On - Senior Lead – Corporate Strategy (8-month contract) - Zürich

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Corporate Strategy

In short

One of the fastest-growing premium sportswear brands is looking for a Senior Lead for its global Corporate Strategy team. The global leadership team is looking to add a cross-functionally minded and analytical generalist to its team.
Key tasks include to originate, manage and lead strategic projects, drive On’s major global strategy execution initiatives, enable the management and directors board processes, and provide general support to the local leadership team.

Your mission

– Partner with global leadership, by leading the execution of strategic initiatives from inception (e.g. formulate new category strategy, lead implementation of new channel models, develop an end-of-life products strategy, optimize customer service, etc.)
– Lead and enable the global management and director board processes to ensure focus on key strategic and tactical topics and timely decision making – inc. senior stakeholder management, agenda definition, content creation and consolidation.
– Support the wider Senior Leadership in the execution of On’s 5-year strategy, as well as in additional strategic projects required to ensure company objectives are met

Your story

– Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance or Science, Master’s degree or MBA a plus
– Several years of work experience in top management consulting, investment banking or corporate strategy (pre/post consulting industry experience in a similar role a plus) including leading other team members / small teams
– High degree of strategic and analytical thinking capability – able to think strategically, plan and execute analysis to come to insights, communicate them concisely and enable senior decision making through sharing and discussing
– Strong project planning capability, including ability to break tasks into smaller pieces, develop roadmaps, delegate to cross-functional teams for execution
– Comfortable independently problem-solving, structuring and owning initiatives from strategy through hands-on execution
– Able to nurture and manage senior internal and external stakeholder in order to enable processes and business results
– You thrive in a dynamic and complex environment with the ability to work autonomously
– Ability to communicate efficiently with various stakeholders in English
– Advanced skills in Microsoft Powerpoint and Excel

Meet the team

On’s Corporate Strategy Team is in charge of shaping and defining the company’s strategic roadmap so we remain the most exciting and fastest growing global sportswear brands.
We work closely with On’s top management to drive key strategic and operational initiatives across all functions and regions. This implies developing On’s 5-year strategy, carrying out market analyses, as well as driving local execution.
In order to have an impact on how On’s future is built, the team brings an entrepreneurial and results-driven mindset combined with strong analytical and hands-on execution skills.