Team Leader Bar Assortment German & Foreign Languages
Buchzentrum AG (BZ)
Hägendorf
Key information
- Publication date:09 January 2026
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Hägendorf
Job summary
Welcome to Buchzentrum, a leading player in Swiss book retail. Join a passionate team of 330 dedicated to expanding our market presence.
Tasks
- Lead, develop, and support the German and foreign language team.
- Implement purchasing strategies for the assortment segment.
- Maintain publisher relationships and oversee market trends.
Skills
- Experience in book retail and category management preferred.
- Strong business acumen and negotiation skills required.
- Fluent in German and proficient in English.
Is this helpful?
Welcome to the Book Center. The Book Center aims to further expand its significant market position in the Swiss book trade, established over more than 100 years, and to successfully support its customers and partners. For us, it’s not just about books, but also about people. Around 330 employees work together with joy and passion to realize our goals and visions.
Team Leader Bar Assortment German & Foreign Languages
To complement our team, we are looking for a motivated person as Team Leader Bar Assortment German & Foreign Languages, starting immediately or by arrangement.
Your exciting task
- Leading, promoting, and further developing the team
- Building and implementing a purchasing strategy in the bar assortment
- Market observation and competitor analysis
- Independent support of individual publishers in the English trade in daily business
- Maintaining contact with publishers, suppliers, and KAM customers
- Inventory management according to economic and qualitative guidelines
- Evaluation of new suppliers (processing publisher inquiries and acquisition) as well as optimization of purchasing conditions
- Contract management and preparation of offers
- Planning and implementation of ideal sourcing routes
- Specialist customer support (providing information, consulting), partly direct customer contact
- Development of promotions for the trade in close cooperation with sales
- Ensuring availability
What you bring with you
- You have solid experience in the book trade as well as further training in category management (advantageous)
- You possess good business management knowledge and act with negotiation skills and assertiveness
- In your role as team leader, it is advantageous if you have already gained leadership experience
- You like to prioritize and structure and appreciate organizing your work independently
- You speak and write German at a native level and additionally have good English skills
- As a communicative, team-oriented, and resilient personality, you put the customer at the center and focus on their needs
Interested?
We are happy to receive your application with CV, cover letter, diplomas, and all certificates digitally via our application tool. We do not consider profiles from recruitment agencies for this position.
Do you have questions about the recruitment process? Then Melanie Konrad, HR Business Partner, is happy to assist you at +41 (0) 62 209 26 26.
Do you have questions about the role? Then Sandra Wachsmuth, Head of Purchasing, is happy to assist you at +41 (0) 62 209 26 26.
We are happy to receive your application with CV, cover letter, diplomas, and all certificates digitally via our application tool. We do not consider profiles from recruitment agencies for this position.
Do you have questions about the recruitment process? Then Melanie Konrad, HR Business Partner, is happy to assist you at +41 (0) 62 209 26 26.
Do you have questions about the role? Then Sandra Wachsmuth, Head of Purchasing, is happy to assist you at +41 (0) 62 209 26 26.
