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Manager – Indirect Purchasing

Work Mode: Hybrid

Opportunity

This role involves managing all purchasing-related functions for corporate spending, including supplier management, cost reduction, and quality improvement. It requires reliance on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. The role includes recruiting, developing, and managing professional purchasing resources. Responsibilities extend to managing departmental budgets, setting department objectives, and leading global spend coordination of categories unique to the assigned business unit. Marketing and IT sourcing experience preferred.

Specific Responsibilities

•Corporate Spending: Strategically and operationally responsible for corporate spending on marketing, communications, IT, and professional services. Accountable for preparing annual departmental and supplier spend budgets

•Resource Management: Manage the day-to-day operations for strategic sourcing resources supporting corporate spending. This includes interviewing, recommending, coordinating hiring, training, disciplining, and resource utilization of all associates within the department. Identify and evaluate critical positions within the department and establish strategies to develop a strong talent pool. Coach and develop talent utilizing documented performance management tools.

•Supplier Management: Responsible for all aspects of supplier management to ensure cost-effective products and services are provided to Kohler with appropriate service levels. Coordinate with stakeholders to specify strategy, identification, selection, and performance of the supply base.

•Contract Management: Accountable for all supplier contracts to ensure that the required legal terms, conditions, and cost/service components are in place to meet KBA requirements.

•Reporting: Responsible for monthly reporting regarding purchasing activity and supplier performance. This includes project execution, contract creation and renewal, cost savings, supplier delivery, and days payable outstanding.

•Spend Optimization: Understand spend and supplier commercial details (price, payment terms, contract T&Cs, etc.) and use this information to optimize (quality, service, price, technology) spend globally for K&B Group and Kohler Co.

•Supply Network Strategies: Implement flexible supply network strategies to support business unit requirements. Evaluate, recommend, and champion best-in-class tools/programs to perform the purchasing function. Drive efficient and effective programs internally and externally. This includes cost modeling or cost management techniques, six sigma, lean manufacturing, supplier innovation and cost reduction idea collection, as well as supplier collaboration through web-based portal communications, supplier EDI, and quarterly business reviews.

•Workflow Design: Design workflow to fully utilize Purchasing Support Group (PSG) resources for tactical work and maximize Jaggear system efficiency to enable more time for local associates to focus on strategic initiatives.

•Policy and Procedure Development: Develop and maintain comprehensive policy and procedures for all purchasing functions to support an ethical environment free of conflict of interest, ensure compliance with internal approval schedules, and comply with all local, state, and governmental laws and regulations.

Skills/Requirements

•Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Operations, Business or Engineering.

•Minimum of (6) years professional experience and two (2) years purchasing experience.

•Previous SAP experience desirable.

•At least three years managerial experience.

•Professional Purchasing Certification preferred.

Hybrid role in Kohler, WI - 3 days/week onsite

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Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

The salary range for this position is $102,500 - $130,550. The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate’s experience, their education, and the work location. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision & 401k.

Why Choose Kohler?

We empower each associate to #BecomeMoreAtKohler with a competitive total rewards package to support your health and wellbeing, access to career growth and development opportunities, a diverse and inclusive workplace, and a strong culture of innovation. With more than 30,000 bold leaders across the globe, we’re driving meaningful change in our mission to help people live gracious, healthy, and sustainable lives.

About Us

It is Kohler’s policy to recruit, hire, and promote qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran. If, as an individual with a disability, you need reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact kohlerjobs@kohler.com . Kohler Co. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.