Beschreibung
PAYOT SA, 13 local bookshops and 2 eco-designed stores, combines culture and nature, under the brands Payot Libraire and Nature & Découvertes, in French-speaking Switzerland. Payot Libraire is the group’s historic brand, created in 1877, and the first Nature & Découvertes store in Switzerland opened in 2009.
In total, nearly 370 employees passionate about their profession who share their expertise and work every day to offer quality service.
Excellence, passion, openness and ethics are the values of PAYOT SA. This is reflected in professional employees who enjoy passing on their knowledge with enthusiasm.
As a training company, we are committed to supporting apprentices in their professional journey and to contributing to the development of our employees’ skills.
At PAYOT SA, come and experience welcoming and friendly brands, www.payot.ch and www.natureetdecouvertes.ch .
As part of a replacement, Payot Lausanne is looking for, for its humanities section, on a permanent contract (41 hours per week), from mid-October 2026:
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT M/F PERMANENT CONTRACT – HUMANITIES SECTION – FULL TIME
Main responsibilities :
- Team leadership, delegation and control
- Management of schedules and ensuring resource allocation
- Development and support of teams
- Liaison between the team and the manager
- Participation in bookstore management meetings and acting as the manager’s deputy with fellow managers in their absence
- Ensuring compliance with rules and their application
- Responsible for purchasing and the in-store offer
- Ensuring the right balance between variety and profitability, as well as the number of returns
- Adapting the offer according to market potential and customer needs
- Analysis of turnover and implementation of relevant actions
- Management of external sales (development of the local network, organisation of sales, monitoring and return of books)
We are looking for people :
- With a CFC qualification as a bookseller or equivalent training
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in team management
- Possessing a broad and diverse general culture
- Curious about new releases and current affairs
- Versatile across the entire bookstore
- Good communicators, organised and able to manage stress and priorities
- Rigorous, methodical and comfortable with IT tools
Ready to take up the challenge? It’s your turn!
If your application is selected, you will be contacted by phone by our human resources department. Then, if your application is retained, a face-to-face interview will take place at our premises to deepen the discussions.