Lead Color & Materials Designer Apparel

In short

Imagine being at the forefront of revolutionizing the apparel industry. As the Apparel CMD Lead at ON, you'll be the driving force behind shaping the future of On product lines. You'll immerse yourself in a dynamic environment, collaborating closely with our design team to conceptualize materials, colors, and finishes that set trends and exceed market expectations. Your role will span the entire color process, from conception to production and assortment merchandising, ensuring our products stand out in a crowded market. You'll constantly push boundaries, exploring innovative fabrics and materials to elevate our collections to new heights. Join us and be part of reshaping the future of On products

Your Mission

• You will be responsible for ensuring the color commerciality of our range taking into consideration: trend, color merchandising strategies as well as color alignment across brand categories
• You ground your perspective on upcoming color trends, palette assortment and seasonal key colors by diving into data from selling, consumer and the overall trend landscape.
• You collaborate very closely with our Zurich based development team and our Vietnam based development team on creating and handing over clear briefs and improving the color process for production.
• You always stay informed about the latest dyeing technologies possible on fabrics in the industry and always challenge our current dyeing standards in order to become more sustainable.
• You share your knowledge with the rest of the teams and exchange ideas and knowledge with the help of the digital and physical material library that you keep feeding.