Strategic Inventory & Demand Planning Manager

Kohler Co.; Kohler (WI); On-site; USD 99,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day 1 benefits

Performance bonus eligibility

Job summary

Kohler Co. in Kohler, WI is seeking a Supply and Demand Planning Manager to lead demand shaping, inventory governance, and discontinuation analysis across Kitchen and Bath Americas.

This role collaborates across Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Production Control, Finance, Marketing, Customer Service, Master Data, IT/Data Analytics, and Operations. The position translates ERP, Power BI, and business data into practical recommendations that reduce excess, obsolete, blocked, and at-risk inventory

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead recurring inventory governance meetings with materials, risks, recommendations, decisions, owners, and overdue actions.
• Own end-to-end demand shaping from SKU identification through coordination with Marketing and cross-functional teams.
• Lead E&O and inventory disposition analysis including drivers, demand signals, open orders, forecast, safety stock, aging and depletion timing.
• Calculate discontinuation exposure and advise on retention, consumption, disposition, scrapping, reclassification, escalation.
• Identify materials requiring status changes and coordinate PCI requests through submission, approval, and validation.
• Lead governance by creating, tracking, and following up on actions related to demand shaping, E&O, scrap approvals, and stakeholder commitments.
• Track blocked/restricted inventory to determine root cause, ownership, aging, financial exposure, and reduction path.
• Partner with Finance to validate inventory value, E&O exposure, and financial prioritization of reductions.
• Create standard work, decision rules, escalation paths, and governance routines to improve visibility and reduce manual effort.

Skills

Demand planning

Supply planning

Inventory management

Analytics

Finance analytics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain/related field

Tools

SAP ECC/S4

APO/IBP

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Kohler Co. in Kohler, WI is seeking a Supply and Demand Planning Manager to lead demand shaping, inventory governance, and discontinuation analysis across Kitchen and Bath Americas.

This role collaborates across Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Production Control, Finance, Marketing, Customer Service, Master Data, IT/Data Analytics, and Operations. The position translates ERP, Power BI, and business data into practical recommendations that reduce excess, obsolete, blocked, and at-risk inventory