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Founded over 50 years ago in the canton of Zug, we are now one of the largest employers in Central Switzerland. At our headquarters in Baar, we employ more than 1,000 people from over 60 nations, including apprentices and young professionals.

At a glance

  • Glencore, one of the world’s leading natural resource companies, has its global headquarters in Baar, Canton Zug.
  • We are a major employer in Central Switzerland.
  • We produce and market commodities that are essential for the world’s infrastructure and energy needs.
  • 1974

    founded in the canton of Zug

  • > 1,000

    employees and contractors in Baar

  • > 40%

    of these are women

  • > 60

    different nationalities

Founded in 1974 as a trading company in the canton of Zug, Switzerland, Glencore has grown to become one of the world’s leading resource companies. We mine, refine, market and recycle a wide range of raw materials that have become essential to everyday life as we know it and many of which play a key role in the energy and mobility transformation.

Our portfolio includes copper, cobalt, nickel, zinc, iron ore, aluminium and ferroalloys, as well as energy products, such as thermal coal, steelmaking coal and oil. Our customers are primarily industrial consumers, such as car manufacturers, battery producers, steel producers and energy companies.

For further information, please visit our global website.

We have more than 150,000 employees and contractors and a strong footprint in more than 35 countries in both established and emerging regions for natural resources. Our Executive Board and all Group functions, such as finance, compliance and sustainability, are based at the company headquarters in Baar. Our marketing departments for metals, minerals and coal are also based in Baar. They are responsible for trading and logistics, among other things. 

The career opportunities with us in Baar are highly diverse. From commodity trading to accounting and human resources, we offer a wide range of professions.

Here you will find the vacancies in Switzerland.

Empowering the next generation

To support the training and development of future professionals, we offer apprenticeships as well as internships and entry-level positions to prospective business graduates, undergraduates and graduates.

For apprenticeships, we work with bildxzug, the vocational training association of Canton Zug, and provide young talent with the opportunity to complete an apprenticeship in the commercial or IT sectors. Our programmes offer an effective combination of specialised knowledge and hands-on work experience.

Our Graduate Programmes allow university graduates to spend 24 months in our Group functions and marketing departments, and to be actively involved in day-to-day business from the outset.

Local engagement

We are proud of our Swiss roots and share the bond that the people of Zug have with their canton. That is why we support local institutions, associations and events. Our local engagements are divided into the areas of education, culture, sport, and charitable projects and organisations. The beneficiaries range from small sports associations and artists’ groups to larger organisations, such as the Kunsthaus Zug, the Gemeinnützige Gesellschaft Zug and the local ice hockey club, EVZ (Eishockeyverein Zug).

The future needs commodities

…and lots of good ideas. That is why we place great importance on supporting innovative projects that relate to our core business and can also help shape the world of tomorrow.

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    Swissloop Tunneling is a student association of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, the University of St. Gallen (HSG) and other Swiss universities that researches new developments in the tunnelling industry. In 2024, Swissloop Tunneling obtained the prestigious Champion Award and was ranked 1st overall in the "Not-a-Boring Competition" in Texas.

  • Formula Student Switzerland

    Formula Student Switzerland is the Swiss edition of the world’s largest competition for engineers, in which students build their own racing cars and compete in various categories, such as engineering design, financial planning and energy efficiency.