About the job
In short
As the Head of Commercial Strategy and Excellence for APAC, you are the architect of On’s regional growth roadmap. By integrating high-level commercial strategy, robust commercial excellence, and deep customer insights, you empower the APAC region to outpace the market and deliver a premium, data-driven brand experience. You lead a multi-disciplinary team to translate global ambitions into regional excellence, ensuring our commercial operations are scalable, our teams are equipped to win, and our decisions are rooted in a profound understanding of the APAC consumer.
Your mission
Strategic Commercial Partnership
- Define and drive the long-term strategy for the APAC region, including new markets or business category expansion planning, and ensuring channel and functional collaboration to ensure long term premium growth
- Collaborate with APAC Management team to steer regional strategies and execution and manage important meetings to ensure timely discussions and risk identification
- Orchestrate the annual and seasonal commercial strategic cycles, collaborate with our finance and planning teams to ensure alignment between financial targets, inventory requirements, and marketing investments
- Facilitate communication and decision making across regional and global teams
- Drive important regional leadership meetings such as QBRs, ELG, townhalls, global visits, etc.
Go-to-Market Planning and Process- Drive the go-to-market process including orchestrating key events such as commercial briefing, product launch updates, regional sales meetings to ensure smooth landing and communication
- Work closely with regional Marketing and Merchandising and Commercial Directors to synchronize go-to-market strategies and product-led growth.
Commercial Operations & Excellence- Build and oversee the APAC commercial enablement function, providing the sales, digital and retail teams with the tools, training, and processes required to deliver world-class performance.
- Standardize commercial operations practices across the region to drive efficiency and transparency in the pipeline
- Lead the adoption of global commercial technologies, ensuring they are localized and utilized to maximize regional sales impact.
Customer Insights- Evaluate market dynamics and competitive landscapes across diverse APAC territories to adapt commercial tactics and protect brand positioning. Establish a robust customer insights engine that distills complex consumer behavior and market trends into actionable commercial strategies for the APAC region working alongside Marketing & commercial analytics
- Direct the regional counterparts to ensure high-quality commercial intelligence is accessible to key decision-makers.
- Leverage consumer research and commercial analytics to influence product merchandising and marketing investments, ensuring they resonate with the regional consumer base.
Leadership & People Development- Lead and inspire a high-performing team across strategy, enablement, and insights, fostering a culture of high-performance, ownership, and continuous learning.
- Champion a collaborative environment that bridges the gap between regional execution and global strategy.
- Develop talent within the function, ensuring a strong succession pipeline and a diverse representation of skills and perspectives.
Your story
- You are a senior leader with 10+ years of experience in a commercial strategy role
- A conscious leader with the vision required to manage a team, you inspire the trust and respect of everyone around you - you have at least 6 years of experience building and managing high-performing teams
- You understand product, customer, channel, and marketing and how to make them all work together
- You bring strong experience working across DTC retail, Ecom, and wholesale partnerships
- You are comfortable working across multiple functions and bringing senior leaders along the journey with you
- Proven expertise in building and overseeing commercial enablement functions, with a track record of providing sales, digital, and retail teams with high-impact tools, training, and standardized processes.
What We Offer
On is a place that is centered around growth and progress. We offer an environment designed to give people the tools to develop holistically – to stay active, to learn, explore and innovate. Our distinctive approach combines a supportive, team-oriented atmosphere, with access to personal self-care for both physical and mental well-being, so each person is led by purpose.
On is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating a work environment that is fair and inclusive, where all decisions related to recruitment, advancement, and retention are free of discrimination.