Senior Lead - Integrated Planning Platform
On is seeking a Senior Lead for our Integrated Planning Platform to join our engineering team at our headquarters in Zurich. We are looking for a leader who effectively blends deep, strategic Supply Chain Planning expertise with a strong software engineering and technical background. In this role, you will lead complex projects and a high-performing team that delivers large-scale planning system solutions—the digital backbone of our global supply chain.
Your Mission
- Lead & Empower Teams: Inspire and develop engineering teams focused on the Integrated Planning Platform. Ensure the team has a clear mission aligned with On's global supply chain goals, fostering a collaborative environment while allowing them the autonomy to act independently.
- Supply Chain & Platform Delivery: Take full responsibility for the delivery, timeline, quality, and hiring of your teams. Manage risk effectively, anticipate blockers, and address uncertainties to ensure the successful completion of larger, complex deliverables.
- Technical & Architectural Leadership: Take charge of the team's technical decisions and solutions, acting as a key contributor to ensure alignment with On Tech's architectural vision. Guide the architecture to manage complex supply chain data flows, enterprise system integrations, and high-volume planning cycles seamlessly.
- Strategic Partnership: Collaborate closely with end-to-end Planning business leaders, product managers, and project management to plan deliverables. Translate complex supply chain business needs into scalable technical initiatives, define the scope of delivery, and ensure alignment on complex cross-team dependencies.
- Operational Excellence: Ensure reliable operation of your team's planning systems in accordance with established Service Level Objectives (SLOs). Prioritize resolution of time-sensitive incidents that could impact critical planning and purchasing cycles, enabling iterative rollout, testing, and release engineering practices.
- Culture & Values: Serve as a role model for On's tech values and principles. Foster an inclusive, multi-team environment that promotes a culture of feedback and recognition.
Your Story
- Supply Chain Planning Experience: A minimum of 12 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree (or 8 years with a Master’s degree) in the Supply Chain Planning domain. You possess extensive functional knowledge of Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), demand planning, supply network planning, inventory management, and end-to-end supply chain visibility.
- Technical Background: A robust engineering or technical background with a successful track record in driving impact. Experience in building, scaling, or integrating enterprise planning architectures, ERP systems, and data-intensive applications in high-growth environments is essential. Familiarity with Anaplan (or similar enterprise planning platforms) is a strong plus.
- People Leadership: Demonstrated experience in managing engineering teams. You have a track record of developing high performers, actively managing team performance, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
- Navigating Complexity: Proven ability to identify underlying business and technical issues, uncover root causes in complex supply chain data or processes, and deliver innovative solutions across multiple domains.
- Collaboration & Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to adapt your style for cross-functional initiatives. Build strong, collaborative relationships with technical peers, supply chain stakeholders, and senior leaders.
About the Team
Our systems impact various teams across functions and regions, ensuring that On's products efficiently reach our customers. In our high-velocity culture, you will leverage your deep understanding of S&OP processes and demand/supply forecasting to scale a world-class integrated planning environment. By harnessing diverse perspectives from both business and tech stakeholders, you will anticipate bottlenecks and confidently balance essential technical and strategic trade-offs.
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