Buyer (M/F)
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Workload
- 100%
- Location
- Montreux
- Company
- WIDER SA, 1815 Clarens
- First posted
Specializing in the fields of cabinetmaking, carpentry, and interior design, Maison Wider combines rigor, perfectionism, and love for the craft.
Reporting to the Purchasing Manager, you will actively contribute to the structuring and maturity development of purchasing practices, in a technical, project-based, and multi-stakeholder environment. You will operate in a context where purchasing practices, tools, and processes are progressively being strengthened, with a concrete role to play in securing suppliers, improving performance, and controlling risks.
Responsibilities
- Develop, structure, and consolidate current and future supplier panels, in Switzerland and Europe, to strengthen partnerships and secure supplies
- Coordinate and centralize needs with project managers and other departments, providing structure, clarity, and a purchasing approach adapted to operational realities
- Analyze needs, challenge requests, and identify optimization levers in terms of cost, quality, deadline, service, and risks
- Contribute to the progressive implementation of more structured purchasing practices, adapted to an evolving environment
Profile
- Proven experience in direct and/or indirect purchasing, ideally acquired in an industrial, technical, or project management-related environment. Knowledge of the wood sector is an asset
- Entrepreneurial spirit, curiosity, autonomy, and ability to adapt to an evolving environment
- Excellent negotiation, influence, and coordination skills, with an approach combining firmness, pragmatism, and diplomacy
- Good understanding of cost, quality, deadline, service, and risk issues
- Analytical mindset, curiosity, rigor, business sense, adaptability, and excellent interpersonal skills
- Proficiency with ERPs, common purchasing tools, and excellent mastery of Excel
- Fluent French; German and/or Italian are an asset
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