Job Opportunity: Sourcing and Product Development Specialist
This role's mission is to bridge the gap between global sourcing and product development, ensuring that sourcing acts as a strategic enabler from the outset. By fostering strong partnerships across Innovation, Creation, Quality, Supply Chain, and Sustainability teams, you will help drive a culture of learning that enhances quality and on-time delivery. Ultimately, your success depends on delivering a sourcing roadmap that facilitates the flawless execution of our product portfolio while balancing cost, quality, and delivery objectives.
Your Mission
- Strategic Alignment: Drive close collaboration between the sourcing organization (primarily based in Vietnam) and the broader product organization (based in Switzerland).
- Integrate Sourcing Considerations: Ensure that sourcing requirements are strategically embedded into the product roadmap, making all projects fully 'sourcing ready' by the time of product freeze.
- Stakeholder Management: Act as a strategic partner across cross-functional teams, including Innovation, Creation, Quality, Supply Chain, and Sustainability.
- Learning Culture: Embed a culture of learning and process improvement within our product development approach to structurally enhance quality and on-time delivery.
- Portfolio Execution: Deliver a sourcing roadmap that supports the flawless execution of the product portfolio, balancing cost, quality, and delivery objectives.
Your Story
- 8+ years of progressive experience in strategic footwear sourcing and production operations (experience in apparel & accessories is a plus).
- Product Development Acumen: A strong understanding of the product development lifecycle from concept to commercialization, with particular emphasis on sourcing integration points, and experience across upstream product strategy, innovation, product creation, and quality management.
- Ability to connect the dots across functions, navigate ambiguity, and adapt to shifting priorities.
- Strong leadership skills to manage a portfolio of cross-functional projects.
- Proven strategic thinking and execution: Ability to translate strategic objectives into actionable plans and effectively drive their execution within a complex organizational structure.
- Cross-cultural Collaboration: Experience in a global organization, demonstrating the ability to foster effective collaboration between geographically dispersed teams (e.g., Europe and Asia).
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills: Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with diverse internal stakeholders at all levels, influencing outcomes and driving consensus.
- Continuous Improvement Mindset: Experience implementing continuous improvement methodologies and fostering a learning-oriented environment.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills: Capable of evaluating complex trade-offs (cost, quality, delivery) and developing effective solutions while synthesizing, structuring, and simplifying complex problems.
- Excellent communication skills: Able to articulate complex ideas clearly and persuasively to various audiences, engaging and influencing senior leaders.
What We Offer
On is a place centered around growth and progress. We provide an environment designed to equip individuals with the tools needed for holistic development – to stay active, learn, explore, and innovate. Our unique approach combines a supportive, team-oriented atmosphere with access to personal self-care for both physical and mental well-being, ensuring each person is led by purpose.
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On is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering a work environment that is fair and inclusive, where all recruitment, advancement, and retention decisions are made free of discrimination.