Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

An exciting growth opportunity in the Global HR Supply Chain team to create and nurture an employee-centred ecosystem that enhances the employee experience across the employee life cycle of moments that truly matter. The role is purposed to be doing this by playing the adidas HR operating model to provide overall a seamless HR operations support to the employees of adidas International Trading AG (approx. 130 cross-functional colleagues, amongst whom many senior Supply Chain leaders).

This role is also playing a local custodian role for local adidas policy development and implementation. In addition, the role actively contributes to shaping the future of work by leading and participating in impactful local and global HR projects and initiatives.

This is a standalone role, as the only local HR Manager point of contact for the adidas International Trading AG legal entity. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Key local contact for managers and employees in the adidas Lucerne office for all HR matters
• Trusted advisor to employees on all people related matters. Coach and mentor people managers to be empowered around people, engagement and performance topics/decisions
• Closely collaborate with HR colleagues in other locations across the HR operating model to ensure consistent employee experience for global teams
• HR contact liaison with authorities, government agencies, and external vendors
• Ensure our people products and processes are executed in line with the adidas business and HR strategy
• Educate and support people managers in their responsibilities related to appraisals, grievance, absence, people budget planning, talent acquisition, rewards as well as development and training
• Drive HR process improvement initiatives, next to various other change management plans in relation to new HR policies and processes
• Drive and support on-site people-related activities in conjunction with expert functions e.g. in the areas of employer branding, employee engagement, etc
• Act as the main custodian of local HR policies and procedures for adidas International Trading AG
• Leverage local dashboards and analytics to understand people trends and drive insight-based decisions and plans
• Act as the line manager for the local HR apprenticeship program

Key Relationships: 

• People managers and employees of adidas International Trading AG
• HR team members, locally, regionally and globally
• Local Workplaces and Payroll teams
• Talent and Rewards Partners
• Talent Acquisition
• HR Services
• Finance
• adidas Lucerne Leadership Group

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: 

• HR Capabilities: Labor law and regulations, ideally with experience in Switzerland. HR generalist with a focus on HR processes and practices and a good balance in subject matter expertise areas, such as change management support, usage of HR metrics, anticipating internal and external people trends, employee relations.
• Business Capabilities: Commercial awareness, customer focus, understanding HR strategy, understanding business and key processes
• Coaching and consulting capabilities: Brokering solutions to meet business needs, ability to offer HR solutions to the business, trusted advisor, small group facilitation, coaching skills, project management experience and delivery
• Customer centered, approachable and with strong interpersonal skills
• An excellent team player, ideally with experience of working in a matrix organization
• Confident, creative and collaborative within the team
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, presentation and facilitation skills to employees and small groups
• Excellent organization and problem-solving skills
• Open to new approaches and supports change actively by innovating in service of the development of new ideas, processes, approaches and methods

Requisite Education and Qualifications:  

• College or university degree (preferably main subject HR/Personnel Management)
• Minimum of 6-7 years progressive work experience in the field of HR (preferably in an international organization)
• Fluent in English and German (written and oral)
• Preferably, a very good understanding of the Swiss talent market, regulations and local Swiss labor law
• Preferably, international work experience