Senior Lead, Sales Lifestyle Category

In short

As the Senior Lead of Sales, you will spearhead our Sneaker, Fashion, and Department Stores channels, fostering sustainable growth with these partners that drive trend and authenticity in the market, while leading and developing a team of account leads in Japan. You will play a critical role in managing direct relationships, driving sales, and ensuring a balanced and sustainable business expansion.

Your Mission

• Develop and execute strategies to grow the On business at small to large scale sneaker, fashion, and department store retailers in Japan
• Manage and strengthen relationships with major accounts, ensuring long-term, sustainable partnerships
• Lead, coach, and mentor a team of account leads, fostering their professional growth and effectiveness
• Analyze sales data and market trends to identify opportunities, drive data-informed decisions, manage inventory and turn
• Navigate and understand the Japanese wholesale landscape, leveraging insights to maximize sales potential
• Collaborate with internal teams (marketing, product) to align strategies and ensure seamless execution
• Develop and implement account plans, setting clear goals and KPIs for each key partner
• Ensure balanced and sustainable growth, avoiding over-reliance on single partners and diversifying the portfolio

Your story

• Proven experience in account management within the sporting goods, fashion, or sneaker channels in Japan
• Strong relationships with sneaker and fashion retailers in Japan
• Demonstrated ability to manage and grow business with complex accounts, both small, medium, or large in scale
• Experience leading and developing sales teams, with a focus on coaching and mentorship
• Sell-in and sell-out analysis skills and a data-driven approach to decision-making
• Deep understanding of the Japanese wholesale landscape and market dynamics
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills
• Numbers savvy with experience in sales forecasting, reporting, and analysis. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities
• Fluent in Japanese, Business level in English is also mandatory to collaborate with regional and global teams

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.