Les missions du poste
Within the Global Sustainability department, theSustainability & Product Compliance Senior Manageris responsible for ensuring that Salomon meetsglobal sustainability and product regulatory requirements,materials certification standards, and maintainsrobust value chain traceability, while continuouslydeveloping the maturity of Salomon's Compliance Management System.
The role sits at the intersection ofsustainability, product development, compliance, quality, legal and sourcing, and plays a key role in safeguarding product integrity, regulatory compliance, and the credibility of sustainability claims.
This role also includes thesupervision and development of a small team, and thecoordination of compliance-related governance at both Salomon and Amer Sports levels.
You will work in close collaboration withSalomon Product Business Units, Quality teams, Legal Department, as well asAmer Sports Compliance and Sourcing teams. Depending on regulatory topics and projects, you will also collaborate with other functions such asCommercial, Marketing and Logistics teams.
Key Objectives
- Ensurerobust sustainability and product complianceacross all product categories
- Drivechemical management
- Strengthenvalue chain traceability and materials certification
- Develop astructured Compliance Management Systemat Salomon
- Strengthengovernance and crossfunctional alignmentwithin Salomon and withAmer Sports Compliance & Sourcing teams
Main Responsibilities
1. Sustainability, Product Compliance and Regulatory Management
- Define, implement, and continuously improve sustainability and product compliance standards and processes.
- Ensure that materials, components, and finished products comply with applicable global regulations.
- Monitor regulatory developments and assess their potential risks and impacts on Salomon products.
- Conduct targeted regulatory monitoring aligned with Salomon's product categories and business models, in complement to grouplevel regulatory watch.
- Translate regulatory requirements intoclear implementation plansfor Salomon and oversee their execution.
2. Chemicals Management
- Drivechemical managementacross products and materials.
- Act assubject matter experton chemical compliance and restricted substances.
- Oversee the assessment and mitigation ofchemical and processrelated risks.
- Partner withMaterials, Innovation and Quality teamsto balance performance, compliance, and sustainability.
3. Value Chain Traceability
- Endtoend value chain traceability
- Support deployment ofendtoend traceability requirements& plans at material and product level in alignment with Amer Sports traceability plan and key internal stakeholders (sourcing, materials, product, IT, etc.).
- Supportsupply chain mappingand identify traceability risks, gaps, and priority areas.
- Contribute to the development ofrobust, auditready traceability and chainofcustody processes.
- Ensuretraceability data integrity, quality, consistency, reliability, structuration and maintenance across systems, tools and processes.
- Support the efficiency, alignment, and proper use ofPLM, compliance, and traceability systems.
- Maintainauditready documentation and reporting.
- Materials certification & chain of custody
- Managematerials certification schemes.
- Ensurechainofcustody complianceacross suppliers and production sites.
- Track certificationscope, validity, documentation, and audit readiness.
- Support thestrategic deployment and scaling of certified materialsacross product lines.
- Leverage traceability data to enable impact measurement and credible claims, in collaboration with sustainability tools & data team and communication team.
4. Compliance Management System & Maturity Development
Design, implement, and continuously improveSalomon's Compliance Management System (CMS).
- Develop and maintain:
- Compliance policies, standards, and procedures
- Clear roles, responsibilities, and governance
- Risk identification, escalation, and mitigation processes
- Develop a roadmap for continuous compliance maturity improvement
- Promote, structure and develop a culture of compliance within Salomon (processes, tools, knowledge, mindset).
5. Governance, Coordination & Representation
- Salomon internal governance
- Lead and facilitate theSalomon Sustainability & Product Compliance Working Group.
- Ensure alignment betweenProduct, Sustainability, Quality, Legal, and Supply Chain teams.
- Amer Sports Representation
- Act asSalomon's point of contact and representativewithin theAmer Sports Product Compliance Network.
- Act asSalomon's point of contact and representativewithin Amer Sports sourcing's traceability projects.
- Contribute to grouplevel standards, tools, best practices, and governance.
- Ensure effectivetwoway alignmentbetween Amer Sports requirements and Salomon implementation.
6. Team Supervision & Capability Building
- Supervise and mentor a small team of direct reports.
- Support capability building and knowledge sharing across the organization.
Le profil recherché
Essential Skills & Experience
- You have 10+ years of experience in product compliance, sustainability, materials, or responsible product development (apparel, footwearor equipment)across comparable industries such as outdoor, sports, automotive, or pharmaceutical.
- You have a strong expertise in product compliance, with either a dedicated compliance background or a hybrid legal + product profile.
- Strong expertise in sustainability, responsible supply chains, product regulations, chemical compliance, and material risk management.
- Proven ability to work with materials certification systems and chain-of-custody requirements, as well as a solid understanding of traceability systems.
Essential Competencies
- You are collaborative and able to build strong working relationships across teams, including various stakeholders,Quality and Legal functions, while helping to resolve challenges, support compliance initiatives, and drive positive outcomes for all parties.
- You are process-oriented and able to prioritize tasks effectively, ensuring work is completed efficiently, accurately, and in line with established standards and processes.
- You are a critical thinker who gathers information from different sources, analyses situations carefully, and uses sound judgment to solve problems and support decision-making.
Desired Qualifications
- Education:You have a degree in Textiles, Materials Science, Product Engineering, Sustainability, or a related field.
- Languages: Fluent in both French and English.
Bienvenue chez Salomon / Groupe Amer Sports
Amer Sports is a sporting goods company with internationally recognized brands including Salomon, Arc'teryx, Peak Performance, Atomic and Wilson.
The Mountain Sport Company, Salomon was born in 1947 in the heart of the French Alps and the birthplace of modern alpinism. Salomon's commitment to innovative design and passion for mountain sports created a vast range of revolutionary new concepts in bindings, boots, skis and apparel for both Alpine and Nordic skiing and brought innovative solutions to footwear, apparel and equipment for snowboarding, adventure racing, mountaineering, hiking, trail running, and many other sports.
Through performance driven design, Salomon delivers innovation and progression to mountain sports; converting new ideas into action and expanding the limits of possibility. Salomon's heritage, culture, and commitment are tied together by one simple concept: the world's leading mountain people creating the world's leading mountain products. Salomon is responsibly committed towards the outdoor through its sustainability program. Diversity is one of Salomon's five values, therefore we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all.
Salomon is headquartered in Annecy, France.
Publiée le 28/05/2026 - Réf : R-9637
