Senior Lead, Merchandising Planning

In short

As Merchandising Planner, you will be responsible for ensuring the right products go to the right channels, tiers, accounts and to the right stores, with the best timing and price. You will build the footwear, apparel & accessories assortments by developing and implementing our global brand strategy & gaining customer insights from working closely with our distributor partners. You will be a leader in forecasting and utilizing new tools for data analysis and turning your findings into short term actions and long-term product strategies.

This role will be located in Tokyo, Japan.

Your Mission

This role will cover all categories across footwear, apparel and accessories for all genders. This requires a holistic way of building H2T assortments.

• Assortment planning & forecasting will be required for both our wholesale business on account channel and key account level.

• Very close collaboration with the local sales teams to work on the right assortments for strategic key accounts and account channels. Regular participation in meetings with accounts is expected for this role.

• You will work closely with our marketing campaign teams to align product launch dates in line with marketing efforts.

• Contribute to the collection pricing architecture and optimize the effect of full price sales through competitor price mapping and price adjustments with our pricing team.

• Know the markets and the consumer targets, fashion and performance competencies and that of our competitors.

Your story

• 10 years’ work experience with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a merchandising or merchandise planning role.

• You have a strong track record of business results from your previous roles preferably within Merchandising, Retail, Product Management and Business Analytics.

• Experienced in developing distribution strategy, whilst keeping consumers, accounts and sales teams front of mind.

• Analytical and data driven mindset with a clear focus on results.

• Strong communicator and presenter in front of diverse internal and external audiences.

• Full business proficiency in both Japanese & English.

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.