Kohler
Kohler, Wisconsin
Sr. Category Leader, Marketing & Communications Work Mode: Onsite Location: Onsite, four days per week - Kohler, WI Opportunity This is an exciting opportunity to shape how Kohler invests in media and marketing partnerships that build our brands, reach consumers, and drive business impact. The Senior Category Leader - Marketing & Communications, will serve as a strategic partner to Marketing, bringing commercial discipline, supplier insight, and market expertise to help maximize value, improve transparency, and enable smarter, faster decisions across a dynamic and evolving media landscape. This senior role will focus on all kinds of marketing media planning, development, execution and distribution. Scope and Responsibilities Lead media procurement strategy and sourcing execution for Kohler's marketing organization, including paid media, digital, programmatic, social, search, retail media, agency services, measurement, and related marketing technology. Partner with marketing, brand, finance, legal, privacy, analytics, and agency stakeholders to translate business needs into sourcing strategies, scopes of work, contract requirements, performance expectations, and supplier governance plans. Lead competitive sourcing events, supplier evaluations, bid analysis, negotiations, award recommendations, renewals, and contract changes for media agencies, platforms, and related suppliers. Analyze spend, supplier proposals, rate cards, agency fees, media pricing models, contract terms, market dynamics, and performance data to support fact-based decisions and total value recommendations. Manage supplier relationships and governance routines, including scorecards, business reviews, issue resolution, escalation paths, performance commitments, renewal planning, and continuous improvement actions. Deliver category value through cost avoidance, savings, risk reduction, improved transparency, supplier accountability, and stronger return on marketing investment including Return on Ad Spend (ROAS). Provide media procurement expertise on agency models, fee structures, commercial terms, brand safety, content rights and evolving media market trends. Communicate sourcing activity, supplier performance, risks, value delivered, and recommended improvements to procurement, marketing, and senior business leaders. Key Media/Marketing Subject Matter Expertise: Strong understanding of paid media categories, agency models, media platforms, fee structures, retainer and rate cards, media markups, and other key commercial levers. Strong understanding of marketing performance and value metrics (e.g., return on ad spend, cost per acquisition, engagement and conversion) Ability to evaluate supplier proposals using business impact, service quality, performance, risk, and total cost of ownership metrics. Familiarity with digital marketing ecosystem, supplier landscape, and compliance considerations (data privacy, IP rights, and content usage). Connect sourcing decisions to Kohler's brand priorities, marketing objectives, risk mitigation, value creation, and budget effectiveness. Manage complexity by making sense of complex media, supplier, contract, budget, and performance information to define issues and solve problems. Key Procurement Subject Matter Expertise: Contract Proficiency Understand the importance of contract quality and deliver to high standards Interpret business, commercial and legal contract terms and conditions and communicate them so that associates of all levels can understand them Independently manage and lead sourcing and contracting processes Negotiation Negotiate marketing and communications services engagements and agreements with a focus on media Seek to increase the amount of negotiation power and leverage in every opportunity, and when that is not possible, negotiate well within varying degrees of power and leverage Analyze commercial aspects of proposals and contracts, with a focus on delivering against appropriate marketing/communications metrics and overall value (not just reductions in cost) Category and Supplier Management: Develop media category strategies that balance cost, quality, speed, innovation, compliance, supplier performance, and business outcomes. Use spend data, supplier insights, benchmarks, market intelligence, and risk assessments to build fact-based sourcing recommendations. Govern supplier relationships through scorecards, business reviews, issue resolution, accountability routines, and continuous improvement plans. Interpersonal Competencies and Capabilities: Delight internal customers and stakeholders by accepting responsibility and holding self, suppliers, and stakeholders accountable to timelines, commitments, service levels, compliance expectations, and performance outcomes. Build and maintain key internal and external relationships, including those with senior leaders including directors, VPs and C-suite-level officers Proactively keep stakeholders up to date with timely, effective communication Inspire internal associate teams to always do what is right for Kohler Co Boldly innovate through process improvements and through finding new ways to do things Work independently and own workstreams as if this was your company Be comfortable asking questions when the desired outcome is unclear Prioritize competing workstreams according to their real level of urgency, anticipates risks, improves processes, and drives timely execution. Skills/Requirements Bachelor's degree in marketing, supply chain, business, finance, communications, or related field required; advanced degree preferred. Minimum of 8+ years of combined experience in strategic sourcing focused on marketing categories, category management, media procurement, media agency management, marketing operations, or related roles. Experience managing media, marketing, agency, communications, or technology-related contracts and sourcing projects with $1M-10M+ in annual spend Proficiency with supplier management, contract management, eSourcing, spend analytics, Microsoft Excel, Power BI, Microsoft Copilot, and related procurement or analytics tools. CUSTOM.PAY.TRANSPARENCY Why Choose Kohler? We empower each associate to 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 . Kohler Co. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
