- Location
- Schild Rust-Strasse 17 (View map)2540 GrenchenSwitzerland
- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Mid-Level
- Department
- Human Resources, People & Culture
- Industry
- Fine Watches & Horology
- Posted
- Oct 28, 2026
About ETA
ETA is a benchmark of Swiss horological expertise, renowned for designing and producing precision movements that power many of the world’s most respected watches. As part of the Swatch Group, the manufacture combines industrial excellence, technical innovation, and a deep respect for traditional watchmaking savoir-faire. As an employer, ETA offers a highly specialized environment where engineers, micromechanics, technicians, and operational talents contribute to products defined by reliability, accuracy, and refinement. The company values discipline, craftsmanship, continuous improvement, and collaborative expertise, providing careers at the heart of Switzerland’s watchmaking ecosystem and the future of mechanical and quartz movement technology.
ETA seeks an HR Business Partner in Grenchen, Switzerland, on an 80–100% schedule with flexible working hours. The role advises managers and employees across the HR lifecycle, supports workforce planning and recruitment, manages long-term absences, and contributes to HR projects and process improvement.
Role & Responsibilities
- Advise and support managers and employees on all personnel-related matters throughout the HR lifecycle.
- Partner with managers on workforce and succession planning, employee development, disciplinary management and leadership.
- Coordinate and manage recruitment and internal mobility processes in close collaboration with managers.
- Manage long-term absences and support employees’ return to work.
- Contribute to HR projects and the development and optimisation of HR processes.
- Deliver recurring HR events and HR training sessions.
Qualifications
- Further education in human resources management (Swiss Federal Certificate of Higher Education in HR or a bachelor’s degree).
- Sound knowledge of Swiss employment law.
- Very good knowledge of Microsoft 365 and SAP.
- A communicative, trustworthy and service-oriented approach, with strong interpersonal skills.
- An independent, solution-oriented working style and a high degree of personal accountability.
- Strong advisory and coaching skills.
- A confident manner, assertiveness, resilience and the ability to work in a team.
- Business-fluent German or French, and very good command of the other language.
Skills
Experience
At least 2 years of professional experience in the same or a similar role, ideally in an industrial environment.
Education
Further education in human resources management: Swiss Federal Certificate of Higher Education in HR or a bachelor’s degree.
Workplace
The successful candidate will be located in Grenchen, Solothurn, Switzerland.
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Benefits
Five or six weeks of annual leave depending on age and/or role; a 40-hour work week under the collective labour agreement; attractive social benefits; three weeks of parental leave for fathers and up to 19 weeks for mothers; company restaurant; discounts on Swatch Group and partner-company products; sports activities and company events; contribution towards health insurance; further training opportunities; internal mobility with career prospects.
Culture
ETA offers a workplace culture rooted in Swiss precision, technical mastery, and continuous innovation within the watchmaking industry. As an employer, it fosters collaboration between engineers, artisans, and production specialists, valuing reliability, quality, and the transmission of specialized expertise across generations.
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