Senior Lead - Footwear Costing

On; Zürich; Vor Ort; CHF 180.000 - 240.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

On in Zürich seeks a Senior Lead Footwear Costing Strategy & Margin Governance to shape cost strategy across the product creation lifecycle, partnering with creation leadership to improve margin and governance by integrating product, innovation, sustainability, sourcing, and finance.

Reporting to Head of Footwear Costing, the role establishes the costing operating model, governance standards, and strategic direction, enabling profitable and sustainable growth through data-driven decisions.

Qualifikationen

• 8+ years of footwear costing or related finance experience.
• Strong knowledge of cost drivers in premium footwear.
• Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills with commercial judgment.
• Fluent English, cross-cultural communicator.

Aufgaben

• Shape and evolve the brand's footwear costing strategy and operating model.
• Lead end-to-end margin governance from target margin setting through target FOB.
• Drive cost transparency, governance standards, and tools across the org.
• Provide executive-level financial insights for investments and profitability.
• Own budgeting, dashboards, and reporting standards for costing.
• Drive digital transformation and data integrity in costing processes.

Kenntnisse

Footwear costing

Margin governance

Cross-functional leadership

Financial analysis

Excel

PowerPoint

Scenario modeling

Strategic partnering

Ausbildung

University degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Engineering

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Jobbeschreibung

In Short:

The Senior Lead Footwear Costing Strategy & Margin Governance is responsible for shaping the Brand’s footwear costing strategy and enterprise margin governance across the entire product creation lifecycle.
Acting as a strategic business partner to the creation leadership, the role drives cost transparency, margin optimization, and governance excellence by integrating product, innovation, sustainability, sourcing, and finance perspectives into executive decision-making.
Reporting to the Head of Footwear Costing, the Senior Lead is responsible to establishes the creation Costing operating model, governance standards, and strategic direction for footwear costing while enabling profitable and sustainable growth through fact-based decision making.

Your Mission:

• Shape and continuously evolve the Brand’s creation footwear costing strategy andoperating model.
• Lead end-to-end margin governance from target margin setting through target FOB,product creation cross functions
• Supporting Costing governance frameworks, costing standards, decision rights, and best practices across the global footwear organization.
• Translate business strategy into actionable costing and profitability recommendations.
• Provide executive-level business cases and financial insights that support product investment, portfolio optimization, and long-term profitability.
• Own global costing methodologies, assumptions, tools, dashboards, and reportingstandards.
• Drive digital transformation, automation, and continuous improvement of costingprocesses.
• Ensure data integrity, transparency, and a single source of truth for costing and margin reporting.
• Influence cross-functional leaders to align commercial ambition with financial performance.
• Coach and develop costing capability while strengthening financial literacy across Product Creation.
• Deliver sustainable margin improvement while enabling innovation and sustainability ambitions.
• Strengthen executive decision quality through robust financial analysis and scenario modeling.
• Build scalable governance that supports long-term competitiveness and profitablegrowth

Your Story:

• University degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Engineering, or a related field, with a strong passion for value engineering.
• 8+ years of experience in footwear costing, sourcing, supply chain
  finance, or product economics within a premium or performance footwear brand.
• Strong understanding of footwear construction, manufacturing processes, and key cost drivers.
• Proven experience owning or driving costing processes and tools in a cross-functional environment.
• Advanced analytical capability with strong proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, combined with sound commercial judgment and high integrity.
• Adaptable, resilient, and effective communicator in fast-paced, cross-cultural environments.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken).

Your Team:

The Footwear Costing Team supports the brand by delivering fact-based cost transparency, margin discipline, and decision-ready insights across the end-to-end footwear creation process.

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.