Opportunity
Are you a dynamic product manager looking for your next challenge to impact a business? This is your chance as Kohler Co. is looking for a Product Manager with exceptional strategic and problem-solving skills. If you have a passion for innovation and helping to uncover insights & unmet needs to inform product attributes and innovation, this is the role for you. You will be joining a strong global brand committed to living on the leading edge in design and technology of product and process.
 
The Product Manager – Faucets Innovation will be responsible for partnering with the faucet category product leaders to develop and enhance the long-term innovation product portfolio. This role will identify and prioritize consumer needs, develop problems to solve in whitespace opportunities, and deepen the innovation product attribute competencies within the team.  Collaboration between cross-functional team members including advanced development, advanced process, product management, consumer insights, engineering, and industrial design will be vital in the success of this role.  
  
The ideal candidate will exhibit the following:
A passion for innovation, design thinking, and voice of the customerExceptional problem-solving skills focused on research, analytical and quantitative skills, with the ability to build business cases that articulate commercial valueStrong cross-functional collaboration skillsLeads with curiosity and creative thinking – white space thinkerUnderstands and effectively uses design thinking principles to uncover unmet needs to enable ideation, concept testing, advanced development, prototyping, and prototyping for faucet businessDisplays initiative to find solutions and work effectively with all levels in the organizationSet strong example through work product, energy, attitude and technical skillsUnderstand new product development, manufacturing, forecasting, and production planning for durable goodsStrong acumen in product attribute creation to enable product leadership
Specific Responsibilities
Partner with product management, advanced development, creative labs, and engineering to develop and enhance the innovation pipeline and product attribute leadership capability for faucet categories.Develop a complete understanding of the customer, categories and adjacent spaces to drive new ideationAnalyze and translate information into actionable insights and recommendations to drive business strategy and innovation.Manage assigned initiatives and compile updates to share progress with leadership.Be a innovation and product leadership evangelist. Mentor and provide guidance to junior team members.