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Senior Lead - Footwear Costing

Location: Zurich

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Costing & Sourcing

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

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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).

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About the 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.

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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.

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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.