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With encouraging perspectives on the Swiss job market despite the post-Covid uncertainty, some companies are looking for talents at the moment. Hoping this positive trend will be confirmed and that all sectors will benefit from it.
If you are looking for a new job or thinking about changing career, it’s high time to get yourself ready.

From Head of Operational Excellence at Business Leader at Lonza to Legal Counsel at IOC or from Product Manager at Edwards Life Sciences to Innovation Portfolio Management Director at Firmenich, there are various roles available in different industries.

Here is a selection of 10 interesting companies that are hiring right now. You may be just the right person at the right moment. Browse through their websites and Linkedin job posts, as there are sometimes several open positions.

On
Born in Switzerland, named one of the country’s top start-ups, On has come a long way in a short time. Available today in over 50 countries and cited as “the fastest growing sports company in the world”, it’s success comes down to two reasons: incredible products – and incredible people. It has one simple mission: make running fun. A team of sports scientists, world-class athletes and passionate sports enthusiasts spearhead this mission, and has resulted in On shoes and Performance Running Gear winning design and technology distinctions the world over.
Switzerland Jobs | LinkedIn

Lonza
At Lonza, we enable #AHealthierWorld by supporting our healthcare customers on the path to commercialization. Our community of 15,000 talented employees work across a global network of more than 30 sites to deliver for our customers across the pharma, biotech and nutrition markets. By combining technological insight with world-class manufacturing, scientific expertise and process excellence, we help our customers to deliver new and innovative medicines that help treat a wide range of diseases. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising commitment and ideas that help our customers to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.
Lonza Jobs | LinkedIn

IOC
The International Olympic Committee is the supreme authority of the Olympic Movement.
Acting as a catalyst for collaboration between all parties of the Olympic family. It ensures the regular celebration of the Olympic Games, supports all affiliated member organisations of the Olympic Movement and strongly encourages, by appropriate means, the promotion of the Olympic values.
IOC Jobs | LinkedIn

Nestlé
As the world’s largest food and beverage company we are driven by a simple aim: enhancing quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. To deliver on this, we serve with passion, with a spirit of excellence, offering products and services for all stages of life, every moment of the day, helping people care for themselves and their families. Our culture is based on our values rooted in respect: respect for ourselves, respect for others, respect for diversity and respect for the future.
Nestle Jobs | Linkedin

GSK
A science-led global healthcare company with a special purpose: to help people do more, feel better, live longer. We have three global businesses that research, develop and manufacture innovative pharmaceutical medicines, vaccines and consumer healthcare products. We aim to bring differentiated, high-quality and needed healthcare products to as many people as possible, with our three global businesses, scientific and technical know-how and talented people.
GSK Switzerland Jobs | LinkedIn

Takeda
Takeda has been putting patients first for more than two centuries. We are a global, science-driven biopharmaceutical leader with headquarters in Japan and the U.S., guided by our Patient-Trust-Reputation-Business philosophy. This perspective represents who we are and guides how we act, helping us make decisions we can be proud of today and in the future.
Takeda Jobs in Switzerland | LinkedIn

Gavi
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is a public-private partnership committed to saving children’s lives and protecting people’s health by increasing equitable use of vaccines in lower-income countries. The Vaccine Alliance brings together developing country and donor governments, the World Health Organisation, UNICEF, the World Bank, the vaccine industry, technical agencies, civil society, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other private sector partners. Gavi uses innovative finance mechanisms, including co-financing by recipient countries, to secure sustainable funding and adequate supply of quality vaccines. Since 2000, Gavi has contributed to the immunisation of over 822 million children and the prevention of more than 14 million future deaths. At the Global Vaccine Summit in June 2020, world leaders pledged more than $8.8bn to ensure Gavi can continue to amplify this work and immunise another 300 million children by 2025.
Gavi Jobs in Switzerland | LinkedIn

Edwards Life Sciences

Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE: EW), is the global leader of patient-focused medical innovations for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring. We are driven by a passion for patients, dedicated to improving and enhancing lives through partnerships with clinicians and stakeholders across the global healthcare landscape. We thrive on discovery and expand the boundaries of medical technology. We are passionate about providing innovative solutions for people fighting cardiovascular disease. It’s our Credo. It takes integrity, collaboration, innovation, and focus.
Edwards lifesciences Jobs in Switzerland | LinkedIn

Firmenich
Firmenich is the largest privately-owned perfume and taste company, founded in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1895.
With a Net Revenue of CHF 4.3 billion, we touch more than 4 billion people several times a day through the sense of smell & taste, in more than 100+ markets: from their breakfast cereals and their coffee in the morning to their shampoo, shower gel & fine fragrance when they go out at night. Driven by our purpose to create positive emotions to enhance wellbeing, naturally, we put our science and creativity to work to spread moments of happiness sustainably, shape the future of taste and nutrition, accelerate access to sanitation around the world, while respecting nature & leading an ethical business.
Firmenich Jobs in Switzerland | LinkedIn

Richemont
Richemont owns several of the world’s leading companies in the field of luxury goods, with particular strengths in jewellery, luxury watches and writing instruments.
The Group’s luxury interests encompass several of the most prestigious names in the luxury industry including Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Piaget, Baume et Mercier, Chloe, Vacheron Constantin, A. Lange & Söhne, Jaeger-LeCoultre, IWC, Panerai, Roger Dubuis, Dunhill and Montblanc.
Richemont Jobs in Switzerland | LinkedIn

Be sure you are ready!

Be sure you are ready with an impactful CV and Linkedin profile as well as a positive mindset to navigate the Swiss job market. Wishing you best of luck for your job search!

If you feel you would benefit from a professional career coach or have a sparring partner to make the right move or prepare for an interview, do not hesitate to reach out to anne-laure@leadingenius.ch

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