HR Manager

Role Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join us as HR Manager for our Switzerland entity and head office to work in a truly global environment, managing and improving all aspects of global operational Human Resources & Data Analysis. Reporting to the Regional HR Manager for Europe, the role provides long term development potential to strengthen our Human Resources capabilities and performance, alongside enhancing how we track, report, and understand key HR metrics across the business.

Volcafe Ltd is one of the world’s leading international green coffee trading companies, operating in over 20 countries globally. Our expertise spans green coffee procurement and preparation, sustainability, blending, quality control, risk management and export as well as importing and distribution. We supply the world’s major coffee roasters and retail distributors with their green coffee requirements, with significant strategic growth ambitions for the future. We are part of ED&F Man Commodities, a world leading trader of agricultural products including coffee, sugar, molasses and animal feed.

Volcafe works across the whole green coffee supply chain to make coffee business better, together with our partners and employees. We have built and operate sustainable coffee supply chains across all our origins, addressing key economic, social and environmental issues in coffee farming communities. Our Volcafe Way farmer support programme engages with thousands of coffee farmers and provides a holistic response to the challenges they face.

This role will be working from the Volcafe headquarter in Winterthur, Switzerland.

Key Accountabilities

• Managing the full employee lifecycle from onboarding, employee lifetime and offboarding (Swiss employees).
• Acting as the trusted assistant to Regional HRBP for Europe alongside business partnering with senior management and wider global teams.
• Ensuring compliance with Swiss employment regulations (tax, social security, insurances & pension plans), as well as internal minimum control standards.
• Accurately processing payroll, ensuring compliance with local regulations and administering employee benefits.
• Contributing to workforce planning and forecasting as well as conducting engagement surveys and internal mobility.
• Maintaining and improving data accuracy in the HR system, training users and following up with data owners.
• Building and maintaining reporting of key HR metrics through Excel & Power BI dashboard for analysis related to topics including turnover, hiring, promotion & absenteeism.
• Tracking and analyzing data from engagement surveys, exit interviews, and internal mobility.
• Miscellaneous external and internal administrational tasks

Skills and Experience

• Bachelors Degree educated preferably completed in Switzerland and in a field related to Human Resource Management.
• Strong knowledge of Swiss labor law and HR best practices, knowledge of German labor law would also be beneficial.
• 10 years of experience within a global, multi-cultural and dynamic environment, providing HR support to a variety of stakeholders (multilingual / multicultural).
• Strong Excel & Power BI experience to create professional data for analysis.
• Demonstrable experience of HR data optimisation and improvement.
• Experience with HR systems (specifically SuccessFactors, Workday advantageous etc) alongside payroll systems.
• Problem-solving mindset, resilience and conflict resolution expertise.
• Fluent written and spoken German and English.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder management and influencing skills,
• Able to work independently and able to maintain high level of accuracy.
• Good ability to connect and build positive and trusted working relationships with individuals within varying functions and seniorities.

We recognise that talent comes in many forms, and we value potential just as much as experience. If this role excites you but you don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.

Our Offer

We provide a fast-paced, stimulating and truly global environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the global leaders in soft commodity trading.

Our Values

Respect, Integrity, Meritocracy, Client Focus, Entrepreneurship

Volcafe shares the values of our parent company, ED&F Man Commodities. Our values define who we are. They are the fundamental beliefs that determine our actions and guide our behaviour. They influence the way we communicate and collaborate, and define the way we engage with our clients, partners, and communities.

Our Commitment

Volcafe shares the commitment of our parent company, ED&F Man Commodities. We are committed to creating and sustaining an inclusive and diverse work environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and are focussed on actively building and developing diverse teams. All qualified applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to race, colour, sex, gender, age, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, marital or civil partner status, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender reassignment (identity, gender expression), genetic information or any characteristic protected by local law.

We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

To apply you must have the right to work for the provided location.