In Short
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'll promote a learning culture that enhances quality and on-time delivery. Ultimately, your success hinges on delivering a sourcing roadmap that enables 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 wider product organization (based in Switzerland).
- Integrate Sourcing Considerations: Ensure that sourcing requirements are strategically embedded into the product roadmap, enabling all projects to be 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 ‘learning culture & process’ within our product development methodology 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, with production operations experience in apparel and accessories considered a plus.
- Product Development Acumen: Strong understanding of the product development lifecycle, from concept to commercialization, with a specific emphasis on integration points for sourcing. Experience across upstream product strategy, innovation, product creation, and quality management is essential.
- Proven ability to connect the dots across functions, navigate ambiguity, and adapt to changing priorities.
- Strong leadership skills to manage a portfolio of cross-functional projects.
- Strategic Thinking & Execution: Demonstrated ability to translate strategic objectives into actionable plans and drive successful execution within a complex organizational structure.
- Cross-Cultural Collaboration: Experience working in a global organization with demonstrated ability to foster effective collaboration between geographically dispersed teams (e.g., Europe and Asia).
- Stakeholder Management: Exceptional ability to build and maintain strong relationships with diverse internal stakeholders at all levels, influencing outcomes and driving consensus.
- Continuous Improvement Mindset: Experience in implementing continuous improvement methodologies and fostering a learning-oriented environment.
- Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills: Strong analytical capabilities to evaluate complex trade-offs (cost, quality, delivery) and develop effective solutions. Ability to synthesize, structure, and simplify complex problems.
- Excellent Communication Skills: Ability to articulate complex ideas clearly and persuasively to various audiences, engaging and influencing senior leaders.
What We Offer
On is a place that centers around growth and progress. We provide an environment designed to give individuals the tools to develop holistically— to stay active, learn, explore, and innovate. Our distinctive approach combines a supportive, team-oriented atmosphere with access to personal self-care for both physical and mental well-being, allowing each person to be guided by purpose.
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