Sr. Category Leader, Marketing & Communications Work Mode: Onsite Location: Onsite, four days per week - Kohler, WI Opportunity This is an exciting opportunity to shape how Kohler invests in media and marketing partnerships that build our brands, reach consumers, and drive business impact. The Senior Category Leader - Marketing & Communications, will serve as a strategic partner to Marketing, bringing commercial discipline, supplier insight, and market expertise to help maximize value, improve transparency, and enable smarter, faster decisions across a dynamic and evolving media landscape. This senior role will focus on all kinds of marketing media planning, development, execution and distribution. Scope and Responsibilities Lead media procurement strategy and sourcing execution for Kohler's marketing organization, including paid media, digital, programmatic, social, search, retail media, agency services, measurement, and related marketing technology. Partner with marketing, brand, finance, legal, privacy, analytics, and agency stakeholders to translate business needs into sourcing strategies, scopes of work, contract requirements, performance expectations, and supplier governance plans. Lead competitive sourcing events, supplier evaluations, bid analysis, negotiations, award recommendations, renewals, and contract changes for media agencies, platforms, and related suppliers. Analyze spend, supplier proposals, rate cards, agency fees, media pricing models, contract terms, market dynamics, and performance data to support fact-based decisions and total value recommendations. Manage supplier relationships and governance routines, including scorecards, business reviews, issue resolution, escalation paths, performance commitments, renewal planning, and continuous improvement actions. Deliver category value through cost avoidance, savings, risk reduction, improved transparency, supplier accountability, and stronger return on marketing investment including Return on Ad Spend (ROAS). Provide media procurement expertise on agency models, fee structures, commercial terms, brand safety, content rights and evolving media market trends. Communicate sourcing activity, supplier performance, risks, value delivered, and recommended improvements to procurement, marketing, and senior business leaders. Key Media/Marketing Subject Matter Expertise: Strong understanding of paid media categories, agency models, media platforms, fee structures, retainer and rate cards, media markups, and other key commercial levers. Strong understanding of marketing performance and value metrics (e.g., return on ad spend, cost per acquisition, engagement and conversion) Ability to evaluate supplier proposals using business impact, service quality, performance, risk, and total cost of ownership metrics. Familiarity with digital marketing ecosystem, supplier landscape, and compliance considerations (data privacy, IP rights, and content usage). Connect sourcing decisions to Kohler's brand priorities, marketing objectives, risk mitigation, value creation, and budget effectiveness. Manage complexity by making sense of complex media, supplier, contract, budget, and performance information to define issues and solve problems. Key Procurement Subject Matter Expertise: Contract Proficiency Understand the importance of contract quality and deliver to high standards Interpret business, commercial and legal contract terms and conditions and communicate them so that associates of all levels can understand them Independently manage and lead sourcing and contracting processes Negotiation Negotiate marketing and communications services engagements and agreements with a focus on media Seek to increase the amount of negotiation power and leverage in every opportunity, and when that is not possible, negotiate well within varying degrees of power and leverage Analyze commercial aspects of proposals and contracts, with a focus on delivering against appropriate marketing/communications metrics and overall value (not just reductions in cost) Category and Supplier Management: Develop media category strategies that balance cost, quality, speed, innovation, compliance, supplier performance, and business outcomes. Use spend data, supplier insights, benchmarks, market intelligence, and risk assessments to build fact-based sourcing recommendations. Govern supplier relationships through scorecards, business reviews, issue resolution, accountability routines, and continuous improvement plans. Interpersonal Competencies and Capabilities: Delight internal customers and stakeholders by accepting responsibility and holding self, suppliers, and stakeholders accountable to timelines, commitments, service levels, compliance expectations, and performance outcomes. Build and maintain key internal and external relationships, including those with senior leaders including directors, VPs and C-suite-level officers Proactively keep stakeholders up to date with timely, effective communication Inspire internal associate teams to always do what is right for Kohler Co Boldly innovate through process improvements and through finding new ways to do things Work independently and own workstreams as if this was your company Be comfortable asking questions when the desired outcome is unclear Prioritize competing workstreams according to their real level of urgency, anticipates risks, improves processes, and drives timely execution. Skills/Requirements Bachelor's degree in marketing, supply chain, business, finance, communications, or related field required; advanced degree preferred. Minimum of 8+ years of combined experience in strategic sourcing focused on marketing categories, category management, media procurement, media agency management, marketing operations, or related roles. Experience managing media, marketing, agency, communications, or technology-related contracts and sourcing projects with $1M-10M+ in annual spend Proficiency with supplier management, contract management, eSourcing, spend analytics, Microsoft Excel, Power BI, Microsoft Copilot, and related procurement or analytics tools. CUSTOM.PAY.TRANSPARENCY Why Choose Kohler? We empower each associate to 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 . Kohler Co. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
