Website Specialized Bicycle
Employer Snapshot (Cycle-Jobs Insight)
- Transparency Score: 3.9 / 5 — Good (Industry avg: 3.2 / 5) · Declining
- Company Size: large
- Ownership: Privately held
- Glassdoor: ⭐ ⭐ 3.0 / 5
- HR Index: 75.14% ▲ (Industry avg: 53.14%)
- Commitment: Actively engaged in responsible business and transparency
- Official Salary: N/A
- Estimated Salary (Cycle-Jobs): 🇺🇸 20,000-27,000 USD / year
Company Overview
Innovation has guided Specialized since 1974. The company is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of cycling, building a diverse and inclusive workforce, and inspiring riders everywhere. Specialized strives to deliver quality products and world class rider care, focusing on transformative, authentic, and collaborative experiences. The culture is passionate, barrier-breaking, and committed to making a positive impact on the world. Specialized supports initiatives like Outride to promote better health through cycling.
Role Description
The Cycling Specialist is a key member of the retail team, responsible for delivering exceptional rider service and supporting sales goals. This role acts as a host, mentor, and brand advocate, ensuring riders receive the best possible experience in-store and remotely. By providing solutions and fostering inclusive, ride-focused interactions, the Cycling Specialist helps drive the success of the store and Specialized’s mission.
Position Snapshot
- Seniority: Entry-level
- Function: Retail / Store
- Department: Retail
- Experience required: 1+ years of experience preferred
- Contract type: Part-time
- Work model: On-site
- Remote policy: On-site (strict)
Description
A Cycling Specialist is the front line and point person for the store, working directly with riders both in-person and remotely as a host, mentor, brand advocate, and customer service expert. The role involves identifying and locating goods, services, and experiences to provide solutions quickly and efficiently, ensuring riders can continue riding longer and better. The Cycling Specialist delivers locally authentic, inclusive, and ride-focused experiences, enhances rider satisfaction, and supports sales and profitability goals.
Responsibilities
- Deliver world class rider-service that ensures ongoing sales and high levels of rider satisfaction.
- Meet and make a connection with riders, ask questions, and listen to riders’ needs, then give options and advice on meeting those needs.
- Inspire the rider to buy, celebrate the purchase, and create a lasting positive impression of the specialist, Specialized, and the purchase process.
- Deliver transformative, inclusive, ride-focused, locally authentic, and collaborative experiences for staff and riders alike inside and out, c/o the Specialized Retail Way.
- Assist in ensuring that visual merchandising standards are met and maintained, restocking as needed, ensuring product presentation areas remain clean and organized.
- Maintain general cleanliness standards at store opening, throughout the day, and at close of business, including light janitorial duty.
- Use company literature/resources and available training to stay current on product features.
- Maintain regular, dependable attendance and punctuality.
Location
This position is based in
Missouri City, TX, USA
Compensation
Salary information not provided by employer.
Benefits
Competitive health care (Medical PPO or HDHP), Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account (HSA), Short and Long Term Disability, Company sponsored life insurance, Optional Term Life Insurance, Optional Critical Illness insurance, Optional Critical Accident insurance, Competitive vacation package, 401(k) with match, 8 Weeks paid parental leave, Paid company holidays, Employee discounts on all product, Deep partner retail discounts, Fitness & Events Reimbursement, Employee Assistance Program, Commuter Benefits.
Additional Information
- Diversity & Inclusion: We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce where all people thrive. We want to increase representation of all races, genders, and body types in the cycling industry and encourage everyone – especially those from marginalized groups – to apply. We are always looking for creative, innovative, and passionate people who are eager to contribute to our mission of pedaling the planet forward.
- Team & Reporting: Works as a critical member of the store team, collaborating with staff and riders, and serving as the front line and point person for the store.
Application Details
Posted: September 1, 2026
R0011943
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3) Star rating and color scale
| Score (out of 5) | Label | Interpretation |
|---|---|---|
| 4.5 – 5.0 ★★★★★ | Excellent | All essential and most secondary details present. |
| 3.5 – 4.4 ★★★★☆ | Good | Major elements available; minor gaps remain. |
| 2.5 – 3.4 ★★★☆☆ | Moderate | Several missing sections or low specificity. |
| 0.0 – 2.4 ★★☆☆☆ | Low | Few key details provided; limited transparency. |
The badge color follows a red→green hue scale from low (0) to high (5) transparency. The average transparency across the cycling industry in 2025 is approximately 3.2 / 5.
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