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Lead - Data, Reporting & Insights

Location: Shanghai

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Finance

In short

As the Lead - Data, Reporting, & Insights, you will be the bridge between commercial activity and financial outcomes for the APAC region. Your mission is to turn data into insights with standardized reports and dashboards to make clear strategic recommendations for Sales and Merchandising functions. Your primary focus is to deliver high-impact recommendations, govern core commercial metrics, and ensure data fidelity with external partners. Reporting to the Head of Analytics & Strategy Enablement on the APAC Finance Team, you will act as a critical analytical bridge between global data standards and local market execution.

Your Mission

Own the development, build, and maintenance of high-quality, high-frequency analytical reports and dashboards (e.g., Looker Studio) that clearly track commercial performance across all sales channels (e.g., Wholesale, DTC) and product lines (e.g., Footwear, Apparel)

Go beyond data delivery to proactively analyze report outputs, identifying trends, anomalies, and translating them into concise, actionable business insights

Define and implement core commercial metrics to formally stand up and govern the data used in ongoing Monthly Business Review (MBR) and Quarterly Business Review (QBR) processes for relevant Sales and Merchandising areas

Collaborate closely with Global Data, Finance, and Strategy teams, acting as the APAC advocate to ensure regional metric definitions align with the global framework

Drive the enablement and adoption of these standardized commercial metrics across the APAC leadership team, ensuring consistency in how the region measures success

Interface with regional vendor partners (e.g., SPS, Upper Quadrant, or similar data providers) to ensure the ongoing fidelity, quality, and timely ingestion of critical third-party data into On's central systems

Translate business requirements for vendor platforms into technical specifications, ensuring external data sources support advanced commercial analysis and ongoing utility

Proactively manage multiple priorities autonomously, ensuring all commercial reporting projects are delivered with accuracy and directly contribute to regional revenue goals

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Your story

You bring 6+ years of progressive functional experience in a commercial analytics or business intelligence role within a high-growth, global brand or a fast-paced retail/consulting environment

Proven expertise in driving revenue and commercial effectiveness by transforming data into actionable strategic recommendations for Sales and Merchandising stakeholders

Extensive experience with data visualization tools like Looker or Tableau, creating impactful and intuitive dashboards that govern key commercial performance indicators for leadership

Demonstrated ability to manage data fidelity and interface with external vendor platforms to enhance the utility of third-party data sources

You are a highly relational collaborator and communicator, consistently building effective relationships with individuals across diverse functional and global teams, and managing vendors to ensure data fidelity

Demonstrated ability to autonomously identify underlying issues and root causes, and comfortably deliver solutions to complex problems within your functional scope

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About the Team

The whole Analytics and Strategy Enablement team’s goal is to empower On with the strategic insights that drive decision making. We’re a group of curious, creative and passionate people coming together to unveil valuable business insights from all angles to support a growing and evolving business. Whether it’s consumer behaviour, market trends, onsite activity or product performance — we’re On it. This group of all-star data analysts who are committed to understanding the what, why, and how in the numbers to deliver actionable findings to the rest of the Oniverse.

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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.