LevelTen Energy
Seattle, Washington
Seattle, Washington, United States Position Title: Vice President of Marketing Role Purpose LevelTen Energy is on a mission to accelerate the energy transition. We run the worlds largest clean energy marketplace, connecting buyers and sellers, and enabling them to get deals done faster with cutting-edge market intelligence reports and software, and transaction tools. Since being founded in 2016, LevelTens platform has facilitated over $14.8 billion in clean energy transactions. Join us on a mission that matters. LevelTen Energy is hiring a Vice President of Marketing to lead the company through its next phase of growth. This is a role for a versatile leader with significant global leadership experience someone who spans brand, product marketing, demand generation and communications, who has built and motivated high-performing distributed teams, and who is as comfortable setting strategy as executing it. You'll join a smart, global team working on meaningful solutions to the climate crisis, and we have a good time doing it. Key Responsibilities As Vice President of Marketing, you'll lead a global team through LevelTen's most ambitious phase yet: doubling revenue year over year while reinforcing the companys position as the definitive voice in clean energy procurement. You'll own the full marketing and communications function brand, demand generation, product marketing, PR and executive communications and you'll build the team, systems and market narrative to support that growth. Key responsibilities include: Brand Strategy: You'll build an updated narrative about our market position who we serve, the problems we solve, how we do it, and why it matters and then translate it into messaging, visual identity and standards the whole company can use. You'll work directly with the executive team to shape this story and bring it to market across owned, earned and paid channels. Team Leadership: Lead and grow a global marketing team distributed across North America and Europe, along with a six-figure budget and the agency and consultant relationships behind it. You'll coach and develop the people on this team, shape how the function is organized as we scale, and build the kind of morale that holds up under rapid growth. You'll keep the team oriented toward commercial outcomes every program tied to pipeline, revenue or market position and you'll set the tone for how we work: self-belief, professionalism, a bias for action, and a practice of instigating progress rather than waiting for it. Product Marketing: You'll oversee the launch and scale of new products, establish account-based marketing programs, and sharpen segmentation and positioning across a technical buyer base. Existing knowledge of clean energy markets in North America and Europe is required, with a working knowledge of power purchase agreements, RECs/GOs and similar energy products a strong plus. Demand Generation, Marketing Operations and Analytics: Support ongoing demand generation in close partnership with the VP of Sales, and expand the measurement infrastructure behind LevelTen's growth. Working with external consultants, you'll lead your team to establish attribution, reporting and marketing ROI analysis, along with the systems that turn funnel data into actionable insight about our customers. Executive Communications: Establish and own the executive communications program for both external and internal audiences. You'll develop LevelTen's corporate positions on emerging and sensitive industry issues, lead the narrative behind white papers and investor communications, and prepare our executives to deliver it in the boardroom, on stage and in the press. Public Relations: Lead LevelTen's media relations program across North America and Europe. Internal and external teams support execution, but you'll stay hands-on sometimes working directly with reporters on brand, customer and product storytelling, managing proactive and reactive news cycles, and occasionally serving as a public face of the company. You'll also prepare and brief our spokespeople for high-tier engagements. Events and Social: Shape the future of LevelTen's events program, with an emphasis on securing high-impact speaking opportunities and measuring the ROI of industry conference participation. You'll also ensure we have an organic social media strategy and the policy behind it. Content and Editorial: Provide strategic direction and editorial oversight to our director of content, who owns LevelTen's content program. You'll set the editorial standard, shape the market point of view behind our flagship research, and make sure our content serves both category leadership and pipeline. Final editorial judgment on our most visible work rests with you. Website: Own the website. A phased refresh is already underway, and you'll drive it across the finish line then keep going, aligning the site with our evolving brand narrative, refreshing visuals, and optimizing for how buyers search today, including AI-driven and generative search. You'll own conversion performance, information architecture, and the launch cycle that keeps the site current as new products ship. Qualifications At least 15 years in marketing and communications. 