After five and a half years with the company, the current sales manager, Michael Tobler, has decided to leave the Mammut Sports Group at the end of August. Tobler intends to turn his hobby into a professional activity by founding “Saphire”, a company specialising in the sport of sailing. Mammut would like to take this opportunity to thank him wholeheartedly for the commitment he showed during his time with us.
 
Andreas Kessler is new Chief Sales Officer


His successor and new chief sales officer is Andreas Kessler, who will take up his post on Aug. 6. Born in 1965 and a graduate in Business Administration from the University of St Gallen (lic oec HSG), he began his career with Unilever and spent several years working for the Swatch Group in Japan and Korea (Longines) and as Country Manager in North America (Rado). Most recently, Kessler was CEO of the functional clothing specialists ODLO and as a result, he will bring extensive knowledge of the sector with him to his new post in Seon. Married with two children, he lives with his family near Zurich. His favourite sports include cross-country skiing, mountain climbing and running.


 

Erweiterung des Management Boards
In light of this change, the Mammut Sports Group is adjusting the organization of its management board.

To prepare the company for the coming challenges and future development, the management board will be extended to include a chief channel management officer who will be responsible for the different retail formats as well as for category management. This position will be taken over by Stefan Merkt who has been with the Mammut Sports Group for almost ten years. A former brand manager at Raichle before being appointed head of the footwear business unit and finally head of category management in 2010, the 42-year-old is equally well connected within the company as he is throughout the entire sector. Stefan Merkt will take up his new position with immediate effect.