Specialist - Footwear Production Quality Control & Quality Assurance

Location: Zürich

In short

Join our team at On as a Specialist - Footwear Production Quality Control / Quality Assurance, where you’ll be at the forefront of ensuring the highest standards for our state-of-the-art products. You will be integral to our mission of delivering innovative and sustainable products to customers, supporting On's commitment to performance and quality. In this role, you will initially focus heavily on hands-on quality control, safeguarding our factory output, before evolving to integrate cutting-edge AI tools and transitioning into a broader quality assurance scope.

Your mission

Safeguard Production Output (approx. 80% of current focus):
Act as the ultimate gatekeeper for quality, ensuring that 100% of the products leaving both the factory and the warehouse comply with our premium standards and deliver the  wow  factor to our customers.

Execute Critical Inspections:
Conduct rigorous checks of inbound Bottom Units (BU) and outbound production (A and B grades) at the end of the factory line, and perform comprehensive AQL-based quality checks at the warehouse (Welti).SOP Implementation:
Develop, write, and uphold the best Standard Operating Procedures (QC/QA SOPs) for conducting quality checks, while ensuring the factory team adheres to pre-QC processes.

Discrepancy Investigation & Alignment:
Investigate any grading discrepancies between your findings and the factory team's output. Utilize your technical expertise to train factory personnel to meet On's standards, ensuring alignment in the production tracking tools.

Commercialization

Collaboration:

Work closely with cross-functional teams to uphold Quality Control Assessment (QCA) and commercialization standards, participating actively in the commercialization process to deeply understand product details and specifications.

Future AI Integration (Role Evolution):
Support the upcoming introduction of AI in quality controls. You will play a key role in training these systems and guiding the ultimate transition of your responsibilities from daily QC execution to a broader Quality Assurance (QA) strategy.

Your story2+ years of experience in quality control and assurance, ideally within the premium footwear or sporting goods industry.

Proven ability to author and implement Quality Control Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).Strong hands-on experience with AQL inspections, measurement devices, and defect tracking.

Ability to investigate discrepancies, analyze quality data, and train external/factory teams to align with brand standards.

High adaptability with a strong interest in technology; excited by the prospect of training and integrating AI tools into traditional quality processes.

Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to confidently uphold standards and work effectively in cross-functional teams, as well as with factory management.

Fluency in English is required; additional languages are a plus.

Adaptable to fast-paced environments and passionate about innovation in quality assurance.

You will work within our Factory in Zurich.

Meet the team

Join a team of passionate innovators and entrepreneurial thinkers from diverse fields united by a mission: to make high-performance footwear at scale, anywhere, anytime, while minimizing environmental impact. We challenge conventions and push the boundaries of possibility to create sportswear like the world has never seen, along with groundbreaking technology and material innovations that set new industry standards. Be part of the team pioneering technology-driven solutions set to revolutionize the running shoe landscape.”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.