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Hours Part-time
Location San Jose, CA
San Jose, California

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Reach Your Peak at Vail Resorts.

You're someone who pushes boundaries and challenges the status quo. You're ambitious, brave and passionate in everything you do. And we want you on our team.

Pursue your fullest potential and never settle in the quest to deliver extraordinary guest service. Re-imagine a mountain resort experience with us.

Welcome to Vail Resorts. Reach Your Peak.

Associate: Bootfitter: Part-Time, Seasonal

Vail Resorts Retail (VRR)

San Jose, CA

Experience of a Lifetime. More than just our mission, these words describe Vail Resorts and the people who share a desire to achieve and experience excellence. One of our core values is providing an exceptional experience to our guests and to our employees. An opportunity to work for Vail Resorts and its subsidiary VRR, is an opportunity to bring out your full passion for everything our company stands for, including our commitment to our product, the communities we live in, the environment and our shareholders. Our employees are good at what they do, we welcome people who bring enthusiasm and pride to work.

Job responsibilities:

  • Responsible for assisting guests with boot selection, proper fit, stance, balancing, alignment and custom footbeds.
  • Describes and promotes products in line with customers' expressed needs
  • Places guests in properly fitting demo equipment
  • Conducts inventory of demo equipment
  • Performs in-depth boot analysis and work
  • Demonstrates high level of product knowledge
  • Prior experience, skills and training are required to perform successfully at this level
  • May train new and existing associate positions


Qualifications:

  • Bootfitting experience - prefferred
  • Maintain a working knowledge of products and trends within the industry
  • Previous snow sport industry experience - required
  • Ability to communicate fluently with co-workers and guests in accurate spoken and written English - required
  • Commitment to exceptional customer service
  • Ability to work a flexible schedule; including nights, holidays and weekends - required


Vail Resorts Retail operates over 200 year-round and seasonal stores under 40 + retail brand names specializing in ski, bike, golf and fly fishing products and gear. We operate in world-class locations such as Aspen, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone, Telluride, Park City, Vail, Lake Tahoe, Minneapolis, Denver’s Front Range and the San Francisco Bay Area.

As a Vail Resorts employee you get way more than a paycheck or even a ski pass. Our Total Rewards program gives employees access to some of the world’s most beautiful playgrounds and luxurious properties—and the goods to enjoy each of them to their fullest potential.

Some of the benefits include:

  • Free ski pass to our world-class resorts; including Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood
  • Retail discounts at our stores
  • Excellent training and professional development
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)


Since 1972, Any Mountain has been outfitting Bay Area enthusiasts with outdoor, skiing, and snowboarding equipment. With a crew of passionate outdoor enthusiasts whose expertise is unrivaled, and a selection of gear and apparel that fits your outdoor lifestyle, no other local shop supports your endeavors—from ordinary to extraordinary epics days—quite like we do.

Recently voted by our own employees in back to back years as one of “Best and Brightest Companies to work for in the Bay Area,” come join our team and be a part of the experience! www.vailresortscareers.com

Vail Resorts is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law.