In short
The Specialist - Material Quality will ensure color excellence for On Apparel from end-to-end by building and maintaining standards, training global partners, and managing the approval process from development to bulk production.
Your mission
- Strategy & Standards: Partner with the Color and Material team to review the color palette each season and conduct risk color assessments on new colors and new materials.
- Process Development: Build the color standard with the color team from end-to-end to ensure consistency across all product lines.
- Supplier Enablement: Lead the onboarding and training of T1 & T2 suppliers regarding the On Color Approval process.
- Quality Control: Manage 1st lot approval for fabric and trim submissions to ensure development intent is met in production.
- Execution: Track and hand over approved lab dips and 1st lots to T1 & T2 suppliers to maintain strict control over bulk production.
- Performance Management: Evaluate suppliers based on color KPIs and prepare strategic improvement roadmaps.
- Continuous Improvement: Review suppliers ongoing color performance and take corrective actions for continuous quality enhancement.
- Problem Solving: Partner with the QA team to resolve technical color issues arising from T1 and T2 suppliers.
- Self-Approval Program: Implement and manage the Self-Approval color program, empowering qualified suppliers to maintain standards while streamlining the production timeline.
Your story
- Experience: 5–6 years of relevant work experience specifically in color management within the textile or apparel industry.
- Technical Expertise: Deeply familiar with textile dyeing processes and the use of DataColor spectrophotometers.
- Mindset: Must be driven and able to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
- Systems: User proficiency in Google Sheets, PowerPoint, Smartsheet, PLM, and various data visualization tools.
- Soft Skills: Highly organized and capable of managing multiple activities and meetings across a diverse network of cross-functional teams and T1 & T2 suppliers.
- Communication: Excellent command of both spoken and written English.
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.
