Head Of Analytics And Strategy

In short

As the Head of Analytics and Strategy, you will lead the newly established Analytics and Strategy team dedicated to the Americas region, reporting directly to the Senior Director of Finance, Americas. You will be instrumental in building and developing a high-performing team that drives critical cross-channel and market analytics capabilities. You'll transform raw data into actionable insights and lead strategic project support to shape the future direction of On's business in the Americas. This role is critical to ensuring an omni-channel focus, delivering both backward-looking performance analysis and forward-looking strategic support, ultimately empowering regional functions with data-driven decision-making.

Your Mission

• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing Americas Analytics and Strategy team, fostering a culture of excellence and impactful achievement.
• Develop and standardize holistic cross-channel and market performance reports, integrating sell-in, sell-out, and market data to provide a detailed understanding of current business performance.
• Proactively identify performance trends, such as inventory build-up within the market, and translate these insights into actionable strategies.
• Champion the driving of new analytics, generating insights using advanced analytics and AI.
• Manage the backlog of analytics requests and provide timely ad-hoc support for key stakeholders, including the Americas Management Team and Investor Relations.
• Drive competitive insights gleaned from earning releases, press releases, and other market intelligence sources.
• Lead the analysis of omni-channel marketing spend, including marketing investment ROI, to optimize resource allocation.
• Prepare comprehensive market and consumer intelligence fact packs to inform long-term planning and strategic initiatives.
• Act as a conduit between global and regional teams, cascading global insights into the Americas region and disseminating region-specific insights amongst global team members.
• Together with the Americas Management team, shape the roadmap for new analytics use case development, representing the Americas region in global data and analytics development discussions.
• Partner with regional leadership to lead the execution of strategic initiatives from inception to implementation, such as developing a US tariff response action plan or formulating a new trade term framework.

Your story

• You bring 9+ years of progressive experience in analytics, strategy, or a related field, with a proven track record of leading and developing high-performing teams.
• You have industry experience within consumer goods, preferably sporting goods, coupled with strong commercial capabilities, commercial analytics, and strategy expertise.
• You have demonstrated success in setting clear strategic direction for your domain, ensuring projects align seamlessly with broader organizational interests and needs.
• You possess a strong ability to simplify complexity for effective management, breaking down intricate problems into actionable components and bringing others along to achieve objectives.
• You have experience driving complex decision-making processes, providing input on wider organizational topics, and making sound decisions even with limited or incomplete information by leveraging a combination of analysis, experience, and judgment.
• You are adept at anticipating and integrating the interests of various teams and stakeholders, effectively grasping and aligning output with diverse questions and needs.
• You have cultivated and leveraged connections across various functions and locations to execute projects effectively, exchange ideas, and share knowledge in an inclusive manner.

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.