Würenlos
Department Manager 80 - 100% (a)
- 21 September 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Permanent position
- German (Native language), English (Basic knowledge)
About the job
Orell Füssli Thalia AG is the largest Swiss book retail company headquartered in Zurich. The company employs around 800 staff. In addition to the Orell Füssli bookstores, Orell Füssli Thalia AG also includes Stauffacher, Barth Bücher and ZAP*, Delivros Orell Füssli AG as well as the online shop orellfuessli.ch.
Department Manager 80 - 100% (a)
With your passion, you are exactly right with us. At Orell Füssli Thalia AG, we create spaces for diverse stories and knowledge that inspire and enrich our society. Furthermore, Orell Füssli is a place where employees feel comfortable, where people enjoy working well together and achieve more collectively.
For our branch in the shopping service area in Würenlos, we are looking for, by arrangement, a
Department Manager 80 - 100% (a)
- Leading the department staff (promoting, challenging and developing employees including all employee appraisals), personnel recruitment
- Guide* in the world of stories and knowledge
- Co-responsible for sales, margin, personnel costs as well as all sales and purchasing processes
- Joint planning with supervisors and the management team of all activities in the department and subsequent independent implementation
- Responsibility for the assortment and its presentation
- Completed training in book or retail trade
- At least 3 years of sales experience in retail
- Affinity for books as well as electronic media
- Sales-oriented, entrepreneurial thinking and acting personality
- High service orientation and social competence
- Flexible in time and mobile (workplace on the A1 motorway)
- Collaborative and appreciative corporate culture
- Working time models adapted to the current life situation
- Generous holiday regulations and a diverse discount offer
- Individual training opportunities
- Cross-branch and cross-department development options
Evening, weekend and public holiday shifts are regularly scheduled due to opening hours 365 days a year from 09:00 to 21:00.
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