Footwear Costing - Senior Specialist

In short

• Be part of Footwear Costing and particularly in line with the Brand Costing strategic direction, optimize product cost for footwear products.

• Maximize margin opportunity through the leveraging of key levers by implementing cost standardization and strengthening costing strategy.

• Strongly coordinate and facilitate all cost-related topics internally and externally with the numbers of stakeholders

Your Mission

• Costing projects: Be the part of Footwear Costing and drive footwear Costing direction and Strategy & Costing Projects, be able to communicate Costing projects and take a lead to drive the team effort by ensuring the implementation and execution in place

• Communication: Be able to represent the costing function in the organization to communicate costing initiatives, Be capable of providing Costing insights and costing guidance, and have the ability to manage stakeholders internally and externally

• Cost optimization: Deliver customized Costing training to the Creation & Sourcing team to drive cost consciousness and Support the team to optimize product cost by leveraging the costing approach

• Profitability: Actively contribute to margin maximization through key levers such as cost standardization, cost engineering, pattern efficiency, material cost strategy, and any other profitability-related initiatives with the aim to deliver product value to the consumer while improving company profitability.

• Processes & Systems: Be able to support the system & process enhancement to drive cost automation and process efficiency and effectiveness

• Governance: act as gatekeeper to ensure that all costing manuals & standards, processes & policies and costing systems are understood and correctly applied consistently by suppliers, eventually leading the practice of cost auditing.

• Trends: Stay up-to-date on footwear industry and business trends and drivers to support proactive adjustment to the dynamic cost environment.

Your story

• University degree in business, economics, accounting, engineering; and with the passion for numbers and value engineering

• 3-5+ years’ experience working at a premium footwear brand; technical experience and knowledge of product construction, manufacturing methods and Sourcing planning will be a plus

• Excellent commercial sense and very analytical mindset

• Advanced project management skills with the ability of storytelling

• Proficiency in both Excel and PPT

• Strong price negotiation skills and impeccable integrity

• Critical thinking and being able to challenge the status quo and drive the costing project in a collaborative way.

• Be able to motivate/guide team to reach individual and team goals

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in a fast-paced, cross-cultural, and cross-functional environment

• Fluent in English spoken and written.

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.

• Step One

  It starts with you...

  You'll start by submitting your application to a specific role. We try to keep this step as simple as possible. We do get a lot of applications, but we review them all. We ask that you allow around 14 days for us to come back to you with a response. If you are a good fit to the role, someone will follow up with you within that window. If you didn't receive a reply, or were unsuccessful this time around, we encourage you to look for other possible matches at On.

• Step Two

  Interview with a recruiter

  What ignites your spirit? This is where we’ll start getting to know all about you and what makes you tick – and it’s your first chance to get a feel for our culture. Chatting with a member of our talent team, you’ll learn more about On and how we work. We’ll learn about what motivates you and what you could bring to the team.

• Step Three

  Interview with a hiring manager

  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.

• Step Four

  The Case Study

  What's your style? This task will help us understand how you think, face a challenge and give insight into your novel ideas. Designed to give everyone their best shot, your case study is based on something you might typically experience on the job. This is your chance to show us what you’ve got. So express yourself. Be you.

• Step Five

  The Experience Day

  Your first taste of the Oniverse. This is a time to meet some of the people you'll be working closest with. In person or virtually, you'll get a feel for the day-to-day at On and the people who make it happen. You'll chat with a few potential teammates - the conversations will be as equally driven by the role and your experience as by our values. We believe how you do things is just as important as what you do.

• Step Six

  The Result

  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.

Step One:

It starts with you...

You'll start by submitting your application to a specific role.

We try to keep this step as simple as possible. We do get a lot of applications, but we review them all. We ask that you allow around 14 days for us to come back to you with a response. If you are a good fit to the role, someone will follow up with you within that window. If you didn't receive a reply, or were unsuccessful this time around, we encourage you to look for other possible matches at On.