Acheteur Manager
CDD SWITZERLAND
Job description
THE WATCHMAKER OF WATCHMAKERS
Since 1833, driven by an unquenchable thirst for innovation and creativity, and inspired by the peaceful natural surroundings of its home in the Vallée de Joux, Jaeger-LeCoultre has been distinguished by its mastery of complications and the precision of its mechanisms. Known as the Watchmaker of Watchmakers, the Manufacture has expressed its relentlessly inventive spirit through the creation of more than 1,300 different calibres and the award of more than 400 patents. Harnessing 190 years of accumulated expertise, La Grande Maison’s watchmakers design, produce, finish and ornament the most advanced and precise mechanisms, blending passion with centuries-old savoir-faire, linking the past to the future, timeless but always up with the times. With 180 skills brought together under one roof, the Manufacture creates fine timepieces that combine technical ingenuity with aesthetic beauty and a distinctively understated sophistication.
Supervise the Purchasing Department's activities in order to manage the supplier relationship and anticipate the risks related to the Purchasing function. Organize and optimize the Purchasing activity.
Research, select and negotiate materials and / or products or services necessary for the production of the company, at the least risk, according to the objectives of quality, volume, cost, time and respecting the rules of ethics.
HOW WILL YOU MAKE AN IMPACT?
Supervise the Purchasing Department's activities to manage supplier relationships and anticipate risks related to the Purchasing function. Organize and optimize purchasing activities. Research, select, and negotiate materials, products, or services necessary for production, ensuring minimal risk and adherence to quality, volume, cost, and time objectives, while respecting ethical standards. Manage a portfolio of major procurement programs aligned with the overall procurement strategy. Identify contract requirements and draft specifications for a medium-sized portfolio or business area for existing and new contracts. Oversee a portfolio of contracts, negotiate service-level agreements, and plan, coordinate, and supervise activities related to major contracts. Develop and implement a category plan/program in line with the organization's purchasing/procurement and sales strategy, ensuring cost savings, risk reduction, and category profit optimization, while reporting to senior colleagues. Develop and deliver budget plans with guidance from senior colleagues. Communicate necessary actions to implement the function's strategy and business plan within the team, explaining the relationship to the broader organization's mission, vision, and values, and motivating team members to achieve local business goals. Collect and analyze key cost drivers, market dynamics, issues, areas of innovation, and alternative suppliers for high-risk areas with few alternatives and high costs to change, in consultation with relevant functions, to provide solid market information for decision-making. Develop and propose performance objectives; take appropriate actions to ensure achievement of agreed objectives, using the organization's performance management systems to improve personal performance. Manage and report on team performance; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports or project/account team members, holding them accountable for achieving these objectives, and taking corrective action where necessary. Contribute to the formation of a key element of functional strategy through specialist expertise and insights, ensuring the strategy meets business needs. Engage stakeholders by identifying their needs, issues, and concerns, and reacting to these by arranging meetings and events and drafting supporting materials to promote understanding and commitment. Use the organization's formal development framework to identify the team's individual development needs, planning and implementing actions, including continuing professional development specified by professional or regulatory institutions, to build their professional capabilities. Provide informal training or coaching to others throughout the organization in own area of expertise to enable others to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. QualificationsMaster's Degree or Equivalent Level. Substantial general work experience with comprehensive job-related experience in the area of expertise to a fully competent level. Experience in planning and managing resources to deliver predetermined objectives as specified by senior managers.
HOW WILL YOU EXPERIENCE SUCCESS WITH US?
Master's Degree or Equivalent Level
Substantial general work experience together with comprehensive job related experience in own area of expertise to fully competent level.