Systems Manager, Strategic Sourcing

Work Mode: Remote

Location:Remote

Opportunity

To advance Kohler's global Strategic Sourcing systems, analytics,and data governance capabilities, this Systems Manager role leads the strategy,roadmap, development, and adoption of sourcing data platforms, dashboards,tools, and reporting processes. The role serves as a functional systems leaderand business partner across Strategic Sourcing, Finance, Digital/IT, andregional stakeholders-ensuring sourcing data is accurate, governed, scalable,secure, and translated into actionable insights that improve category strategy,savings delivery, supplier performance, compliance, and risk-informed decisionmaking at scale.

Specific Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain analytical tools and dashboards supporting sourcing, category strategy, savings tracking, supplier performance, and risk insights-including defining requirements with stakeholders and documenting intended (to-be) reporting capabilities.
• Assess and elevate implications of complex (and sometimes contradictory) data trends- including geopolitical and economic risks, cost optimization, and category strategy-and translate findings into clear, decision-ready insights for key stakeholders.
• Establish, enforce, and collaborate on data governance standards, definitions, and quality controls to ensure consistency and reliability across regions and departments (including Finance and Digital/IT); document requirements, maintain change control, and promote traceability from definitions to reporting outputs.
• Automate data collection and reporting where possible to reduce manual effort, improve scalability, and optimize work processes using accuracy/quality metrics and continuous improvement practices.

Key Skills

• Uphold high ethical standards, and exercise unwavering integrity with all tasks, and communication.
• Ability to transform complex data for non-technical audiences, and accomplish effective data storytelling to senior leaders and stakeholders.
• Customer focused - build consensus, collaborative relationships, and communicate effectively in the presence of multiple requests from customers.
• Champion data security and integrity and support process improvements to close
• Action Planning & Planning/Organizing: convert requirements into executable plans, prioritized backlogs, and delivery milestones.
• Documentation: create and maintain high-quality technical/user documentation and knowledge assets.

Key Competencies

• Manages Complexity: make sense of complex and sometimes contradictory information to solve problems and identify root causes.
• Optimizes Work Processes: use metrics/benchmarks to improve accuracy, quality, and efficiency; address process breakdowns promptly.
• Action Oriented: act with urgency on important issues; pursue opportunities that benefit the organization.
• Cultivates Innovation: create new and better ways of working; contribute and build on others' ideas.
• Business Insight: apply knowledge of business and marketplace drivers to inform solutions and recommendations.
• Customer Focus: build strong stakeholder relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions.

Skills/Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, engineering, information systems, analytics, data science, or related field required; advanced degree or relevant certification preferred.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in analytics, procurement analytics, business systems, data governance, supply chain systems, or related roles.
• Experience leading systems or analytics initiatives, including requirements gathering, roadmap development, implementation, user adoption, documentation, and post-launch support.
• Hands-on experience with analytics, reporting, and enterprise data platforms such as ERP/SAP, Power BI, Excel, SQL/Azure, Databricks, SharePoint, supplier management platforms, or similar tools.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing, supply chain, strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier management, compliance, or related business processes.
• Experience with data security, access controls, SOX 404 controls, governance documentation, change control, and audit-ready reporting practices preferred.

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

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 $103,900 - $160,000. 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.