Talent Acquisition Partner

Cembra; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Positive atmosphere

Intro & onboarding support

Fair wage & benefits

Language training

MS Office training

Flexible work up to 40% from home

Job summary

Cembra is seeking a Talent Acquisition Partner to drive end-to-end recruitment across Zürich and Riga. You will actively approach specialist talent and build sustainable pipelines to support our growing team.

Beyond filling vacancies, you will expand sourcing channels, strengthen agency partnerships, and collaborate with hiring managers and HR teams in both locations to keep recruitment moving. You will work with modern tools, AI-supported methods, and promote a positive candidate experience

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of in-house and/or agency recruitment experience.
• Strong active-sourcing skills for hard-to-fill roles.
• Experience recruiting in Latvia or the wider Baltic market.
• Ability to act as trusted advisor to hiring managers and manage multiple vacancies across locations.
• Proficiency in German and English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end recruitment across our locations in Latvia and Switzerland, from hiring-manager briefings and initial screening to candidate conversations, interview coordination and signed contracts.
• Actively source for specialist and business-critical roles based on evolving business needs.
• Work closely with the Zürich and Riga HR teams and hiring managers to align hiring priorities, clarify responsibilities and keep recruitment moving across both locations.
• Improve recruiting processes, tools and interview formats, using practical, AI-supported methods where they add value and ensuring a consistent, positive candidate experience.
• Track hiring progress and pipeline health, using measures such as time-to-hire, sourcing effectiveness and agency performance to identify bottlenecks and improve delivery.

Skills

Active sourcing

Stakeholder management

Baltic market knowledge

German language

English language

Job description

As our Talent Acquisition Partner, you manage end-to-end recruitment across Riga and Zürich. You actively approach specialist talent and build sustainable pipelines to support our hiring.

Beyond filling individual vacancies, you help strengthen how we recruit: expanding sourcing channels and specialist agency partnerships, and working closely with hiring managers and our HR teams in both locations.

What exactly you will do here:

• Manage end-to-end recruitment across our locations in Latvia and Switzerland, from hiring-manager briefings and initial screening to candidate conversations, interview coordination and signed contracts.
• Actively source for specialist and business-critical roles based on evolving business needs.
• Work closely with the Zürich and Riga HR teams and hiring managers to align hiring priorities, clarify responsibilities and keep recruitment moving across both locations.
• Improve recruiting processes, tools and interview formats, using practical, AI-supported methods where they add value and ensuring a consistent, positive candidate experience.
• Track hiring progress and pipeline health, using measures such as time-to-hire, sourcing effectiveness and agency performance to identify bottlenecks and improve delivery.

What we're looking for:

• Minimum 3 years of in-house and/or agency recruitment experience and a solid understanding of technical roles to assess candidates’ relevant experience and motivation.
• Strong active-sourcing skills, including building pipelines for hard-to-fill roles.
• Experience recruiting in Latvia or the wider Baltic market with a strong understanding of recruitment trends and talent market dynamics.
• Ability to act as a trusted advisor to hiring managers, manage multiple vacancies and stakeholders across locations, and ensure clear prioritization and transparent communication.
• A hands‑on mindset, strong knowledge of modern recruitment tools and demonstrated success in implementing process improvements, combined with proficiency in written and spoken German and English.

This is what you'll get:

• Firstly, perhaps the most important thing: A positive working atmosphere. We’re really different. We’ve tried to make this tangible for you here.
• Best starting conditions: You’ll get a personal introduction and smooth integration into the company and your team.
  
• An attractive employment package: With a non-gender-dependent, fair wage and attractive benefits. You can quench your thirst for knowledge with subject‑specific further training (e.g. MAS, CAS), external language training or MS Office training.
  
• Ambition = open career doors: You can try out things here, take on new responsibilities and move us and yourself forward with your ideas. To put it succinctly Use your strengths and talents, actively shape Cembra and get ahead.
• Our success has many faces: People from over 40 nations pull together here. This makes us diverse and international. This is also what our employees said in an anonymous survey – thank you for your engagement – we’re constantly improving.
  
• Flexible working arrangements:Work up to 40% from home. This allows you to stay in your personal groove and to optimise your life‑work balance.
  
• After work: We can really let it rip sometimes. Our summer barbecues and Christmas parties are legendary. We really have a lot of fun here. But we don’t mistake it for “laissez‑faire”. On the contrary: Enjoying what we do is what drives us to perform at our best.
  
• Why just good when you can do better? If that’s how you tick, then you’re in the right place here. Because here you can try out things, take on new responsibilities and move us forward with your ideas. To put it succinctly: Use your strengths and talents to actively shape Cembra.

At Cembra, we have a plan for the future. Wi ll you help us make it a reality? We look forward to your support. If anything is still unclear, just contact Simon Suter .He has all the details. #CallMeByMyFirstName