What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Supply & Demand Planner position at kohler?
Location: Onsite, four days per week - Kohler, WI
Opportunity
Responsible for developing and executing supply plans to ensure optimal customer delivery performance and implementation of product supply strategies for assigned categories. Monitors key metrics—including service levels, open orders, lead times, inventory health, and shipping targets—to identify risks and drive corrective actions. Provides strategic recommendations by balancing business objectives with supply chain performance trade-offs and builds strong relationships with key decision-makers and influencers.
Specific Responsibilities
- Function as supply leader for Shower Doors, Bathroom Furniture, and Housewares, monitoring key delivery KPIs, resolving performance issues, and driving root-cause analysis with corrective actions. Report results and actions in S&OE and other forums. Assigned scope may change over time.
- Develop and execute supply plans for assigned categories, aligning with demand forecasts and business objectives.
- Serve as primary liaison between supply chain and demand teams to validate demand plans and assess medium- and long-term strategies.
- Maintain integrated supply plans to achieve service, cost, and inventory targets, supporting monthly S&OP processes.
- Analyze and recommend capacity adjustments across short-, medium-, and long-term horizons to ensure plan feasibility.
- Incorporate product transitions, new launches, discontinuations, and strategy changes into supply planning.
- Prepare for and participate in key S&OP and S&OE meetings, ensuring alignment on supply strategies and actions.
- Facilitate supply reviews with internal and external sources.
- Collaborate with logistics and transportation teams to align warehouse capacity and container planning with supply plans.
- Lead recovery efforts for supply gaps or extended lead times.
- Convert supply plans into shipments and revenue, ensuring logistics capacity supports execution.
- Evaluate supply trade-offs, communicate customer impact, and document agreed commercial actions with channel and category leaders.
- Maintain accurate product lead times for reliable customer commitments.
- Support strategic initiatives related to demand, supply, capacity, and inventory analysis.
- Represent supply chain in process improvement and capability deployment projects.
- Drive continuous improvement through application of KBA and Industry standards, best practices, analytics, and technology.