Senior Specialist - Commercialization Engineer

On Holding
Ho Chi Minh City
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 8+ yearsSkills: ["Root-cause analysis","Communication","Negotiation","Influencing","Autonomy"]

Drive On’s footwear commercialization from project confirmation through production, leading complex development work with high autonomy. You’ll spearhead end-to-end commercialization using deep expertise in manufacturing processes, fit, materials, tooling, and process manufacturing, with strong root-cause analysis for tooling, molding, assembly, and wear issues. Serve as a key liaison across On’s inline development, production teams, and strategic T1/T2 partners, ensuring manufacturability, cost, quality, and performance at scale.

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Senior Specialist - Commercialization Engineer

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Job Summary

Drive On’s footwear commercialization from project confirmation through production, leading complex development work with high autonomy. You’ll spearhead end-to-end commercialization using deep expertise in manufacturing processes, fit, materials, tooling, and process manufacturing, with strong root-cause analysis for tooling, molding, assembly, and wear issues. Serve as a key liaison across On’s inline development, production teams, and strategic T1/T2 partners, ensuring manufacturability, cost, quality, and performance at scale.
Location: Ho Chi Minh City
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Independently manage multiple high-impact footwear development projects from confirmation to production, defining methods and procedures and potentially supervising project activities.
  • •Lead the end-to-end commercialization process using expertise in manufacturing processes, fit, material properties, and mold/process manufacturing; troubleshoot complex issues across tooling, molding, assembly, fit, and wear.
  • •Act as a central liaison between On inline development and production teams and strategic vendors across regions to maintain product intent while meeting commercial and operational requirements.
  • •Collaborate with computational designers on upper patterns and tooling construction adjustments to improve fit, durability, and scalable manufacturing, including full size run grading and production trials.
  • •Own documentation for complex tooling and upper-related issues, defining and communicating clear correction actions and manufacturing guidelines to stakeholders.
Travel: Medium travel

Key Requirements

  • •8+ years of progressive experience in the footwear industry focused on innovation and bringing new technologies to market.
  • •Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Engineering, Material Science, or another relevant technical field.
  • •Proven ability to scale new technologies and assess commercial viability and factory readiness.
  • •Expert-level knowledge of advanced footwear manufacturing processes, including robotics, automation, tooling, molding, injecting, welding, lasting, and assembly.
  • •Exceptional communication, negotiation, and influencing skills to present to senior management and external partners.
Experience:8+ yearsFootwear industryManufacturingInnovationAdvanced manufacturing
Skills:Root-cause analysisCommunicationNegotiationInfluencingAutonomy
Languages:English
Tech Stack:2D3DComputational designAlgorithmic capabilitiesRoboticsAutomationToolingMoldingInjectingWeldingLastingAssemblyERPGrading

Company Brief

On Holding
Designs, manufactures, and sells performance running shoes, apparel, and accessories under the On brand. Combines Swiss engineering and innovation with lifestyle design to serve runners and athletes globally through retail and direct-to-consumer channels.
Industry: Fashion & Apparel
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Zurich, Switzerland
Founded: 2010
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