a team of highly skilled individual players.
Respect: Valuing differences and allowing others to express themselves when working together, to achieve common goals, to grow and succeed as a company.


For the European market, with location at our European main office in Stockholm, we are now looking for a Trade Marketing Specialist. You will be a part of our Marketing Team, with direct reporting line to the European Marketing Manager.


This is a fulltime position with desired start date as soon as possible.


Main Purpose


The Trade Marketing Specialist will develop & execute retail footprint strategy to increase store sales and brand presence with retailers. His/her objective is to develop and implement initiatives for the CCM brand to win at retail that are tied in with key business objectives.

Key Accountabilities


Develop & execute retail footprint strategies for European accounts.
Actively collaborate with sales organization, retailers and distributors to provide industry leading service for marketing requests including POP roll out, graphics, sales incentives and staff education.
Support KA´s with updated product images and descriptions in a timely manner
Support and manage the set-up and planning of European sales and marketing meetings.
Responsible for on-time delivery and quality of all retail footprint material to accounts (POP, SiS and graphics).
Negotiate with vendors to ensure competitive pricing for in-store materials.
Develop and implement all marketing initiatives destined to increase retail staff support of CCM products and programs.
Catalogue management for Europe
Support Brand Activator team by providing them with marketing support tools. Collaborate to maximize in-field product education.



Knowledge, Experience and Skills


Experience with trade marketing, digital/e-com or sales
Secondary education or alternatively corresponding work experience
Strong Excel, E-Mail, Word and PowerPoint Skills
Experience in sporting goods, an asset
Customer focused and good skills in problem solving
Fluent in Swedish and English
German and Finnish, an asset

The ideal candidate has a background from retail/field sales and/or marketing, is a strong communicator and administrator with a sense for sales and sports. Strong interest in ice hockey and sports in general is an advantage.


Make sure to send in your application as soon as possible as we are interviewing candidates continuously.
At CCM Hockey, we celebrate the difference for the benefit of our employees, our products and our collaborators. We work to create an inclusive environment where everyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, age or other motives, can give the best of themselves.


CCM Hockey is present worldwide, we have offices in Canada, the United States, Sweden, Finland, Germany and Taiwan. Our headquarters are located in Montreal, where we create and develop our equipment. Our mission is to inspire dreams and empower every player to fulfill their passion while enjoying their game. Our team's vision is to be the leading brand on and off the ice, by delivering innovative products and outstanding experience to our athletes and partners everywhere, all while putting our employees and communities at the forefront. We aim to unlock the full potential of every CCM athlete from pond to forum by delivering innovation to maximize performance and ignite in them the self-confidence to chase their dream. We’re looking for passionate players who share our core values and will help us become THE industry leader!