Director, Global Real Estate & Portfolio StrategyWork Mode: Onsite
Location:Onsite, four days per week - Kohler, WI
OpportunityLead Kohler Co.'s global real estate strategy and portfolio, ensuringassets are fully optimized to drive business growth, efficiency, and valuecreation. This role is accountable for long-term strategic planning,proactive portfolio management, and unlocking market opportunities,including retail expansion and income-generating real estate initiatives.
Specific Responsibilities:Enterprise Strategy &Portfolio Leadership
- Develop and execute global real estate strategy aligned with enterprise and BU priorities
- Proactively manage portfolio as a strategic asset, ensuring highest and best use
- Identify and advance opportunities to monetize underutilized assets (reposition, redeploy, divest)
- Establish governance, metrics, and standards to drive portfolio performance and ROI
Portfolio Optimization& Value Creation
- Drive utilization, footprint optimization, and cost efficiency across global portfolio
- Deliver sustained cost savings and asset value enhancement
- Implement data-driven insights to inform investment and portfolio decisions
Retail & MarketDevelopment
- Lead retail real estate strategy (showrooms, hospitality, brand experiences)
- Identify and execute leasing and partnership opportunities to generate new revenue streams
Advance mixed-use and market-driven developments to position real estate as a profit center
Transactions &Execution
- Oversee all global acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, and development
- Lead cross-functional execution including site selection, underwriting, negotiations, and due diligence
- Ensure disciplined financial modeling, risk management, and strategic alignment
- Approve/review all company real estate transactions
Leadership &Cross-Functional Partnership
- Lead global Real Estate team (portfolio, asset, and property management)
- Partner with Business Units, Finance, Legal, Facilities, and Construction
- Influence executive decision-making through clear, data-driven recommendations
- Build high-performing team aligned to Kohler leadership competencies:
- Build Trust
- Set High Standards
- Continuous Improvement
- Focus on the Customer
Skills/Requirements - Proven track record leading global real estate strategy and portfolio optimization
- Deep expertise in asset management, site selection, and transaction execution (acquisitions, leasing, dispositions, development)
- Demonstrated ability to identify and monetize underutilized real estate assets
- Strong experience in retail real estate, mixed-use development, and market-driven opportunities
- Advanced financial acumen, including investment modeling, ROI analysis, and value creation strategies
- Experience driving portfolio efficiency, footprint optimization, and cost reduction initiatives
- Ability to translate market insights into actionable enterprise strategy
- Executive presence with proven ability to influence senior leadership and C-suite decisions
- Strong cross-functional leadership and global stakeholder management capability
- Experience leading and developing high-performing, globally dispersed teams
- Bachelor's degree required; MBA or relevant advanced degree preferred
- Willingness to travel globally
We believe in supporting you from the moment you join us, which is why Kohler offers day 1 benefits. This means you'll have access to your applicable benefit programs from your first day on the job, with no waiting period. The salary range for this position is $163,950 - $260,350. 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. In addition, this position is eligible for a performance bonus/variable incentive compensation.
