Senior Inventory Manager - Footwear & Accessories (On-site)

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Job Description

About the Role

As a Senior Inventory Manager, you will lead category-level inventory and business strategies to drive sales, profitability, and customer experience. You will provide strategic direction across inventory flow, assortment execution, and omni-channel optimization, ensuring alignment with business priorities and customer demand. In this role, you will partner cross-functionally to influence key initiatives and deliver inventory excellence across your category.

What You’ll Do

• Lead category-level inventory and business strategies to drive sales, margin, and inventory productivity
• Provide operational leadership across inventory planning, assortment execution, and cross-functional processes to ensure alignment with company objectives and best practices
• Drive strategic initiatives including inventory flow optimization, seasonal transitions, climate strategies, and omni-channel performance
• Analyze category performance and KPIs to identify risks and opportunities and translate insights into actionable strategies
• Develop and implement strategies to optimize service levels, customer choice, depth, sell-through, and weeks of supply
• Partner cross-functionally with Merchandising, Planning, Supply Chain, and Store teams to align inventory strategies with business goals
• Support new business development initiatives, category-specific analysis, and evolving business priorities
• Lead and influence cross-functional teams and partners through clear priorities, communication, and accountability
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives to enhance inventory performance, operational efficiency, and long-term growth
• Support critical business needs including inventory escalations, urgent requests, and shifting priorities
• Additional tasks may be assigned

What Skills You Have

Required

• Strong business acumen and strategic thinking skills
• Ability to analyze complex data and translate insights into action
• Strong problem-solving and prioritization skills
• Effective communication and cross-functional influencing skills
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment

Preferred

• Experience in inventory management, planning, or retail strategy
• Ability to lead through influence across cross-functional teams
• Experience driving strategic initiatives and process improvements

This role is based at our Corporate Office in Menomonee Falls, WI. You’ll work onsite from Monday through Thursday, with the option to work remotely on Fridays.

Essential Functions

The requirements listed below are representative of functions you will be required to perform, however you may be required to perform additional functions. Kohl’s may revise this job description from time to time. To perform this job successfully, you must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, absent undue hardship.

• Ability to perform the accountabilities listed in the “What You’ll Do” Section

• Ability to maintain prompt and regular attendance as set by the company

• Ability to work at least 8 hours per day, occasionally longer when necessary to meet business needs, 5 days per week

• Ability to comply with dress code requirements

• Ability to learn and comply with all company policies, procedures, standards and guidelines

• Ability to give direction and receive, understand and proactively respond to direction from leadership and other company personnel

• Ability to work as part of a team and interact effectively and appropriately with others

• Ability to maintain composure and work in a fast paced environment while accomplishing multiple tasks within established timeframes

• Ability to satisfactorily complete company training programs

• Perform work in accordance with the Physical/Cognitive Requirements section

Physical/Cognitive Requirements

• Ability to use a personal computer for tasks such as communicating, preparing reports, etc.

• Ability to plan, prioritize and monitor activities across business units

• Ability to complete or oversee the completion of assigned projects in a timely manner

• Ability to comply with health and safety standards