Careers at Our Headquarters

Since 1898 the headquarters of Lindt & Sprüngli has been located in Kilchberg, Switzerland on the beautiful Lake Zurich. The international team works at Group level and maintains close contact with the subsidiaries.

Careers in our Different Lindt & Sprüngli Departments

We are excited that you are interested in persuing a career at the Lindt & Sprüngli headquarters. Being a multi-national company, we are proud to offer opportunities for you to join our family in our different departments. Learn more about our teams on Group level:

Communications

The Group Communication’s mission is to contribute to the company’s success by protecting, strengthening and building excellent reputation and credibility for the entire Lindt & Sprüngli Group.

Finance & Controlling

We strive to provide to internal and external stakeholders an excellent and timely service, supporting and enabling Lindt Group‘s ambitious goals by working closely together with Marketing and Sales, Operations, Legal, Human Resources, Group Procurement as well as Corporate Sustainability.

HR

Our purpose is to create a real impact in all our markets by supporting the subsidiaries to establish the Lindt & Sprüngli people culture and values. In cooperation with line managers, we enable our passionate and dedicated employees with personal interactions, knowledge and structures to reach their full potential in today’s work as well as to grow towards their future career opportunities all over the world.

IT

We drive the definition and execution of the IT strategy and roadmap by partnering with all business functions at Group and subsidiary level to understand their demand for IT services/solutions as well as by working as key enabler of Lindt’s tactical and strategic initiatives where IT skills are required.
The IT team takes ownership of the solutions implemented, promotes standardization, innovation and continuous improvement and ensures the highest level of support to the end users.

Legal

We proactively, efficiently, and effectively handle the legal affairs of the Lindt & Sprüngli Group. Our team partners with the business and provides strategic advice and counsel to enhance value for our shareholders, employees, and customers.

Marketing

Our mission is to maximise the potential of the Lindt & Sprüngli brands around the world by encouraging more and more consumers to experience the ultimate chocolate delight for as many occasions as possible.
Our Responsibilities are ensuring the consumer and the Lindt & Sprüngli brands are at the heart of our Group’s thinking. We develop the Group marketing strategy and guidelines that deliver long term growth and continuously nurture brand equity, and we lead and coordinate key international projects, and supporting countries on developing and executing their own marketing plans including strategy, new product development, advertising and sharing best practice.

Operations

In International Operations, we develop, manufacture and deliver high quality chocolate based products, best satisfying customer and consumer expectations at optimal cost in a safe manner and with minimal impact on the environment, through optimal processes with well trained and motivated people.

Procurement

The Lindt & Sprüngli Group works with thousands of suppliers in many countries and different industries around the world. All suppliers support us to deliver the value required for our products to meet or exceed consumer expectations. Based on our deep category understanding, we are in a unique position to create a positive impact by setting up responsible incoming material and service supply chains.

Retail

Since 2009, the chocolate shops of Lindt, Russell Stover, Caffarel, and Ghirardelli have been the top spots for that special chocolate experience. The distinctive design of the shops and the wide variety offered by the premium range delight people all around the globe. We commit to develop our stores further and drive the experience for our consumers on the next level every day.

Sales

We are experts at designing, negotiating and executing strategies with our customers to drive joint sustainable profitable growth. We ensure the highest physical availability standards, maximizing sales potential in the most relevant channels. We optimize all commercial levers to reach out to consumers and provide them the ultimate chocolate experience, promoting Lindt awareness and building penetration.