Köniz
Administrative Employee - Western Region
- 08 July 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- Köniz
Job summary
Join Thommen Group as a key player in administration! Enjoy a supportive work environment with great benefits.
Tasks
- Coordinate administrative activities across various sites in Switzerland.
- Manage invoicing and ensure compliance with safety regulations.
- Support general administrative tasks and decision-making responsibilities.
Skills
- Commercial training with several years of administrative experience.
- Strong organizational skills and proficiency in German and French.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work under pressure.
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About the job
You play a central role within the administration. You coordinate administrative activities across various sites in French-speaking Switzerland, ensure the smooth running of daily operations, and work closely with site and operations managers. Your workplace will depend on your home and will be located either at our Köniz (Thörishaus) site or at Givisiez (from 2027: Gibloux). For this varied role, you have excellent knowledge of German and French, a strong affinity for IT tools, an initiative spirit, a pragmatic ("hands-on") approach, and a great capacity for learning.
- Support for administrative activities in the Western region
- Management of invoicing (incoming, outgoing and transport)
- Independent correspondence by email and telephone
- Compliance with current safety and environmental regulations
- Participation in continuous improvement through error analysis and proposal of optimisation measures
- Taking on decision-making and coordination responsibilities
- Support for general administrative tasks
Other responsibilities...
- Participation in organising internal training and company events
- Contract management
- Contribution to updating and monitoring the management system
- Preparation and monitoring of specific customer accounts
- Commercial training (CFC commercial employee or equivalent) with several years of experience in administration, ideally in the recycling sector
- Excellent knowledge of German and French
- Good command of IT tools (MS Office and ERP)
- Organisational skills and great capacity for assimilation
- Methodical working style and accuracy, with a good sense of numbers
- Welcoming personality, customer-oriented, stress-resistant and excellent communication skills
- Through your work, you actively contribute to environmental protection and resource preservation
- Lots of freedom, autonomy and responsibility in your tasks
- Job stability and security
- A flat hierarchy and simple decision-making processes
- Family business culture: with us, you are not just a number
- Minimum 25 days holiday / 30 days from the 11th year of service or from age 50
- Thommen Academy (internal training and development opportunities for our employees)
- Good social benefits (above-average salary continuation in case of accident and illness, pension fund without risk of loss)
Thommen Group is one of the recycling leaders in Europe, rooted in Switzerland. With our three strong brands Thommen, Metallum and Immark, we offer comprehensive recycling solutions for industry, crafts and municipalities. Thanks to its 30 sites across five countries, Thommen Group has a worldwide network and is an important link in the economic chain. As a producer of quality recycled raw materials, we create and preserve resources.
Kerryn Jampen will answer your questions regarding your application.
