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Senior Lead - eCommerce Buying
Location: Portland
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In short
On is more than just a sportswear brand—we are a movement. We exist to ignite the human spirit through innovation, performance, and design. From our Swiss-engineered running shoes to our global community of athletes, we push the boundaries of what’s possible in the world of performance sportswear. As we continue to expand in the Americas, we’re looking for a Senior Lead, eCommerce Buyer to lead the Buying process across all categories and support the merchandising team for our DTC E-Commerce channel. You will work closely with category merch planners, leveraging data to develop a seasonal buy plan aligned to the America’s E-Commerce commercial strategy. If you’re a strategic thinker with a passion for sports, retail, and market expansion, this is the role for you.
Your Mission
- Lead Seasonal Buying Process: Lead the execution of the seasonal buy plan for the eCommerce business across all categories. Understand merchandise forecast strategies and the potential of a product in each digital channel while identifying gaps and risks.
- Analyze & Report: Work closely with the in-season analytics team to understand current performance and integrate those insights into future season buying decisions.
- Collaborate with Merchandising: Collaborate with the regional merchandising and planning teams to understand regional and channel priorities, seamlessly integrating these into the eCommerce buy plan.
- Provide Insights: You will look forward into future seasons and provide the regional merchandising team with insights on assortment needs for the eCommerce channel to deliver against long-term commercial goals.
- Globally align best practices: Partner closely with the Global Digital Commercial team in aligning best practices and ensuring consistency of buying approach across regions.
- Cross Channel Alignment: Work closely with sales and merchandising leadership to uncover risks and opportunities across the product portfolio ahead of launch.
- Innovate Processes: Seek ways to improve processes, tooling and collaboration with global and regional counterparts.
- Product Life-Cycle Management: Ensure the right product mix and availability across On digital properties, managing product life cycle plans through end-of-life. Drive visibility and performance of hero products and key categories, balancing inventory, pricing, and promotional activities.
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Your story
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in Buying, Sales, Merchandise Planning or Sales Planning
- 3+ years working within a commercial team ideally in the Sports or Fashion industry.
- A strong ability to manage the art and science of buying, leveraging retail sales data where possible and connecting it to merchandising priorities.
- Innate understanding of customer behavior, product lifecycle, market trends and how seasonality can impact product portfolio efficiency.
- Prior experience leveraging a data analytics tool such as Looker, Google Analytics, Power BI, Tableau, SPS commerce or other preferred An organized and proactive thinker, with the ability to build process in a fast paced environment.
- You have experience in providing direction to teams, with a focus on project-based work or informal leadership
- Approach challenges and navigate ambiguity with curiosity and a solutions-oriented mindset.
About the Team
The Americas Digital team is a cross functional, entrepreneurial and collaborative team with a passion for putting our consumer & communities in the center of all we do. This is the regional team responsible for growing America's eCommerce share of business within the Oniverse through how we plan products, optimize the customer journey and execute campaigns that run the length of the purchase funnel.
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. We are requesting that you provide sensitive demographic information such as gender identity and race/ethnicity to help us ensure that we are creating equitable and fair experiences for all potential future team members. You are not required to provide this demographic information and this information will in no way impact your eligibility for hire.
What to expect
We want to set everyone up for success, so here’s the lowdown on how we hire. Our process is a two-way street – bringing you into our culture, while helping us learn how you think.
Our full process can last about eight weeks from application to offer, because we care about getting it right. These steps explain how we usually do things.
Before you get started, feel free to consider if you want to work with us. Strange question? Well, we give people a lot of space to navigate their day-to-day and that style isn't for everyone. We want you to be passionate about what you do and be sure this is the right fit. Because when skills and passion combine – it creates that 'Wow' moment.