Head of Learning & Development

Head of Learning & Development

Uzwil, Switzerland

Permanent

80-100%

Onsite

Upon agreement

In this role, you will shape how learning is understood, designed, and embedded across our global organisation. In this role, you will further develop our lifelong learning strategy, align learning initiatives with business priorities, and translate strategic ideas into practical solutions that create measurable impact. Working closely with the global Learning Community and key stakeholders worldwide, you will ensure that capability development, skills management, and learning excellence support both employee growth and business performance. This is a role for someone who combines strategic thinking with hands‑on execution. You will bring structure, focus, and fresh thinking to an evolving learning landscape, while influencing stakeholders in a complex matrix environment without relying on formal authority. As a credible sparring partner, you will challenge constructively, build alignment, and help turn learning into a practical and strategic lever for the organisation.

This is where you'll excel

• You shape and evolve the global Learning & Development strategy, offering, and lifelong learning culture globally
• You translate business priorities into practical learning solutions, skills frameworks, career paths, and learning journeys
• You partner with our Learning Community, HR and key stakeholder to position learning as a strategic lever for performance and growth
• You drive the implementation and continuous improvement of learning operations, tools, reporting, onboarding, and key learning initiatives
• You lead and develop a small, distributed team, fostering collaboration, clarity, and a pragmatic, solution-oriented way of working

These Are The Skills You'll Need

• Solid experience in Learning & Development within an international matrix organisation, with a proven ability to design and evolve learning strategies, learning offerings, and skills-based development approaches
• Strong project and programme management experience, with the ability to translate strategic priorities into practical, scalable learning solutions and measurable outcomes
• Confident stakeholder management skills, including the gravitas to engage senior leaders, challenge constructively, and influence without formal authority
• Solid understanding of modern learning approaches, including digital learning, AI-enabled solutions, future skills, and current L&D market trends, with the ability to apply them pragmatically
• Leadership, change management, and transformation experience, including the ability to guide small, distributed teams and embed learning into everyday work and leadership practices

These are the benefits you'll enjoy!

Attractive vacation entitlement

These are the benefits you'll enjoy!

• Attractive vacation entitlement
• Attractive vacation entitlement
• Enough time for relaxation and personal interests - we offer from 25 to 30 days of vacation per year depending on age.
• Attractive mobility concept
• Attractive mobility concept
• We offer an OSTWIND ZVV / Z-Pass + half-fare travelcard for CHF 365 + CHF 400 public transport credit as well as an attractive first-class travelcard or free parking.
• VIVA Restaurant
• VIVA Restaurant
• We offer our employees a daily fitness menu from 9,00 CHF.
• Employer-funded pension plan
• Employer-funded pension plan
• The Bühler Pension Fund offers Bühler employees an independent pension fund that ensures reliable financial security in retirement:
• Health-Port
• Health-Port
• We are committed to preventive health care through laboratory analyses, massages, nutritional advice, physiotherapy, group courses and a company doctor.
• Sports activities
• Sports activities
• We promote physical activity through self-organized circuit training and running groups as well as vouchers for Update and Activ Fitness.

Creating impact together at Bühler!

Two billion people eat food every day that was produced with Bühler equipment. One billion people drive vehicles whose parts were manufactured with our machines.

Bühler aims to balance humanity, nature, and the economy in every decision as it develops solutions that unlock sustainable business opportunities in the global food, feed, and mobility industries.

We strive to create innovations for a better world, with a special focus on healthy, safe, and sustainable solutions. Therefore, we team up with customers, start-ups, multinationals, and academia to accelerate impact together.

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