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, andbest 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 productinvestment, 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 andmargin reporting
• Influence cross-functional leaders to align commercial ambition with financial performance
• Coach and develop costing capability while strengthening financial literacy acrossProduct Creation
• Deliver sustainable margin improvement while enabling innovation and sustainabilityambitions
• Strengthen executive decision quality through robust financial analysis and scenariomodeling
• 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)

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

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
• 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

Ready to dig into the details?This second interview will be held with your future manager and will focus on the specifics of the job. Together you’ll delve into your unique skills and experiences and how they could be relevant at On. It's also a time to assess how you might feel working side-by-side. Bring any questions you have about the job, the team or anything else you might like to know – this is an open forum

Are we a good fit?We’ll get together internally to share our feedback and decide if we’re a match. We know that job searching is a big time investment, so it’s not a decision we take lightly. It’s also time for you to reflect on the experience – are we the right place for you?No matter the outcome, we’ll give you meaningful feedback

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