Polishing Craft Expert

Position ##

Founded in Rome in 1884, BVLGARI has progressively established itself as an emblem of Italian excellence. Associating tradition and modernity with perfection, BVLGARI draws from the richness of its history to develop bold designs and high-color creations that make it a unique brand. Internationally recognized, this Heritage House of the LVMH Group expresses its jewelry and watchmaking roots also through perfumes, accessories, and hospitality. Located in the cantons of Jura, Neuchâtel, and Vaud, our watchmaking manufactures are active in the design, development, and production of dials, cases, and movements. Driven by inexhaustible inspiration, the Maison Bulgari distinguishes itself through its exceptional savoir-faire.

In order to strengthen our Assembly and bracelet manufacturing Manufacture based in Neuchâtel, we are looking for a

Polishing Craft Expert (M/F)

As part of your function, you are the technical referent for the polishing craft within the Manufacture. You define and industrialize the finishing ranges for our bracelet components and implement the necessary methods, tooling, consumables, and equipment to meet our aesthetic and dimensional requirements at the best level of efficiency. In close collaboration with Production, Industrialization, Quality, and Development, you support the development of new products, the resolution of technical problems, and the perpetuation of our savoir-faire.

Missions ##

Production and quality

• According to established schedules and under the supervision of the Production Manager, perform preparation, polishing, brightening, and associated finishing operations on precious and non-precious metal bracelet components.
• Guarantee the quality of your production by performing required dimensional and aesthetic self-controls and respecting defined standards.
• Ensure re-polishing and retouching operations on your own production as well as, when necessary, on the pieces of your colleagues or coming from other workshops.
• Ensure the proper use and routine maintenance of production means, and alert in case of an anomaly likely to affect safety, quality, or process continuity.

Technical expertise and method definition

• Define, based on aesthetic and dimensional requirements, the most suitable finishing method and control points.
• Participate in trials, prototypes, pre-series, and production starts in order to develop methods, identify risks, and secure their application in series.
• Diagnose finishing defects, analyze their causes, and propose lasting solutions in collaboration with Production, Quality, and Industrialization.
• Contribute to the formalization and updating of ranges, work instructions, setting sheets, and visual standards.

Industrialization and equipment integration

• Express the craft needs relating to fixtures, tooling, protections, and other means necessary for the proper execution of polishing operations.
• Collaborate with the Industrialization team, which ensures the design and realization of the means, by providing constraints and recommendations derived from field experience.
• Participate in trials and the development of new means, then validate their suitability for the craft need from the perspective of quality, ergonomics, and efficiency.
• Be the reference craft interlocutor for monitoring the development of new automatic polishing machines, in connection with Industrialization, Maintenance, and suppliers: trials, settings, validation of results, and process securing.
• Ensure the integration of this equipment into the polishing flow by defining the concerned operations, usage standards, necessary controls, and ramp-up conditions.
• Contribute to the setting and optimization of equipment as well as the choice of brushes, abrasives, pastes, and consumables.

Support to teams and continuous improvement

• * Provide daily technical support to polishers, notably for complex parts, recurring defects, and re-polishing operations.
• Transmit the gestures, settings, quality criteria, and best practices of the craft, and contribute to the skill development of employees without exercising managerial responsibility.
• Identify and propose improvements aimed at reducing scrap, retouches, variability, consumption, and manufacturing times, while preserving the expected level of aesthetic requirement.
• Collaborate with the Development, Industrialization, Quality, Production, and Maintenance teams within the framework of continuous improvement projects and actions.

Profile ##

Having benefited from basic training as a polisher or a CFC in Watchmaking Finishing. You have successful experience of 3 years in polishing for watchmaking finishing. Knowledge of the dial is a plus. You are comfortable with the use of recent digital / digital communication means. You speak French perfectly.

Of a calm and rigorous nature, you are careful and know how to work autonomously. Integritous, result-oriented, you demonstrate solidarity, flexibility, and agility in your daily tasks. Proactive and dynamic, you are a source of proposals in problem solving and continuous improvement. Committed and endowed with excellent interpersonal skills, you are recognized for your adaptation capacities and your aptitude to work in a team by easily creating synergies between people.

Information for candidates ##

Having benefited from training as a polisher, a CFC in Watchmaking Finishing, or a formati