Industry: roles where hands-on experience is verified, not claimed.
Plant management and operations, engineering and R&D, supply chain, industrial technologies. In French- and German-speaking Switzerland alike.
The situation
Swiss manufacturers hire profiles who must run a workshop, a site or a supply chain from day one. A CV reads quickly; what matters is verified through references: the reality of responsibilities, the ability to work in German or English with foreign sites, stability. When several positions open at once (after a reorganisation, an acquisition, a group departure) time becomes the main risk.
Roles we recruit
- Leadership: site directors, operations directors, industrial directors
- Engineering and R&D: heads of R&D, development engineers, quality and methods
- Supply chain: heads of supply chain, strategic purchasing, logistics, planning
- Industrial technologies: industrial IT, SAP, OT cybersecurity, production-site infrastructure
- Qualified support functions: industrial controlling, HSE, continuous improvement
Our approach
- On-site brief whenever possible: understanding the workshop, the organisation, the real level of expectation.
- Mapping of the relevant industrial basins: Jura Arc, Swiss Plateau, German-speaking Switzerland, border regions.
- Direct approach of employed profiles, in French, German or English depending on the site.
- Operational reference checks before presentation: what the person actually ran.
- Ability to run several searches in parallel on a single timeline, with a weekly checkpoint.
Reading the market
Swiss industry is hiring less in volume but more in specialisation: roles combining technical expertise and operational responsibility are becoming scarce, particularly in German-speaking Switzerland where competition between employers is strong. Being able to work with a site in German often remains the first filter, before skills.
- Industry · German-speaking SwitzerlandSeven positions opened at once by a single manufacturer, seven distinct technical scopes (cybersecurity, infrastructure, SAP, among others). Searches run in parallel on a tight timeline, several appointments made.
Several industrial positions to fill at the same time?
Describe the site, the roles and the timeline. We reply with an honest reading of feasibility.
Confidential · No commitment · Two slots a day