Director Commercial & Product Finance

On; Zürich; Vor Ort; EUR 120’000 - 160’000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

On is seeking a Director of Commercial & Product Finance to partner with senior leadership, enhancing business decisions with financial insights. You will oversee financial strategy and analysis across product lifecycles, fostering growth and resource optimization. Join a team focused on innovation and sustainable growth in a collaborative environment.

Leistungen

Supportive, team-oriented atmosphere

Access to personal self-care

Opportunities for growth and learning

Qualifikationen

• 10+ years of experience in strategic or commercial finance.
• Proven ability as a business partner to C-level leaders.
• Strong understanding of margin structures and pricing dynamics.

Aufgaben

• Act as thought partner and financial co-pilot to CPO and CCO.
• Drive margin ownership and cost transparency.
• Lead financial framing of line planning and margin targets.

Kenntnisse

Strategic thinking

Financial modeling

Data analysis

Leadership

Tools

SAP

Anaplan

Google Sheets

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In short

At On, Finance plays a vital role in shaping strategy, enabling innovation, and fueling sustainable growth. As Director – Commercial & Product Finance, you will act as a senior strategic partner and co-pilot to the Chief Product Officer and Chief Commercial Officer, helping them navigate complex, fast-evolving business decisions with financial clarity and conviction. Beyond guiding strategic priorities, the role will also be about anchoring them financially - translating ambition into tangible value through rigorous financial thinking and multi-dimensional modeling, ensuring that key initiatives are not only visionary but also financially sound. You will provide the analytical and financial backbone across the product lifecycle – from early innovation to commercial execution – empowering leadership with insights to optimize margin, allocate resources, and scale into new markets and categories. In addition, you will be responsible for maintaining tight control over the respective budgets and commercial contracts within the product and commercial domains, ensuring financial discipline and accountability throughout. Leading a focused team and reporting to the Deputy CFO, you will build the financial structure to support profitable growth, shape planning and reporting tools, and strengthen the connection between product, commercial, and finance strategies. You will play an influential role within the broader Finance leadership team and work closely with the Group CFO.

In short

At On, Finance plays a vital role in shaping strategy, enabling innovation, and fueling sustainable growth. As Director – Commercial & Product Finance, you will act as a senior strategic partner and co-pilot to the Chief Product Officer and Chief Commercial Officer, helping them navigate complex, fast-evolving business decisions with financial clarity and conviction. Beyond guiding strategic priorities, the role will also be about anchoring them financially - translating ambition into tangible value through rigorous financial thinking and multi-dimensional modeling, ensuring that key initiatives are not only visionary but also financially sound. You will provide the analytical and financial backbone across the product lifecycle – from early innovation to commercial execution – empowering leadership with insights to optimize margin, allocate resources, and scale into new markets and categories. In addition, you will be responsible for maintaining tight control over the respective budgets and commercial contracts within the product and commercial domains, ensuring financial discipline and accountability throughout. Leading a focused team and reporting to the Deputy CFO, you will build the financial structure to support profitable growth, shape planning and reporting tools, and strengthen the connection between product, commercial, and finance strategies. You will play an influential role within the broader Finance leadership team and work closely with the Group CFO.

Your mission

• Act as thought partner and financial co-pilot to the CPO and CCO, bringing clarity and structure to complex decisions through data-driven insights.
• Drive margin ownership and cost transparency across the full product lifecycle, enabling smarter pricing, investment, and portfolio choices.
• Lead the financial framing of line planning, margin targets, and assortment strategies to support category and market expansion.
• Track and communicate lifecycle and performance KPIs, identifying risks, opportunities, and action levers across drops and product investments.
• Own and align the product-side LRP and business cases, supporting innovation, trade terms, and account P&L strategy. You will also be a key contributor to the Commercial LRP, working in close alignment with channel and regional teams to ensure a cohesive and financially grounded long-range plan.
• Build scalable reporting infrastructure, maintain clean data standards, and provide the analytical tools needed to run product and commercial finance at scale.
• Ensure tight cross-functional collaboration with FP&A, Controlling, IBP, and regional teams to link product insights to overall commercial performance.
  
  

Your story

• 10+ years of experience in strategic or commercial finance, preferably in consumer goods, tech, or a high-growth environment.
• Proven ability to act as a senior strategic business partner to C-level leaders, especially in product and commercial contexts.
• Strong understanding of margin structures, pricing dynamics, lifecycle economics, and investment decision-making.
• Experienced in navigating complexity, ambiguity, and trade-offs with a proactive, forward-thinking mindset.
• Skilled in building and interpreting complex models, while connecting numbers to strategic narratives.
• Fluent in financial systems and tools (e.g. SAP, Anaplan, Google Sheets), with a passion for analytics and scalability.
• Collaborative leader with high emotional intelligence and the ability to influence across functions and levels.
  
  

What We Offer

On is a place that is centered around growth and progress. We offer an environment designed to give people the tools to develop holistically – to stay active, to 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, so each person is led by purpose.

On is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating a work environment that is fair and inclusive, where all decisions related to recruitment, advancement, and retention are free of discrimination.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Business Development and Sales

• Industries

  Retail

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