Head Of Sales - JD Sports - EMEA

In short

The world's fastest-growing premium sports brand is looking for a Head of Sales to lead the strategic partnership and multi-channel commercial performance with one of our most important global accounts, JD Sports. You will strategically lead EMEA multi-channel sales, brand strategy translation, and a cross-functional team to achieve market-defining results and accelerate On's journey.

Your Mission

As a Head of Sales - Grade 10, your mission is to confidently navigate On, leveraging your extensive and diverse network to integrate necessary perspectives into multi-faceted projects that span across various domains throughout On. You will operate with executive-level leadership to drive the entire commercial success of the JD Sports account.

Your story

• Strategic Direction: Chart the course and set a strategic direction for JD Sports, ensuring strategic plans align seamlessly with On's broader interests and needs, and simplifying complexity for effective management
• Commercial Leadership: Own and deliver the EMEA multi-channel sales performance, driving revenue growth, expanding market share, and maximizing profitability across footwear, apparel, and accessories.
• Account Development: Create, establish, and nurture a strong executive-level relationship with the most important Key Account, proactively leading a co-created strategic account planning process that develops a mutual understanding of the consumer and delivers performance objectives, unit/financial targets, and strategic initiatives across a multi-year period
• Brand Activation: Provide commercial direction and input into brand activation planning, ensuring global and regional strategies are executed in ways that deliver against both brand and commercial priorities. Champion premium placement, visibility, and storytelling across key consumer touchpoints.
• Cross-Functional Integration (POD): Lead complex large-scale projects across multiple streams, coordinating the involvement of internal teammates (Merchandising, Marketing, Account Services, Finance, Operations, etc.) in order to meet On performance objectives and the needs of the consumer
• Performance Management: Drive a culture of data-informed decisions by overseeing reporting frameworks, maintaining forecasting accuracy, and leading the team to analyze consumer demand, category trends, and competitor activities to identify growth opportunities and optimize the assortment
• Operational Excellence: Design and optimize sales processes, trade terms, and partner support structures, ensuring Account Services and operational workflows are best-in-class to drive efficiency and a "WOW" experience for the partner

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. If you're a good fit to the role, a recruiter will follow up with you directly. 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. If you're a good fit to the role, a recruiter will follow up with you directly. If you didn't receive a reply, or were unsuccessful this time around, we encourage you to look for other possible matches at On.