Business Solutions Manager - KBNA, Supply Chain

Business Solutions Manager - KBNA, Supply Chain

Work Mode:
Onsite

Location: Onsite 4 days per week - Kohler, WI

Opportunity

Kohler Co.'s aspiration to create gracious experiences for customers, consumers, and associates is increasingly enabled by digital technologies and driven by data. As part of an ongoing digital transformation, Kohler continues to invest in technology enabled capabilities that fuel growth, strengthen business models, and support excellence in customer experience, operations, data, and digital products and services.

This role plays a critical part in accelerating Kohler's growth by developing compelling business cases and technology roadmaps for supply chain and fulfillment capabilities, including solutions enabled by technologies such as WMS, TMS, and other digital platforms. The position focuses on delivering rapid, measurable business value by bringing the business and IT together while balancing immediate needs with long term, foundational capabilities for the Kitchen & Bath North America (KBNA) business.

Role Impact and Responsibilities

As a critical leadership position within KBNA, the IT Business Solutions Manager - Supply Chain reports to the Director, IT Supply Chain & Operations and partners closely with senior business leaders and IT teams.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Partnering directly with the Vice President, Supply Chain - KBA, their leadership team, and IT stakeholders to define and align a technology strategy and dynamic roadmap
• Translating business strategy into scalable capabilities and enabling technologies
• Leading resources-directly and indirectly-to deliver prioritized initiatives
• Acting as an advocate for both business and IT during roadmap execution to ensure alignment, value delivery, and change adoption
• Driving innovation while delivering programs of strategic and operational importance to the business

Leadership Profile and Success Factors

The successful candidate will be a passionate leader, strategic thinker, and change agent with the ability to build credibility and influence at all levels of the organization. Success in this role requires the ability to quickly understand the North America business from an end to end capability perspective, create a compelling and aligned vision, and lead teams through execution.

Key qualifications and capabilities include:

• Proven experience creating and aligning market relevant technology strategies and implementation roadmaps
• Deep knowledge of IT best practices, enterprise technologies, and supply chain solutions
• Advanced experience serving as a business IT partner for large, complex, global organizations
• Demonstrated strength in value delivery, critical thinking, stakeholder management, negotiation, and influencing
• Ability to lead and facilitate design thinking workshops that promote innovation, alignment, and actionable outcomes

This role offers significant senior level visibility and presents a strong opportunity for career growth while driving impactful, enterprise level transformation.

Skills/Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business or related field required. Masters / MBA desirable
• 10+ years' related experience. Experience in manufacturing business a plus
• Demonstrated track record of partnering with business stakeholders and handling multiple complex transformation projects within the fulfillment and Supply Chain space
• Experience with leading and working in large teams
• Experience in multiple aspects of technology: analysis, project management, systems development, change management, business process improvement, etc.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for varied audiences on business and technology related subject matter - storytelling and making the complex simple
• Strong general management skills
• This position will require travel to locations across the Lower 48 states and across the Americas

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Why Choose Kohler?
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