Compass Group (Suisse) S.A.
Vernier
Procurement Manager Romandie FR/DE/ENG (m/f/d) 80%
- 15 October 2026
- 80%
- Permanent position
- Vernier
Job summary
Join our team in Switzerland to enhance operations and services. Enjoy a collaborative work environment with great benefits.
Tasks
- Manage and develop relationships with Non-Food suppliers like packaging.
- Define and implement innovative purchasing strategies for the company.
- Negotiate contracts to optimize costs and supplier quality effectively.
Skills
- University degree in business management or equivalent experience.
- Strong professional network in the Swiss market or ability to quickly develop one.
- Excellent negotiation skills and entrepreneurial mindset.
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About the job
Your responsibilities
As part of strengthening our team in French-speaking Switzerland.
- Manage and develop relationships with national Non-Food suppliers: packaging and disposable materials, cleaning products, waste management, facility management, catering equipment, coffee machines, vending machines and coffee.
- Define and implement a category purchasing strategy, proposing innovative, competitive solutions adapted to the needs of the establishments.
- Negotiate contracts, prices and commercial terms to optimise costs, quality and supplier services.
- Adapt the national purchasing strategy to the specificities of the French-speaking Swiss market, while ensuring product harmonisation and compliance with group standards.
- Support operational teams in their projects, equipment needs and optimisation of their purchases.
- Analyse expenses, market trends and supplier performance to identify opportunities for savings and continuous improvement.
Your profile
- University degree or equivalent training in business management, management, hotel management or a similar field.
- Several years of experience in a comparable role, notably in sales, business development or key account management, necessarily in one of the hospitality or Facility Management sectors.
- Strong professional network in French-speaking Switzerland or ability to develop it quickly.
- Passion for customer relations and a strong liking for interaction and presence in the field.
- Proven management experience and genuine motivation to support team development.
- Entrepreneurial spirit, initiative and excellent negotiation and commercial closing skills.
- Excellent command of French, ideally as a native language, as well as a very good level of German and English.
Your benefits
- Various development and career opportunities, including positions abroad
- Modern internal employee training and development programme
- Support for an external training programme
- Family-friendly and regulated working hours* (Monday to Friday, no work on weekends/evenings)
- Part-time work possibilities at all levels
- 16 weeks maternity leave / 2 weeks paternity leave (additional mandatory paid level)
- Option to purchase additional holidays with generous employer contribution
- Possibility of teleworking and free parking for employees of our service centre
- Friendly Workspace certified since 2015 systematic management of workplace health
- Extra-mandatory accident coverage
Amélie Gambette, Human Resources Manager, will be pleased to receive your online application.
Who are we?
We operate industry-specialised brands, Eurest, Scolarest, Medirest, Eurest Services, Rapport Guest Services, Compass Consulting and Compass Catering, which are active in corporate catering, event catering as well as reception and hospitality services. As a member of Compass Group PLC, the world leader in catering services with more than 580,000 employees across around 30 countries, we skilfully combine international expertise with local roots and bring people together around our passion for contemporary cuisine and exceptional hospitality.
Our recruitment process
Once we have received your online application, we will read it with interest, carefully review it and shortlist from the applications received. Afterwards, we will contact you and inform you of the outcome of your application.
The stages of the personal meeting process resemble a four-course menu:
