HR Business Partner (m/f/d), 100%
Avenches
Key information
- Publication date:05 August 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Avenches
Job summary
Join Sonepar as an HR Business Partner in Avenches, CH! Be part of a dynamic team driving change and culture.
Tasks
- Oversee the HR life cycle for 90 employees in West Switzerland.
- Actively shape the new Avenches logistics site, recruiting 30 staff.
- Advise on recruitment, planning, and change-management strategies.
Skills
- Commercial training and HR specialist certification required.
- Service-oriented with strong collaboration skills.
- Bilingual in French and German is a plus.
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HR Business Partner (m/f/d), 100%, Avenches
Wallisellen, CH, 8304
Sonepar is one of the market leaders in Swiss electrical wholesale. Following the motto "think local – act Sonepar", we are present throughout Switzerland with our approximately 550 employees at 15 locations. We sell electrical products from national and international suppliers to customers in trade, commerce, and industry. In addition, we offer comprehensive consulting and project support in the areas of lighting and renewable energies.
Help shape – instead of just managing. For the support of our locations in Western Switzerland and the newly emerging logistics site in Avenches, we are looking for an experienced
HR Business Partner (m/f/d), 100%
Your tasks
Do you want to not just manage in HR, but actively shape culture and change? Then become part of our dynamic HR team – and accompany the establishment of our new logistics site in Avenches from the very beginning.
- You will manage the entire HR life cycle for around 90 employees at our Western Swiss locations
- You will actively shape the establishment of the new location Avenches – including the recruitment of around 30 new employees
- As a strategic HR partner, you will advise management on topics such as recruitment, personnel planning, development, change management, and occupational health management
- You will work closely with the HR administration and payroll team at the headquarters in Wallisellen
- You will report directly to HR management and be part of a motivated, collegial team of 7 HR professionals
Your profile
- Commercial basic training EFZ
- Further training as an HR specialist with a professional certificate
- Several years of professional experience in HR consulting and recruitment as well as experience in the logistics environment
- Service orientation and collaborative work with managers and employees
- Willingness to travel of about 30% in Western Switzerland
- Resilient, assertive, and team-oriented personality with a practical working style
- Very good knowledge of MS Office programs
- Fluent French in spoken and written form as well as good German skills (bilingual is an advantage)
We offer
- Modern working environment with contemporary infrastructure
- 25 days of vacation (possibility of purchasing additional vacation)
- Flexible working time models and the possibility of home office work
- Full coverage of contributions to the daily sickness benefit insurance
- Private insurance for occupational or non-occupational accidents
- An attractive pension fund (no coordination deduction)
- Individual training offers
- Share participation program
- Good connection to public transport
- Employees have access to free parking spaces
Your workplace
Until the opening of the logistics site Avenches in 2026:
Avenue de Longueville 17, 2013 Colombier
Afterwards:
Rte de la Plaine 30, 1580 Avenches
Are you ready to apply your HR expertise where it matters?
Then we look forward to your meaningful online application.
Further information
Barbara Rutz
Head of Human Resources
barbara.rutz@sonepar.ch
Sonepar Suisse AG
Richtistrasse 9
8304 Wallisellen
www.sonepar.ch
We are filling this position on our own. No applications from recruitment agencies will be considered.