The cycling industry is experiencing a surge in demand, leading to a variety of exciting career opportunities. Here are five prominent positions currently available:
1. Workshop Mechanic / Bicycle Technician at Mamachari
Mamachari, London’s Family Cycling Specialists, is seeking a skilled Workshop Mechanic/Bicycle Technician. The role involves delivering top-quality servicing and repairs, managing workflow efficiently, and maintaining high workshop standards. The workshop is fully equipped with tools from Park Tool, Shimano, Cyclus, VAR, and Wera, and operates a fully digital workflow via Hubtiger. Mamachari is a Shimano Service Centre, Brompton Dealer, Tern Urban Mobility/Long-Tail Dealer, GoCycle Service Partner, Bosch eBike Specialist, and an experienced Magura dealer. The customer base includes family, cargo, and utility bikes, as well as road cyclists, commuters, and mountain bike enthusiasts.
2. Operations Assistant at Peaty’s
Peaty’s, a growing brand in the cycling industry, is looking for an Operations Assistant/Coordinator to join their team at the headquarters in Wrexham, North Wales. The role involves coordinating orders, shipments, and logistics to ensure products reach riders, distributors, and retailers worldwide. Responsibilities include processing and managing customer and distributor orders, coordinating shipments with carriers and freight partners, obtaining shipping quotes, preparing documentation for international shipments, updating customers and distributors on order and shipment status, issuing invoices and credit notes, maintaining accurate customer and order records, responding to customer inquiries, and supporting the warehouse and operations team with general operational tasks when needed.
3. Bike Technician/Key Holder at Giant Leeds
Giant Leeds, a new addition to the Giant Store network, is seeking a Bike Technician/Key Holder. The role involves high-quality service work, supporting the team during busy periods, and being a key factor in the store’s performance, culture, and reputation. Responsibilities include completing services and repairs, being the technical lead for colleagues, and ensuring the store operates like an independent shop while delivering excellent customer experiences.
4. Buyer – Parts, Clothing & Accessories (PAC) at Balfe’s Bikes
Balfe’s Bikes is looking for a commercially astute Buyer – Parts, Clothing & Accessories (PAC) to take full ownership of category performance and strategic direction. The role involves leading the PAC category with clear responsibility for delivering sales, margin, and stock turn targets, developing and executing a forward-looking category strategy, driving profitable growth through data-led ranging, pricing, and promotional mechanics, securing best-in-class commercial terms and supplier partnerships, optimizing the supplier base and supply chain efficiencies, managing product lifecycle to maximize ROI and minimize aged stock, and identifying new brand opportunities and competitive market gaps.
5. Sales Assistant at Giant Leeds
Giant Leeds is also seeking a Sales Assistant to join their team. The role involves providing sales and customer service experience, including offering advice and recommendations to suit a customer’s needs, helping to create a welcoming environment for the store, processing transactions with the till system, offering a range of finance and Cycle to Work payment alternatives, assisting with merchandising and stock replenishment, building long-term customer relationships that drive repeat business and reputation, and working to KPIs and commercial targets. Candidates should have experience in retail and sales or a willingness to gain experience, a genuine passion for cycling, a customer service-driven mindset, great communication skills, a flexible mindset, high standards and attention to detail, and some cycle-specific technical knowledge would be advantageous.
These positions offer dynamic roles within the cycling industry, catering to a range of skills and interests.