Holcim is a leading global supplier of cement, aggregates (crushed stone, gravel and sand) as well as ready-mix concrete and asphalt including related services. Our company was founded in 1912, in connection with the construction of a cement plant in Holderbank, Switzerland.

Holcim currently employs almost 90,000 people in over 70 countries worldwide. With market-oriented structures, new products, skilled employees and efficient environmental management systems, Holcim ensures a strong position now - and for the years ahead.

Holcim is member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). The WBCSD is a coalition of approximately 200 international companies united by a shared commitment to sustainable development via the three guidelines of economic growth, ecological balance and social progress. As a founding member of the Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI), Holcim is also able to consider issues from our own industry perspective.

Holcim is also a supporter of the UN Global Compact. With this commitment, Holcim strives to implement the nine principles of the Compact and to use it as a basis for advancing responsible corporate citizenship. At the same time, the Compact provides Holcim with the opportunity to further push its own ongoing programs and processes in the areas of human rights, OH&S standards, and environment protection.

To find out more about our company please visit our website: http://www.holcim.com/

We recognize that qualified and enthusiastic people are the basis of our success. To foster these qualities, careers focus on development of professional and personal skills - in a workplace that encourages teamwork and active contribution. We want to attract and retain the best people and, most importantly, to identify and develop our future leaders.

Holcim Management Development concept provides guidance to the development of present and future managers, and aims to have the right people at the right place in each company throughout the world.

Holcim vision is to provide foundations for tomorrow's society. This can only become true if we are able to attract and retain the best people and, most importantly, to identify and develop our future leaders.

Most of our positions require a technical background or knowledge in business administration. We are interested to recruit people with the qualities and the potential to become strong performers, and we want to entrust them with a variety of responsibilities from the very beginning of their career.

Expect a truly multi-cultural working environment with an open and collaborative corporate culture that offers fertile growth, innovation, networking, and communication.

At the end of 2007, 59 nationalities (39% from Europe) had been employed on the senior management level. Globally, we have nearly doubled the number of employees during the last three years and today about 26% of our employees are working in Europe.

Holcim is constantly adapting to excel in a rapidly changing environment. Your pro-active contribution makes the difference and keeps us ahead of change. This means continuous learning at all levels and promotion of teamwork in each business unit. It also involves rapid world-wide exchange of best practices and know-how throughout the entire Holcim Group.

Holcim runs more than 100 customized training modules, tailored to the specific technical knowledge of employees and their different levels of training. From the beginning of your career we will design together with you a customized Individual Development Plan which contains programs focusing on technical, management and leadership skills, according with your own development needs and professional objectives. In average, every employee in the middle management has 7.7 training days per year.

To find out more about career opportunities at Holcim please visit our career website: http://www.holcim.com/jobs