5 years of experience leading, coaching, and developing high-performing marketing teams in a global environment. Business acumen that connects marketing decisions to pipeline, pricing and growth targets. Impeccable writing skills, with the ability to calibrate content depth, voice, and tone across diverse platforms, ensuring every message resonates with its intended audience. Strong verbal communication skills that allow you to deliver clear and compelling information to internal and external stakeholders. Adeptness at building relationships, forging consensus across opposing viewpoints, and navigating executive-level engagement. Excellent project management capabilities and a keen sense of judgment on how to balance competing priorities. Systems thinking that drives you to design processes that streamline workflows and achieve long-term efficiency. Experience managing budgets, vendors, and reporting on ROI/KPIs. Experience working successfully with international teams and navigating cultural differences. Strongly desired: Experience with and/or strong understanding of clean energy, renewables and/or the energy transition; and Experience working successfully with international teams and navigating cultural differences. Additional details This position is based out of our office in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle, WA (hybrid work schedule). The estimated compensation for this position is $180,000-200,000 per year, based on experience and qualifications. In addition, this position is eligible for an annual bonus and an equity grant. Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without a current or future need for visa sponsorship. LevelTen Energy does not offer visa assistance or sponsorship of any kind. Benefits / Perks Full Medical, Vision and Dental coverage Wellness Credit Flexible vacation policy 11 paid company holidays 401k plan In the Seattle office: Casual dress code Commuter benefits Standing desk options Regular company-sponsored happy hours Hybrid in-office/work from home schedule Monthly catered lunch About LevelTen Energy LevelTen Energy is the leading provider of transaction infrastructure for the renewable energy economy. Our platform delivers buyers, sellers, advisors, and financiers the automation software, data management, and standardized contracts needed to facilitate faster, safer renewable energy transactions. LevelTens marketplace of renewable energy power purchase agreements is the worlds largest, with more than 4,000 offers spanning 21 countries in North America and Europe. LevelTens CFO-Ready Analytics automatically calculate more than a billion data points every day, providing our partners with leading-edge, real-time risk and value insights at modern market scale. Together, LevelTen and our partners share to accelerate the clean energy transition. Visit us at to learn more. Equal Opportunity Employer LevelTen Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected status. Accessibility If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance completing the online application or during the interview process, please call 1-. Please leave a message and a member of our People team will return your call within three business days. Alternatively, an email may be sent to . Applicant Accommodation should be included in the subject line of the email. Please note that this phone number and email are only for those individuals who would like to request an accommodation to apply for a job. PI79f99f721b18-4509
Seattle, Washington, United States Position Title: Vice President of Marketing Role Purpose LevelTen Energy is on a mission to accelerate the energy transition. We run the worlds largest clean energy marketplace, connecting buyers and sellers, and enabling them to get deals done faster with cutting-edge market intelligence reports and software, and transaction tools. Since being founded in 2016, LevelTens platform has facilitated over $14.8 billion in clean energy transactions. Join us on a mission that matters. LevelTen Energy is hiring a Vice President of Marketing to lead the company through its next phase of growth. This is a role for a versatile leader with significant global leadership experience someone who spans brand, product marketing, demand generation and communications, who has built and motivated high-performing distributed teams, and who is as comfortable setting strategy as executing it. You'll join a smart, global team working on meaningful solutions to the climate crisis, and we have a good time doing it. Key Responsibilities As Vice President of Marketing, you'll lead a global team through LevelTen's most ambitious phase yet: doubling revenue year over year while reinforcing the companys position as the definitive voice in clean energy procurement. You'll own the full marketing and communications function brand, demand generation, product marketing, PR and executive communications and you'll build the team, systems and market narrative to support that growth. Key responsibilities include: Brand Strategy: You'll build an updated narrative about our market position who we serve, the problems we solve, how we do it, and why it matters and then translate it into messaging, visual identity and standards the whole company can use. You'll work directly with the executive team to shape this story and bring it to market across owned, earned and paid channels. Team Leadership: Lead and grow a global marketing team distributed across North America and Europe, along with a six-figure budget and the agency and consultant relationships behind it. You'll coach and develop the people on this team, shape how the function is organized as we scale, and build the kind of morale that holds up under rapid growth. You'll keep the team oriented toward commercial outcomes every program tied to pipeline, revenue or market position and you'll set the tone for how we work: self-belief, professionalism, a bias for action, and a practice of instigating progress rather than waiting for it. Product Marketing: You'll oversee the launch and scale of new products, establish account-based marketing programs, and sharpen segmentation and positioning across a technical buyer base. Existing