Senior Lead - Footwear Costing

On; Zürich; Vor Ort; CHF 170.000 - 250.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

On is seeking a Senior Lead Footwear Costing Strategy & Margin Governance to shape the brand's costing strategy and enterprise margin governance across the product creation lifecycle. The role partners with creation leadership to drive cost transparency, margin optimization, and governance excellence across product, innovation, sustainability, sourcing, and finance perspectives.

Reporting to the Head of Footwear Costing, the Senior Lead will establish the costing operating model, governance

Qualifikationen

• University degree in Business, Economics, Finance, or Engineering or related field.
• Strong analytical capability with data-driven mindset and commercial judgment.
• Experience in footwear costing, sourcing, or product economics in premium brands.

Aufgaben

• Shape and evolve the brand’s footwear costing strategy and operating model.
• Lead end-to-end margin governance from target margins to FOB targets across product creation cross-functions.
• Support costing governance frameworks, standards, decision rights, and best practices globally.
• Translate business strategy into actionable costing and profitability recommendations.
• Provide executive-level business cases and financial insights for investments and portfolio optimization.
• Own global costing methodologies, assumptions, tools, dashboards, and reporting standards.
• Drive digital transformation, automation, and continuous improvement of costing processes.
• Ensure data integrity and a single source of truth for costing and margin reporting.
• Influence cross-functional leaders to align commercial ambition with financial performance.
• Coach costing capability and strengthen financial literacy across Product Creation.
• Deliver sustainable margin improvement while enabling innovation and sustainability goals.
• Strengthen executive decision quality through robust financial analysis and scenario modeling.

Kenntnisse

Analytical thinking

Financial acumen

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

English fluency

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.

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 and operating 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 reporting standards.
• Drive digital transformation, automation, and continuous improvement of costing processes.
• 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 profitable growth

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).

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.