Buchzentrum AG (BZ)
Hägendorf
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Team Leader Bar Assortment German & Foreign Language
- Publication date:04 November 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Hägendorf
Job summary
Welcome to Buchzentrum, a leading name in Swiss book trade for over a century. Join our passionate team of 330 in a supportive environment!
Tasks
- Lead, develop, and enhance the team effectively.
- Implement a procurement strategy for diverse assortments.
- Manage relationships with publishers and suppliers.
Skills
- Experience in book trade and category management preferred.
- Strong negotiation skills and economic knowledge required.
- Fluent in German and proficient in English needed.
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About the job
Welcome to the Book Center. The Book Center aims to further expand its significant market position in the Swiss book trade, established over 100 years ago, 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 Language
To complement our team, we are looking for a motivated person as Team Leader Bar Assortment German & Foreign Language, 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 have 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.