knowledge of clean energy markets in North America and Europe is required, with a working knowledge of power purchase agreements, RECs/GOs and similar energy products a strong plus. Demand Generation, Marketing Operations and Analytics: Support ongoing demand generation in close partnership with the VP of Sales, and expand the measurement infrastructure behind LevelTen's growth. Working with external consultants, you'll lead your team to establish attribution, reporting and marketing ROI analysis, along with the systems that turn funnel data into actionable insight about our customers. Executive Communications: Establish and own the executive communications program for both external and internal audiences. You'll develop LevelTen's corporate positions on emerging and sensitive industry issues, lead the narrative behind white papers and investor communications, and prepare our executives to deliver it in the boardroom, on stage and in the press. Public Relations: Lead LevelTen's media relations program across North America and Europe. Internal and external teams support execution, but you'll stay hands-on sometimes working directly with reporters on brand, customer and product storytelling, managing proactive and reactive news cycles, and occasionally serving as a public face of the company. You'll also prepare and brief our spokespeople for high-tier engagements. Events and Social: Shape the future of LevelTen's events program, with an emphasis on securing high-impact speaking opportunities and measuring the ROI of industry conference participation. You'll also ensure we have an organic social media strategy and the policy behind it. Content and Editorial: Provide strategic direction and editorial oversight to our director of content, who owns LevelTen's content program. You'll set the editorial standard, shape the market point of view behind our flagship research, and make sure our content serves both category leadership and pipeline. Final editorial judgment on our most visible work rests with you. Website: Own the website. A phased refresh is already underway, and you'll drive it across the finish line then keep going, aligning the site with our evolving brand narrative, refreshing visuals, and optimizing for how buyers search today, including AI-driven and generative search. You'll own conversion performance, information architecture, and the launch cycle that keeps the site current as new products ship. Qualifications At least 15 years in marketing and communications. 5 years of experience leading, coaching, and developing high-performing marketing teams in a global environment. Business acumen that connects marketing decisions to pipeline, pricing and growth targets. Impeccable writing skills, with the ability to calibrate content depth, voice, and tone across diverse platforms, ensuring every message resonates with its intended audience. Strong verbal communication skills that allow you to deliver clear and compelling information to internal and external stakeholders. Adeptness at building relationships, forging consensus across opposing viewpoints, and navigating executive-level engagement. Excellent project management capabilities and a keen sense of judgment on how to balance competing priorities. Systems thinking that drives you to design processes that streamline workflows and achieve long-term efficiency. Experience managing budgets, vendors, and reporting on ROI/KPIs. Experience working successfully with international teams and navigating cultural differences. Strongly desired: Experience with and/or strong understanding of clean energy, renewables and/or the energy transition; and Experience working successfully with international teams and navigating cultural differences. Additional details This position is based out of our office in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle, WA (hybrid work schedule). The estimated compensation for this position is $180,000-200,000 per year, based on experience and qualifications. In addition, this position is eligible for an annual bonus and an equity grant. Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without a current or future need for visa sponsorship. LevelTen Energy does not offer visa assistance or sponsorship of any kind. Benefits / Perks Full Medical, Vision and Dental coverage Wellness Credit Flexible vacation policy 11 paid company holidays 401k plan In the Seattle office: Casual dress code Commuter benefits Standing desk options Regular company-sponsored happy hours Hybrid in-office/work from home schedule Monthly catered lunch About LevelTen Energy LevelTen Energy is the leading provider of transaction infrastructure for the renewable energy economy. Our platform delivers buyers, sellers, advisors, and financiers the automation software, data management, and standardized contracts needed to facilitate faster, safer renewable energy transactions. LevelTens marketplace of renewable energy power purchase agreements is the worlds largest, with more than 4,000 offers spanning 21 countries in North America and Europe. LevelTens CFO-Ready Analytics automatically calculate more than a billion data points every day, providing our partners with leading-edge, real-time risk and value insights at modern market scale. Together, LevelTen and our partners share to accelerate the clean energy transition. Visit us at to learn more. Equal Opportunity Employer LevelTen Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected status. Accessibility If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance completing the online application or during the interview process, please call 1-. Please leave a message and a member of our People team will return your call within three business days. Alternatively, an email may be sent to . Applicant Accommodation should be included in the subject line of the email. Please note that this phone number and email are only for those individuals who would like to request an accommodation to apply for a job. PI79f99f721b18-4509
