Director Global Manufacturing Engineering

Director - Global Manufacturing Engineering

Work Mode:Onsite

Location:Onsite four days per week - Kohler WI

Opportunity

The Director Global Manufacturing Engineering leads capital project execution and serves as the enterprise leader for capital management across manufacturing operations. The role converts strategic priorities into a disciplined resource-balanced portfolio and is accountable for delivering safe compliant on-time and financially sound manufacturing investments across the global enterprise.

Specific Responsibilities

Enterprise Capital Leadership

• Lead the enterprise manufacturing operations capital process portfolio prioritization governance execution reporting and benefit realization.
• Partner with Manufacturing Operations Leaders to translate plant strategy/capability into an executable multi-year capital roadmap.
• Facilitate transparent trade-off decisions across safety compliance capacity continuity cost quality growth modernization and sustainability needs.
• Provide executive leadership with clear recommendations options risks and escalation needs for capital decisions.
  

Capital Project Execution

• Own execution from approved concept through detailed definition procurement construction or installation commissioning acceptance stabilization and closeout.
• Establish and maintain common expectations for scope definition estimating schedules risk management contracting project controls change management and readiness.
• Ensure each project has a credible business case accountable sponsor qualified team decision cadence risk register acceptance criteria and benefits owner.
• Drive recovery plans for projects that deviate from approved cost timing scope safety quality or benefit commitments.
• Ensure Ops Certification are agreed and finalized following project execution.

Portfolio Governance and Financial Discipline

• Lead regular portfolio reviews covering approvals commitments cash flow forecast accuracy cost at completion schedule status top risks and resource constraints.
• Ensure capital requests use consistent financial and technical assumptions and clearly identify alternatives contingencies and operating impacts.
• Partner with Finance to validate ROI NPV savings capacity and other benefit assumptions and to close post-audit learning loops.
• Oversee administration and adoption of Planview or other approved capital and spend-tracking systems.

People and Capability Leadership

• Lead coach and develop the global capital project leadership team with clear accountabilities succession plans and resource deployment priorities.
• Build a common project-management capability model standard work training curriculum and community of practice across regions and categories.
• Increase financial acumen commercial judgment technical rigor and enterprise ownership within engineering and project teams.
• Create a high-engagement environment with candid communication rapid issue escalation and relentless removal of barriers.

Supplier Contracting and Technical Execution

• Guide equipment sourcing engineering-contractor and integrator decisions within delegated authority and approved procurement policies.
• Ensure specifications contracting strategies commercial terms and change controls protect Kohlers cost schedule quality intellectual property and lifecycle interests.
• Leverage lessons learned supplier performance and technology standards to improve repeatability and reduce project risk across the enterprise.

Safety Compliance and Operational Handoff

• Champion EHS by design and require full compliance during engineering construction installation commissioning and startup.
• Ensure Operations Maintenance Quality and EHS are engaged early and that training documentation spares controls certifications and acceptance criteria are complete before handoff.
• Escalate or stop execution when safety compliance funding authority or readiness requirements are not met.

Skills/Requirements

• Bachelors degree in engineering or a related technical field required; advanced degree or MBA preferred.
• 10 years of progressive manufacturing engineering capital project operations or program leadership experience including leadership of complex multi-site investments.
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing technical leaders and cross-functional teams in a global or multi-region environment.
• Proven track record delivering major capital programs with strong safety cost schedule quality startup and business-result performance.
• Strong financial acumen including capital justification cash-flow forecasting ROI NPV contingency cost-at-completion and benefit validation.
• Working knowledge of project governance estimating contracting procurement construction commissioning controls and operational handoff.
• Executive-level communication skills with the ability to frame decisions challenge assumptions resolve conflict and align stakeholders.
• Ability to travel globally based on project and business needs.

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 youll 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 $166700 - $267700. The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidates experience their education and the work addition this position is eligible for a performance bonus/variable incentive compensation.

Why Choose Kohler
We empower each associate to #BecomeMoreAtKohler with a competitive total rewards package to support your health and wellbeing access to career growth and development opportunities a diverse and inclusive workplace and a strong culture of innovation. With more than 30000 bold leaders across the globe were driving meaningful change in our mission to help people live gracious healthy and sustainable lives.

About Us
It is Kohlers policy to recruit hire and promote qualified applicants without regard to race creed religion age sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression marital status national origin disability or status as a protected veteran. If as an individual with a disability you need reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process please contact . Kohler Co. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

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