- Stakeholder Management; working cross functionally with key stakeholders across a complex global organisation- Globally source suppliers with right capabilities in close cooperation with stakeholders- Lead and manage competetive bids, negotiate contracts, master services agreements and commercial conditions with suppliers- Provide strong category knowledge and sourcing support to manage commercial negotiations with third parties- Liaise with key business users across Swarovski to ensure favourable commercial terms which mitigate business risk- Conduct regular reviews of supplier performance in terms of quality, price and service- Work closly with the business partners to develop and negotiate sustainable supplier contracts that reflect the requirements requested by the business-Identify and deliver cost reductions, cost avoidance and supplier rationalisation programs within HR & Management Consulting categories- Create comprehensive global sourcing strategy for HR and Consulting, operating with a truly global and strategic mindset whilst ensuring the requirments for local markets are understood and supported- Educate and influence key stakeholders to support strategy development, endorse recommended strategies, support execution and agree how benefit delivery will be budgeted

- Support the development and implement the strategic sourcing process for all services in the category Consulting & Services- Implement global sourcing initiatives- Implement strategy, develop and drive sourcing plan- Support internal customer to specify the demand with all relevant procurement aspects- Maintain supplier relationship management with an adequate supplier base and manage them based on Business Warehouse Data- Collect validate and challenge demand information, briefing, specification and support internal customer to specify the demand- Negotiate, conclude and maintain global supplier agreements- Implement global supplier strategy and global sourcing agreements- Evaluate, prepare and execute strategic procurement tasks- Implement and develop further procurement processes and systems in close collaboration with Corporate Procurement functions- Build and manage a procurement network, involve local business partners to maximize the benefit of local and global supply agreements- Global Stakeholder Management across all functions- Maverick spend reduction- Identify possibilities to improve the ordering process- Responsible for two buyers in order to manage the operative procurement process in Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Austria

- Managing and developing key clients relationships- Growth in sales < 10% p.a.- Growth profit Margin improvement of more than 30% - Negotiation with Procurement regarding contracts and rate cards - Driving for strong relationships with key clients and contingent workforce - Defining and implementing the strategy for the Swiss branch - High profitable clients identified and clustered into different segments- Portfolio Diversification implemented- Team Management (Building the team, leading job interviews, team coaching, team development)- Recruitment of external and internal staff- Performance appraisal of internal staff- Sales planning / budgeting

- Learning the fundamentals of customer acquisition and sales techniques- Convincing client to re-think their supplier set-up- Applying sales techniques, e.g. escalation of commitment, to achieve further sales- Negotiation of contracts with clients as well as with external consultants- Relationship Management- Managing and developing key external client relationships- Internal business partnering to drive for business case recommendations- Sales planning and budgeting

- Writing quality procedures and defining company processes in cooperation with Procurement and Logistics, HR, Finance, Research and Development etc.- Maintenance of the internal management systems to ISO 13485:2003 standards- Running internal audits across the whole organisation- Managing the complaint management system- Observing the corrective and preventive actions- Giving training to colleagues across the company and checking the results of the tests