Business Development Manager- Gift cards

About Company: Decathlon was founded in 1976 in France and is the biggest sports retailer in the world with around 1920 Stores across 55 countries. Our purpose is to move people through the wonders of Sport. We believe that sports contribute to good health, balanced education, social integration and sustainable development the world over.

In India, Decathlon started 15 years back and our first cash & carry flagship store was set up in May 2009 at Sarjapur in Bangalore. As of 2025, we are at 132 Stores spread across 45 cities in the country. Furthermore, Decathlon offers various jobs/ positions across the organization which includes Retail, Omni Commerce, Production, Logistics & Warehouse Management. It is our commitment to attract and nurture talent to create growth opportunities in-sync with our progress in India.

Currently, we are looking for a Business Development Manager- Gift cards who has a sense of entrepreneurship with real passion for sports.

Profile: An intrapreneur with around 5 years proven sales experience and who is passionate about spreading the benefits of sports, representing Decathlon India among the leadership teams of clients and partners. As someone leading this, you will be expected to display the following abilities:

• Sales skills for business development among corporates
• Individual contributor to implement go to market strategy.
• Account Management skills to lead the partnerships/alliances from end to end.
• High ownership to plan and deliver on the business goals.
• Strong prioritization skills with ability to balance customer experience with business priorities.
• Skills to work across stakeholders and functions to communicate, convince and deliver results.
• Ability to think big on a vision while being rooted in constant execution.

Responsibilities:

• To create sustainable partnerships with Corporates Partners for selling Gift Cards.
• Build and manage the corporate leads pipeline
• Meeting representatives of these companies with our proposal.
• Create online & offline campaigns to promote gift cards among corporates
• Organizing sport events with Decathlon stores team at client locations or Decathlon facilities or virtually through Decathlon Play.
• Analyze the impact of these partnerships in terms of value creation for Decathlon India => Use partnerships to create traction for Decathlon in India

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU If you're passionate about creating networks in Sport, this is the perfect role for you. You will also have the opportunity to develop yourself in a challenging environment while exchanging and benchmarking with counterparts in other Decathlon countries in the international network.

The culture at Decathlon revolves around Freedom and Responsibility which means you have the possibility to make your own path within the defined pitch. We don't do well with designations and hierarchies.

What we can offer you:

• Culture of work & sports together.
• Multiple learning opportunities working with different department teams in India & Internationally.
• Internal and external training to enrich soft & technical skills.
• Shareholding program.
• Monthly company performance bonus (subjectable to department performance).

Location: Noida

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