As a Senior Specialist, this role is a driving force behind On’s compliance readiness in a rapidly evolving global sustainability regulatory landscape. It involves researching and interpreting complex requirements, translating them into clear, actionable roadmaps, and ensuring teams understand what needs to happen and by when. The role also covers communicating regulatory updates and deadlines, and designing and delivering targeted training for teams responsible for execution

Your Mission

• Research and analyze emerging global sustainability regulations and distill requirements
• Conduct readiness assessments and translate obligations into clear, actionable roadmaps
• Prepare and support delivery of targeted training and capacity-building programs to empower execution teams with the necessary knowledge for compliance
• Prepare internal communication updates (e.g., newsletters, internal announcements) to inform internal stakeholders about new regulatory requirements and key compliance deadlines
• Represent On in relevant external memberships, industry associations, and working groups. Gather and synthesize external insights to proactively benchmark and continually enhance On’s sustainability compliance approach
• Monitor regulatory changes and communicate updates to relevant stakeholders

Your story

• A genuine passion for sustainability and creating impact within a global business context
• University degree in Sustainability, Business Administration, Environmental Science, Law, or a related field
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience monitoring, analysing, and translating global sustainability regulations, including product sustainability (e.g. ESPR) and supply chain due diligence (e.g. forced labour laws)
• Experience in the consumer goods sector, ideally within footwear, apparel, or complex manufacturing environments, with exposure to global supply chains
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced, evolving environments and able to adapt to change
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build alignment, secure buy-in, and support effective capability building
• A careful and thorough approach to work; experience from legal or compliance environments is a plus
• Fluency in English; German or another major European language is a plus

We are a small team with big responsibilities. We design and implement the sustainability strategy across On and help shape the future of the organization. We do research, create strategies and implement projects and innovate products and processes through the lens of sustainability. We are the strategic hub, setting the direction and pace for corporate impact by defining priorities, targets, and policies. We act as internal educators and enablers, providing tools and training, and then amplify our progress through clear communication internally and externally

Just by the banks of the Limmat you’ll find our largest global hub in Zürich West – On Labs – where you can hike up 12 floors through our custom-built spiral trail

What we offer

• We are a small team with big responsibilities. We design and implement the sustainability strategy across On and help shape the future of the organization. We do research, create strategies and implement projects and innovate products and processes through the lens of sustainability. We are the strategic hub, setting the direction and pace for corporate impact by defining priorities, targets, and policies. We act as internal educators and enablers, providing tools and training, and then amplify our progress through clear communication internally and externally
• 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
• 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

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

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

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