The HR concept translates Sulzer's vision and long term strategy and its short term goals (mid-range plan and budget) into a people strategy and ensures that the leadership pipeline is fit to fulfill the business needs.

With regard to the content, the HR concept focuses on talent management, people development, succession planning and performance & rewards.

Leadership talents as well as experts are addressed in the concept. Sulzer clearly states equality between professional and managerial career tracks.

All processes are strongly linked with business strategy and organization design. A clear definition of desired outputs supports the monitoring effectiveness and efficiency of the HR concept.