Our Maison
Founded in Rome in 1884 by the talented Greek silversmith Sotirio Bulgari, the brand quickly established a reputation for Italian excellence through exquisite craftsmanship and magnificent jewellery creations. The original pioneering spirit of the Bulgari family helped to evolve the company into a successful and global Maison. Today, Bvlgari operates across five business sectors: jewelry, watches, fragrances, accessories, and hospitality.
Based in Switzerland, our Watches and Fragrances divisions offer an inspiring and dynamic environment, providing exceptional career opportunities within a truly international context.
Our Opportunity
Within our Purchasing team, based in Neuchâtel, we are looking for a:
Reporting directly to the Purchasing Manager, you will implement the purchasing strategy, ensuring that the supply of materials and services across indirect purchasing categories fully complies with Bulgari's standards and CSR requirements. Your actions will be guided by a strong focus on quality, innovation, time-to-market, and profitability.
As a Strategic Purchaser, you contribute to projects aimed at enhancing the indirect purchasing process by developing and sharing reliable, efficient reporting tools that support our continuous improvement efforts in both processes and organization. You regularly track and analyze spending within your purchasing category, comparing actual costs to budget, ensuring the effective implementation of the purchasing strategy. Additionally, you propose tactical actions to optimize supplier portfolio management and support the sustainable sourcing strategy.
Through your network and ongoing communication with Bulgari and LVMH colleagues, you stay informed about new regulations (legal, ethical, environmental) and industry guidelines. You monitor compliance across the supplier portfolio, ensuring full adherence to these standards while mapping common suppliers.
To safeguard business continuity, you identify risks related to supplier production capacities and propose relevant contingency plans and solutions. In alignment with Supply team needs, you oversee the bidding phase and ensure the successful implementation of selected solutions, including contract negotiation.
Your Background
Holder of a master’s degree in Purchasing or Supply Chain, you have at least 5 years’ experience in Strategic Purchasing. You have strong knowledge of purchasing processes and contract management and are exposed to supply chain and production processes and system.
Results-driven, you are recognized for your strong data-crunching and analytical skills. Proactive with an entrepreneurial mindset, you focus on operational excellence and enhance processes by implementing new tools. Highly customer-oriented with a keen sensitivity to products, you are committed to meeting the expectations and requirements of your internal clients in terms of quality and timing. Rigorous and action-oriented, you excel at multitasking effectively. A true team player, you are known for your reliability and ability to deliver. Your strong communication and negotiation skills enable you to build excellent relationships with both your team and suppliers.
Finally, you are fluent in French and English and have excellent command in Excel (macros and VBA ideally) and SAP. Please note that a driver’s license is required.
Our Benefits
- A comprehensive onboarding program designed to ensure a smooth and welcoming integration from day one, with dedicated time for team introductions and immersion in our environment
- A supportive, dynamic, and collaborative workplace culture where every voice is heard and valued
- Modern and welcoming break areas, including complimentary coffee and hot beverages, vibrant cafeterias, and sunlit terraces for informal gatherings
- Access to our B-Clubs (yoga, running, golf, music, among others) offering opportunities to build connections beyond the workplace
- A truly multicultural and international environment, ideal for broadening perspectives and developing a global professional network
- An attractive pension scheme (LPP) along with employer contributions to health insurance premiums and meal expenses
- A flexible working framework, including the possibility of remote work (subject to eligibility), supported by comprehensive IT equipment
- Free parking facilities for cars and bicycles, complemented by electric vehicle charging stations, reflecting our commitment to sustainable mobility
- A complimentary shuttle service linking Neuchâtel train station with our headquarters
- Access to a broad portfolio of training programs, spanning technical, interpersonal, and leadership development
This position is open to all talents, and we are committed to upholding the values of diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity.