Asset Management, Business Growth, Commercial Real Estate, Construction, Continuous Improvement, Cost Control, Cross-Functional, Customer Relations, Due Diligence, Finance, Financial Modeling, Financial Risk Management, Investment Management, Leadership, Legal, Market Development, Metrics, Negotiation Skills, Process Improvement, Property Management, Real Estate, Real Estate Development, Retail, Retail Strategy, Return on Investment (ROI), Revenue Growth, Strategic Planning, Underwriting
Location: Onsite, four days per week - Kohler, WI
Opportunity
Lead Kohler Co.'s global real estate strategy and portfolio, ensuring assets are fully optimized to drive business growth, efficiency, and value creation. 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 & Market Development
- 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
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Kohler Co
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