Director, Global Real Estate & Portfolio Strategy
Work Mode: Onsite
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
Skills/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; MBA or relevant advanced degree preferred
- Willingness to travel
globally
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 you’ll 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 $163,950 - $260,350. The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate’s experience, their education, and the work location. In 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 30,000 bold leaders across the globe, we’re driving meaningful change in our mission to help people live gracious, healthy, and sustainable lives.
About Us
It is Kohler’s 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 kohlerjobs@kohler.com. Kohler Co. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
