- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Mid-Level
- Department
- Merchandising, Buying & Planning
- Industry
- Fine Watches & Horology
- Posted
- Oct 19, 2026
About Omega
Omega is one of Switzerland’s most distinguished watchmakers, celebrated since 1848 for precision, innovation, and an enduring spirit of exploration. As an employer, the Maison offers a refined environment where horological heritage meets advanced engineering, design excellence, and global storytelling. Its teams contribute to iconic timepieces associated with space exploration, ocean discovery, elite sport, and timeless elegance, while upholding the exacting standards of Swiss craftsmanship. Omega values expertise, curiosity, and collaboration, providing professionals with opportunities to grow within an international luxury house that combines technical mastery with cultural prestige and a forward-looking commitment to quality, sustainability, and performance.
Omega is seeking a Spare Parts Buyer in Biel/Bienne to procure components for its workshops and service centres worldwide, manage purchasing administration and supplier relationships, and support process optimisation and department reporting. The role requires proven purchasing and purchasing/supply project experience, SAP MM knowledge, Excel skills, and excellent French or German with good command of the other language.
Role & Responsibilities
- Ensure the supply of various components to OMEGA workshops and service centres worldwide.
- Analyse consumption, stock levels, bills of materials and customer requirements to ensure optimal supply.
- Prepare requests for quotation and purchase orders, and manage the full administrative follow-up, including confirmations, invoices and returns.
- In coordination with the manager and internal stakeholders, manage actions related to component obsolescence and end of life.
- Maintain regular contact with suppliers through visits, portfolio reviews and performance monitoring.
- Contribute to process optimisation and prepare department statistics in collaboration with the manager.
Qualifications
- Commercial or technical-commercial training.
- Proven purchasing experience, ideally in the watchmaking industry.
- Proven experience analysing and managing projects related to purchasing and/or supply.
- Good knowledge of SAP MM.
- Ease with analysis and reporting tools, including use of Excel formulas.
- Open and communicative nature, strong negotiation skills and a strong analytical mindset.
- Team-oriented, with customer satisfaction as the primary objective.
- Excellent French or German, with good knowledge of the other language.
Skills
Experience
Proven experience in purchasing and in analysing and managing purchasing and/or supply projects; ideally in the watchmaking industry.
Education
Commercial or technical-commercial training.
Workplace
This position is based in Biel/Bienne, Bern, Switzerland.
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Culture
Omega fosters a culture rooted in precision, innovation, and Swiss watchmaking excellence, where employees contribute to a legacy of technical mastery and iconic design. As an employer, the brand values collaboration, craftsmanship, and continuous improvement, offering a refined environment shaped by heritage, performance, and a forward-looking spirit.
About Cerulean
Cerulean is the definitive career portal for the global luxury industry. We match exceptional professionals with exclusive opportunities at the world's most prestigious brands. From haute couture and fine watchmaking to prestige beauty, hospitality, and boutique retail, Cerulean centralises luxury employment to help you find the career for which you were destined.
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