Head of Human Resources 100% - shape culture, leadership and transformation

Würth AG supplies craftsmen of all industries with quality products and coordinated system solutions for workshops, storage, and on the road. The versatile assortment includes over 150'000 items: from screws, dowels, and fittings to tools, machines, chemical-technical products, and occupational safety, as well as vehicle equipment and warehouse management. Proven since 1945 and at home in Switzerland since 1962, Würth AG offers tailor-made solutions with the goal of making everyday life easier for its partners. Würth AG, based in Arlesheim (BL), is a company of the globally active Würth Group.

Shape the future of Human Resources with us
Are you an entrepreneurially minded, strong-leadership HR personality and want to actively develop Human Resources further? Then take on a key role with us with high visibility and great creative freedom.
As Head of Human Resources and member of the Executive Board, you bear the overall responsibility for the HR department of Würth AG. In this function, you report directly to the Executive Management and work closely with the managers in the company. Together with your team, you shape a future-oriented HR organization, develop processes, structures, and people, and make a decisive contribution to the implementation of our corporate strategy.

Your task:
In this function, you are responsible for the strategic and operational leadership of the entire HR department. You position HR as an effective partner for the business and actively shape the further development of our organization.

• You lead the Human Resources department professionally, organizationally, and personally and specifically develop the team of 16 employees
• You develop modern and effective concepts in the areas of recruitment, talent management, leadership, as well as learning & development
• You actively support the organization in change and transformation processes and accompany the change in sales, internal service, and other company areas
• You advise the Executive Management and managers as a competent sparring partner in all relevant strategic and operational HR topics
• You ensure efficient, service-oriented, and sustainable HR processes, systems, and instruments and continuously develop them further
• You promote a performance-oriented, appreciative, and modern leadership culture and sustainably strengthen the employer attractiveness of Würth AG
• You ensure compliance with relevant labor law, regulatory, and operational framework conditions in Switzerland

What you bring with you:
We are looking for a personality that combines strategic strength with operational implementation capability and feels comfortable in a dynamic, sales-oriented environment.

• Completed studies in economics, law, social sciences, psychology, or a comparable field, supplemented by advanced training in Human Resources Management
• Several years of leadership experience in a comparable HR management function with strategic and operational responsibility
• Sound expertise in the areas of HR strategy, organizational development, personnel development, recruitment, and change management
• Experience in a performance-oriented, dynamic corporate environment, ideally in a sales, trade, or service-oriented organization
• Demonstrable experience in accompanying transformation and change processes
• Very good knowledge of Swiss labor law as well as a sure sense for labor law, cultural, and organizational issues
• High affinity for digitalization, HR systems, and modern HR instruments
• Strong growth mindset - pronounced responsibility-taking, a high will to realize, self-reflection, networking ability, openness to new things, and curiosity complete your profile
• High social competence, integrity, decisiveness, and a binding, empathetic leadership style
• Very good German and French skills in speaking and writing

What awaits you with us:

• A strategically important leadership function with direct connection to the Executive Management and high influence on the further development of the organization
• Much creative freedom to align Human Resources effectively and towards the future
• The opportunity to actively further develop an HR organization for around 700 employees with your team
• An appreciative, entrepreneurial environment with flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths
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