Team Leader Logistics, 80 - 100 %

The St. Jakob Foundation in Zurich offers around 450 people with disabilities protected jobs and daily structures (www.st-jakob.ch). The employees are guided, challenged, and supported by 150 specialists.

Logistics professional with heart and overview

Are you experienced in leading and organizing a demanding 24/7 logistics operation? Do you know as much about transporting food as you do about furniture or electrical cables? Then we are looking for you!

What awaits you with us: A diverse, appreciative work environment where people with and without disabilities achieve great things together. You will lead a dedicated team of around 25 employees – drivers, dispatch, warehouse & disposal – and ensure that over 300 customers are reliably served every day. You will handle the transports with our own, new fleet of vehicles, which are fully electronic.

Route planning? You have it under control – efficient, customer-oriented, and realistic. Even with short-term changes, you remain calm and find pragmatic solutions.

You lead with clarity, respect, and sensitivity. You enjoy taking responsibility, motivating people, and delivering reliable performance together with the team.

You bring not only expertise but also heart – openness, team spirit, and a respectful approach are a matter of course for you. From receiving goods to delivery: You take responsibility for our entire logistics processes, plan customer orders, coordinate workflows, and ensure efficiency, quality, and punctuality. Ready to make an impact?
Then we look forward to hearing from you.

What you additionally bring

• Completed vocational training
• Several years of experience in logistics management
• Leadership experience in the logistics sector 
• Solid knowledge in planning and implementing customer orders and deliveries.
• Business-minded thinking and acting 
• Good PC skills (MS Office + dispatch software, Abacus)
• Good local knowledge of the city of Zurich 
• Driving license category B is mandatory
• Willingness to work 7/24 including holidays
• Flexibility, high resilience, and good physical condition
• High social competence, empathy, and sensitivity
• Very good German language skills, both spoken and written

Take the opportunity to apply and expand your professional and life experience in an economically oriented social enterprise. We offer you an attractive work environment in a motivated team, where you can contribute your skills and personality every day and make a difference. We value your input in process design, offer a centrally located and modern workplace in the heart of Zurich, home office and development opportunities, have a wide range of activities, good social insurance conditions, opportunities for paid sabbaticals, and at least 28 vacation days.

Are you interested in this responsible, challenging, and enriching position? Please send us your application electronically via professional.ch. Please note that we can only consider direct applications.

If you have any questions, Tamara Brönnimann is happy to assist you. You can reach us at 044 295 93 68 52.