Overview

Sr. Manager, Strategic Sourcing - Capital Equipment & Facilities Work Mode: Onsite Location: Onsite, four days per week - Kohler, WI Opportunity The Senior Manager, Indirect Sourcing is responsible for driving strategic value across indirect procurement, with a heightened emphasis on construction management, capital project execution, cost savings delivery, stakeholder engagement, and operational transformation. This role provides sourcing leadership and commercial oversight for construction and capital programs, ensuring projects are planned, sourced, contracted, and executed with strong governance, supplier accountability, budget discipline, schedule adherence, risk mitigation, and clear alignment to business priorities. The role enables the organization to shift from tactical purchasing support to proactive construction sourcing excellence and disciplined project execution. The role partners closely with Project Management, Operations, Engineering, and Finance to deliver measurable financial, operational, and sustainability outcomes. Specific ResponsibilitiesStrategic Sourcing & Category Leadership Develop and implement global and regional indirect category strategies, with primary ownership for construction, capital projects, equipment, engineering services, facilities services, and related project execution support. Apply total cost of ownership (TCO) and LCC sourcing methodologies to optimize long-term value, not just initial price. Lead sourcing initiatives from strategy through execution, including scope alignment, bid strategy, RFx development, contractor prequalification, negotiations, contracting, change-order controls, and supplier performance management. Construction Management & Capital Plan Execution Partner with Project Management, Engineering, Operations, and Facilities teams to ensure construction and capital projects are scoped, sourced, awarded, mobilized, and executed within approved budget, schedule, quality, safety, and compliance expectations. Establish construction sourcing governance, contractor strategies, bid leveling discipline, award recommendations, execution readiness reviews, escalation paths, and risk mitigation plans to support on-time project delivery. Monitor project spend, savings realization, commitments, change orders, claims exposure, contractor performance, schedule risks, and commercial issues throughout the capital lifecycle. Support construction execution by ensuring clear commercial terms, defined contractor responsibilities, site readiness requirements, milestone tracking, invoice validation, lien waiver coordination, warranty expectations, and closeout documentation are incorporated into sourcing and contracting activities. Drive accountability with general contractors, construction managers, design partners, and specialty trade suppliers through structured business reviews, performance scorecards, issue resolution, and corrective action plans. Coordinate early procurement involvement in capital planning to improve estimate accuracy, sourcing lead times, contractor capacity planning, material availability, and execution sequencing before project approval and launch. Financial Performance & Value Delivery Deliver validated cost savings through strategic sourcing, demand management, and commercial optimization. Partner with Finance to ensure savings tracking, realization, and reporting align with financial standards. Provide commercial controls for construction projects by validating bid assumptions, challenging scope gaps, managing contingency exposure, supporting change-order governance, and escalating budget or schedule risks before they impact project delivery. Improve working capital by identifying and executing opportunities to increase DPO by 1 day while maintaining strong supplier relationships. Stakeholder Engagement & Compliance Engage business stakeholders to reduce fragmented and non-compliant onsite spending by reinforcing procurement policies and preferred supplier us