Director, Global Real Estate & Portfolio Strategy
Kohler Co.•Kohler, WI
•$163,950 - $260,350•Onsite
About The Position
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.
Requirements
- Proven track record leading global real estate strategy and portfolio optimization
- Deep expertise in asset management, site selection, and transaction execution (acquisitions, leasing, dispositions, development)
- Demonstrated ability to identify and monetize underutilized real estate assets
- Strong experience in retail real estate, mixed-use development, and market-driven opportunities
- Advanced financial acumen, including investment modeling, ROI analysis, and value creation strategies
- Experience driving portfolio efficiency, footprint optimization, and cost reduction initiatives
- Ability to translate market insights into actionable enterprise strategy
- Executive presence with proven ability to influence senior leadership and C-suite decisions
- Strong cross-functional leadership and global stakeholder management capability
- Experience leading and developing high-performing, globally dispersed teams
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Willingness to travel globally
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.
Nice To Haves
- MBA or relevant advanced degree preferred
Responsibilities
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Benefits
- Day 1 benefits
- Performance bonus/variable incentive compensation
- Competitive total rewards package
- Access to career growth and development opportunities
- Diverse and inclusive workplace
- Strong culture of innovation
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
