Sr. Director, ERP Transformation

Kohler Co.•Kohler, WI

1d•$205,900 - $334,600•Onsite

About The Position

Kohler Co. is seeking a Senior Director, ERP Transformation. This role is a strategic enterprise leader responsible for defining and executing the organization’s ERP transformation. Reporting to the VP, IT Enterprise Applications & ERP Transformation, this role requires a balance of strategic thinking, business partnership, organizational leadership, and hands-on execution oversight. The Sr. Director, ERP Transformation will lead a multi-year, enterprise-wide transformation from SAP ECC to a to be selected ERP solution. This leader is accountable for end-to-end program execution across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Finance while ensuring delivery of measurable business value, standardized processes, and a modern digital core. Critically, this role will build the organizational capability, leadership bench, and operating model required to deliver the transformation, establishing a high-performing, cross-functional team that bridges business and IT to drive adoption at scale. As a trusted and strategic business partner to Kohler’s Global Supply Chain function — including Manufacturing, Procurement, and Supply Chain — this leader will ensure that technology investments deliver measurable business value, operational excellence, and scalability across the global enterprise.

Requirements

15+ years of experience in SAP/ERP leadership roles
Proven track record leading large-scale ERP transformations
Deep functional expertise across Supply Chain, Manufacturing (required), and Finance (preferred).
Demonstrated success managing system integrators and complex vendor ecosystems
Experience leading programs with budgets exceeding $50M
Strong financial acumen and experience driving measurable business value
Bachelor’s degree required
Enterprise mindset with strong business acumen
Executive presence with ability to influence C-suite stakeholders
Ability to influence without authority across matrixed environments
Strategic thinker with strong execution discipline
Thrives in ambiguity
Results-oriented with focus on outcomes over activity
Proven change leader with ability to drive adoption at scale
Strong balance of technical fluency and business storytelling

Nice To Haves

Experience with RISE with SAP and cloud-based ERP delivery models strongly preferred
Advanced degree preferred
Experience in manufacturing, consumer products, retail, or supply chain intensive industries
ERP transformation experience (SAP S/4HANA, Oracle, etc.)
Experience enabling advanced analytics and AI through governed data foundations
Familiarity with data privacy regulations and compliance frameworks

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end transformation strategy, roadmap, and execution across ERP domains
Represent IT in the Transformation Management Office and partner with executive stakeholders across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Finance to align on priorities, trade-offs, and outcomes
Drive business value realization (e.g., working capital improvement, inventory optimization, cost-to-serve reduction)
Establish and enforce program governance, including steering committee cadence, KPIs, and decision frameworks
Lead system integrators and vendors, ensuring accountability, delivery quality, and commercial discipline
Oversee project management, solution architecture, data strategy, and process standardization aligned to S/4 best practices
Manage multi-year program financials including budget, forecasting, and benefits realization
Design and stand up the transformation operating model, including clear role definitions, decision rights, and governance across business, IT, and partners.
Assess current organizational capability across process, data, technology, and change leadership; identify gaps and define targeted talent actions (hire,develop, augment)
Staff and secure top talent in mission-critical roles, including business process owners, workstream leads, data leadership, testing, and change management.
Build and lead a high-performing, cross-functional transformation team, ensuring strong alignment between business and IT leadership
Partner with HR and executive leadership to define role expectations and capacity plans, support talent selection and succession planning, and align performance management and incentives to transformation outcomes
Develop internal ERP, process, data, and change leadership capability, reducing long-term dependency on system integrators and external partners
Establish knowledge transfer and capability-building mechanisms across all phases of the program
Champion organizational change, ensuring business readiness, training effectiveness, and sustained adoption
Build and mobilize a change champion network across functions and geographies
Drive mindset shift from customization to standardization and enterprise process ownership
Equip functional and plant leaders to lead their teams through significant process and system change
Identify resistance and proactively intervene with targeted engagement strategies
Foster a “one program” culture across business functions, IT, and external partners
Drive clarity, accountability, and decision velocity across a complex stakeholder environment
Establish expectations for enterprise thinking, data ownership, and process discipline
Build leadership bench strength and succession plans to ensure continuity across the multi-year transformation
Identify and mitigate program, organizational, and talent-related risks proactively
Ensure transparency through structured reporting on delivery, adoption, and capability readiness
Align talent deployment and capability with each phase of the transformation lifecycle (design, build, deploy, stabilize)
Serve as the primary IT business partner with IT delivery responsibilities for Global Supply Chain functions including Manufacturing, Procurement and Supply Chain, ensuring technology enables process efficiency, compliance, and strategic outcomes.
Collaborate with functional leaders to identify opportunities for AI, automation, analytics, and workflow optimization.
Ensure that IT roadmaps for enterprise functions are aligned with global priorities and harmonized across divisions.