Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Goals Lead and plan long-term projects in the luxury goods market segment. Assume responsibilities in an international and multicultural environment. Extensive experience in • Operations and human resources management. • Financial planning and accounting. • Supply chain activities: procurements and supply, inventories management, storage, export, reverse management, after sales service. • Multidisciplinary projects management: exclusive watch and movement product development projects, brand image development, marketing and communication. Specialties: • Business plan and marketing plan elaboration • Procurements and negotiations • Communication
Swiss watch brand founded in 1894, owned by Stelux Hodlings Intl. Ltd, Hong Kong. • Management of company’s operations. • Realized a 5 years business plan and monitored the brand revival scheme. • Responsible for the P&L and day to day operations. • Handled financial planning, allocation and control of budgets. • Drafted regular activity reports for the Hong-Kong based management. • Elaborated the brand revival plan (marketing plan) under strict budget constraint. • Promoted the brand worldwide (technical press conf. and interviews, trade fairs). • Prospected markets and developed a selective distribution network. • Multidisciplinary projects management (new watch collections, the new proprietary automatic movement caliber Microtor UG100, brand image creation). • Monitoring of the global supply chain activities of the company.
Swiss company specialized in the design and production of high-end watches in private label. • Responsible for the P&L and day to day operations. • Handled debtor and creditor accounting, managed cash and handled salaries. • Implemented ERP software and handled inventories. • Responsible for internal customer relation. • Handled procurement of tailor-made watch parts and precious stones. • Lead the watch production, planning and manufacturing costs. • Project management (new watch models produced in private label)
Swiss company specialized in the design and production of high-end watches in private label. • Managed daily client’s operational requests. • Issued invoices and prepared export files. • Coordinate new product launches in collaboration with R&D dept. • Negotiated prices and production capacity with suppliers and subcontractors. • Calculated product cost price incl. precious metal and precious stones. • Creation of articles, nomenclatures and operational ranges on ERP system.