Manager, Transportation - Performance & Procurement

What Transportation contributes to Cardinal HealthThe US Transportation Department is critical to Cardinal Health’s distribution operations, ensuring the smooth and efficient movement of goods, and services ultimately impacting patient care. It plays a key role in supply chain management by coordinating the transport of finished products, ensuring delivers are on time, and providing support to operational projects. Transportation helps control costs through budgeting and negotiating favorable contracts with carriers. Cardinal Health continues to adopt sustainable transportation practices to reduce environmental impact.The Transportation Performance & Procurement team is responsible for all commercial carrier activity throughout the supply chain within the Medical Segment at Cardinal Health. From a performance standpoint, they oversee all logistics supplier management, ensuring carriers are meeting KPI’s through corrective actions, hosting QBR’s and maintain strong relationships with the DC’s support team. From a Procurement standpoint, they ensure the carrier capacity is meeting the business demands, all while keeping in mind the cost and performance impact. They host RFPs, maintaining a strong understanding of both market intelligence and business requirements to ensure achieving best carrier and rates.ResponsibilitiesManage a medium size team managing performance and procurement of all modes, TL, LTL, IM, Parcel & CourierBuild, enable, and drive multi-year strategy for procurement utilizing market intelligence and understanding business needsLeads the development of contracts and business rules to ensure carriers are adhering to service level expectationsEnsure the team is maintaining performance KPI’s, holding QBR’s with carrier base and enacting corrective actions where necessaryPartner with internal stakeholders to align on business requirements for transportation to fulfill customer expectationsDevelop and grow team to continuously improve and innovate how the transportation space is being managedDrive results through looking through data and developing trends amongst different shipping tendenciesCollaborate cross-functionally and liaise with internal and/or external stakeholders, including senior leadersQualificationsBA, BS or equivalent experience in related field preferredAdvance Degree is desired8-12 years of experience preferredSupply Chain Certification (i.e. APICS) preferredExtensive Truckload, Intermodal, and LTL domestic transportation backgroundStrong Parcel transportation backgroundWorking knowledge of logistics management technologiesExperience with SAP preferredExperience with SQL, Alteryx, Tableau preferredStrong knowledge of Microsoft Office productsWhat is expected of you and others at this levelManages department operations and supervises professional employees, front line supervisors and/or business support staffParticipates in the development of policies and procedures to achieve specific goalsEnsures employees operate within guidelinesDecisions have a short term impact on work processes, outcomes and customersInteracts with subordinates, peers, customers, and suppliers at various management levels; may interact with senior managementInteractions normally involve resolution of issues related to operations and/or projectsGains consensus from various parties involvedAnticipated salary range: $86,400 - $129,570Bonus eligible: YesBenefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.Medical, dental and vision coverageUn-tracked time offHealth savings account (HSA)401k savings planAccess to wages before pay day with myFlexPayFlexible spending accounts (FSAs)Short- and long-term disability coverageWork-Life resourcesPaid parental leaveHealthy lifestyle programsApplication window anticipated to close: 10/12/24 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.The salary range listed is an estimate. 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