HR Generalist (m/f)

• 14 July 2026 • 100% • Indefinite duration • Zürich Location: Zurich, Switzerland Working time: Full-time at 100% Company: Kieser Training AG, Switzerland About us For more than 55 years, the international brand Kieser has been synonymous with health-oriented strength training - evidence-based, effective, and clearly structured. With more than 170 owned and franchised studios worldwide, we pursue one goal: to make people high-performing, healthy, and autonomous at any age through targeted strengthening of the musculoskeletal system, particularly the back. To strengthen our DACH HR team, we are looking for someone starting immediately or by arrangement for our headquarters in Zurich as a HR Generalist (m/f) Your mission As an HR generalist (m/f), you are the central point of contact for employees and managers in Switzerland and you are independently responsible for defined areas of responsibility at the Zurich headquarters as well as in the main Swiss studios. Additionally, you support the HR management of our physiotherapy as needed. With your expertise, your advisory competence, and your interpersonal skills, you accompany managers in all personnel-related matters and create the framework conditions for successful and trusting collaboration. You accompany employees throughout the employee life cycle, ensure professional, efficient, and legally compliant implementation of our HR processes, and contribute significantly to a positive employee experience. Furthermore, you contribute your expertise to the development of HR processes, systems, and selected HR projects in the Kieser world. What you accomplish • As a contact person for employees and managers, you accompany the complete employee life cycle in your areas of responsibility, advise on personnel, labor law, and organizational issues, and support during employee interviews as well as in individual personnel measures. • You draft legal employment documents such as contracts and certificates with precision and reliability in close collaboration with the legal department and ensure careful, GDPR-compliant maintenance and archiving of all personnel data and documents. • In collaboration with our fiduciary and financial team, you are responsible for payroll preparation, manage social insurance issues, and support audits, annual closings, as well as exchanges with authorities and insurance companies. • In the management of working time and absences, you maintain an overview, assist with questions regarding time entry in the Abacus HR system, and ensure compliance with legal and internal requirements, for example in case of illness with the insurance companies. • Through your advice, your expertise, and your interpersonal skills, you create the conditions for a positive employee experience, support managers in their personnel responsibility, and contribute significantly to a trusting and successful collaboration. • You also assume responsibility for recruitment at the Zurich headquarters as well as interimly for the physiotherapy. Furthermore, you work with our Abacus HR systems and the Recruitee candidate management system, contribute your ideas for the development of processes and systems, and support selected HR initiatives in areas such as employer branding, onboarding and offboarding processes, and employee retention. What characterizes you • You have a solid education in HR, for example a basic commercial training with additional training as an HR specialist with federal diploma or a comparable qualification. • Several years of experience in a generalist HR role gives you confidence in managing the complete employee life cycle. Ideally, you have acquired this experience in an SME or in a service environment. • You master Swiss labor law as well as the social insurance system in a secure and pragmatic manner and have experience in areas such as payroll administration, withholding tax, and official inspections. • Empathy, discretion, and a strong service orientation characterize you as much as your ability to advise employees and managers competently, in a solution-oriented manner, and on an equal footing with a strong service orientation. You communicate easily in German and possess good knowledge of English; knowledge of French is an asset. • You work in a structured, autonomous manner and with a high level of qualitative demand. Even in demanding situations, you maintain an overview, think in an interconnected manner, and approach subjects in a solution-oriented way. • You are passionate about digital HR processes and modern HR systems. You are comfortable with digital HR tools such as Abacus, Recruitee, or comparable applications as well as MS Office programs and you enjoy continuously developing and optimizing processes. What awaits you with us • Freedom of action rather than standard solutions: Expect a versatile generalist role with individual responsibility, where you can actively shape HR work, assume responsibilities, and bring your own ideas. • Collaboration on an equal footing: You will find a committed DACH HR team, an open culture of informal address (Du), short decision-making paths, and direct exchange with employees and managers. • Flexibility that brings people together: We offer you the possibility to work from home once a week based on a full-time employment - for a balanced equilibrium between presence and work