Manager - Finance, Global Transportation

About the role

Onsite, four days per week in Kohler, WI. Under the direction of the Director – Finance, Global Supply Chain, you will provide financial support for Global Transportation – including inbound freight, customer delivery, and interplant freight. This includes yearly financial planning, monthly forecasting, and owning the analysis for various strategic transportation projects.

Responsibilities

• Own the global transportation forecasting, annual operating plan, and long-range strategic planning processes.
• Lead monthly forecasting activities for North America and support global transportation planning requirements across business units.
• Consolidate, analyze, and communicate transportation financial performance against plan, forecast, and prior year results.
• Develop actionable insights and recommendations for supply chain and finance leadership.
• Serve as the lead finance business partner for Transportation, Distribution, Procurement, and Supply Chain leadership teams.
• Support transportation sourcing events, bid evaluations, and contract negotiations through financial analysis and modeling.
• Develop scenario modeling and sensitivity analyses to assess impacts from market conditions, fuel trends, customer demand changes, and network redesign activities.
• Identify transportation cost drivers, risks, and opportunities and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Conduct other special studies and projects under the direction of the Director – Finance, Global Supply Chain.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting or Finance (minimum).
• Strong communication ability to interact with broad organizational levels in a financial and managerial capacity.
• Working knowledge of SAP (or equivalent ERP system), Excel, and BPC is preferred.
• Must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

Benefits

• Day‑1 benefits – access to applicable benefit programs from the first day on the job, with no waiting period.
• Competitive total rewards package supporting health and wellbeing.
• Career growth and development opportunities.
• Diverse and inclusive workplace.
• Strong culture of innovation.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $118,650 – $183,650. The specific salary offered may be influenced by experience, education, and work location. The role is eligible for a performance bonus/variable incentive compensation.