Area Manager (m/w/d) 80-100% - Direkteinstieg oder Trainee — Lidl Svizzera

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Full description

Sales and people are your passion? Do you want to give your full commitment every day to offer our customers a unique shopping experience? Do you also want a career and internal development opportunities? Then we are looking for you! Together with us, tackle the exciting and versatile tasks in the dynamic environment of the retail trade. Your tasks as an Area Manager

  • Overall corporate responsibility for a region of 3-5 branches in the area BL / AG / SO / LU (with optional extension to Ticino)
  • Recruitment, leadership and development of up to 100 employees
  • Shared responsibility for branch openings
  • Evaluation of key figures and initiation of coordinated measures
  • Ensuring and continuously reviewing branch operations

Do you already have experience as an Area / District Manager? You enter directly into leadership responsibility. After targeted, individual training, you immediately take over the management of your region and actively contribute your experience to our processes.

Are you joining as a trainee? We prepare you intensively for the role in a structured 3-step program:

  • Basic phase: You will be trained in an apprenticeship branch and get to know all sales-relevant tasks from scratch in order to take over the overall responsibility of two branches for 5 weeks.
  • Construction phase: In this phase, you will get to know all departments of our goods distribution center.
  • Deepening phase: You accompany Area Manager to acquire all the necessary knowledge and skills. Afterwards, you take on the overall responsibility for a region for 4 weeks as a representative.

Your profile

  • Completed studies with a business focus or further education to / to the Federal Dipl. Sales manager/input
  • Mobility, resilience and readiness
  • High motivation, independence and pleasure in entrepreneurial activity
  • Communicative skills and an eye for the essentials
  • Very good knowledge of German and Italian (min. B2)

Your professional experience – suitable for your start

  • For direct entry as Area Manager:

You bring several years of professional and managerial experience in the retail trade – ideally you have already worked successfully as an area manager or in a comparable role

  • For entry as a trainee:

You are at the beginning of your career after graduation. First practical professional experience in the retail trade is an advantage

We offer

At Lidl Switzerland, there is room for ambition and innovation. Actively participate. Grow daily on a professional and personal level. We prepare you for your varied and challenging tasks in an intensive training. Even after assuming your own area of responsibility, we will continue to challenge and promote you in order to successfully use your potential in our growing company in the long term. In addition, we offer you the security of a permanent job, a great team, an excellent occupational provision, a neutral company car for private use incl. Fuel Card & Full Service as well as other attractive benefits. Take the opportunity & apply online now!

Every wage franc is BVG-insured, whereby the coordination deduction is omitted. Permanent employmentYour employment contract is basically permanent. Because we are interested in long-term cooperation. We only conclude fixed-term contracts if they are justified by an objective reason – e.g. for a pregnancy representation. Attractive wage fairness and market-based remuneration that matches your position, qualification and experience. The weekly working time is 41 hours for a full-time workload. We offer five weeks holidays, for over 50 years six weeks and for over 60 years even seven weeks. If you want more holiday days, you will get the opportunity to buy a holiday with us. Free parking (if available) Free parking (if available) «Take a Lidl Break»Restaurant at headquarters at attractive employee prices. Fit with LidlE’s own fitness center at the headquarters and attractive offers with fitness partners throughout Switzerland. Exciting tasks & perspectives await you with exciting and responsible tasks in the dynamic environment of the retail trade. Your personal development is a top priority. During your extensive training period in your position, a personal godfather or godmother is at your side. Compatibility of family & work4 weeks paternity leave and 18 weeks maternity leave at 100% wage. Success is teamwork and should be celebrated. In addition to everyday work, there are various events and events throughout the year.

Job details

  • Company: Lidl Svizzera
  • Position: Area Manager (m/w/d) 80-100% - Direkteinstieg oder Trainee
  • Location: Weinfelden, Thurgau
  • Salary: CHF 48'000 - 73'000 (source unverified)
  • Posted on: 2026-10-06
  • Expired on: 2026-10-30

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