Strategic Inventory & Demand Planning Lead

Kohler; Kohler (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Kohler is seeking a Supply & Demand Planning Manager to lead end-to-end inventory governance and demand shaping for Kitchen and Bath Americas. You will collaborate with Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Production Control, Finance, Marketing, Customer Service, Master Data, IT/Data Analytics, and Manufacturing Operations to reduce excess and obsolescence while maintaining service levels.

The role translates ERP, Power BI, and business data into practical recommendations, driving actions to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in supply chain, inventory management, demand planning, or related analytics role.
• Experience with E&O, excess inventory, blocked/restricted inventory, inventory disposition, or discontinuation inventory preferred.
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP ECC/S4, APO, IBP or similar planning systems) preferred.
• Advanced Excel and Power BI experience required; ability to work with large datasets, dashboards, action trackers, and cross-functional reporting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead recurring inventory governance meetings by preparing materials, presenting risks and recommendations, documenting decisions, assigning owners, and escalating overdue actions.
• Own the end-to-end demand shaping process from SKU identification to coordination with Marketing, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Customer Service, Finance, and commercial teams.
• Lead E&O and inventory disposition analysis by reviewing inventory drivers, demand signals, open orders, forecast, safety stock, material status, aging, value, and depletion timing.
• Calculate discontinuation inventory exposure and recommend retention, consumption, disposition, scrapping, reclassification, escalation, or stakeholder review.
• Identify materials requiring status changes and coordinate PCI requests through submission, approval, execution, and ERP validation.
• Lead ACT governance by creating, supporting, tracking, and following up on actions related to demand shaping, E&O, scrap approval, and inventory decisions.
• Track and review blocked/restricted inventory to determine root cause, owner, aging, financial exposure, and reduction path.
• Partner with Finance to validate inventory value, E&O exposure, scrap/disposition impact, and financial prioritization of reduction opportunities.
• Create standard work, decision rules, escalation paths, and governance routines to improve visibility and reduce manual effort.

Skills

Demand planning

Inventory management

Analytics

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, Analytics, Engineering, Finance, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

SAP ECC/S4

APO

IBP

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Kohler is seeking a Supply & Demand Planning Manager to lead end-to-end inventory governance and demand shaping for Kitchen and Bath Americas. You will collaborate with Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Production Control, Finance, Marketing, Customer Service, Master Data, IT/Data Analytics, and Manufacturing Operations to reduce excess and obsolescence while maintaining service levels.

The role translates ERP, Power BI, and business data into practical recommendations, driving actions to