Manager, Program Management - Distribution Systems - Cardinal Health

What Program Management contributes to Cardinal Health

Transformation enables the organization to drive complex and transformational programs through disciplined project/program management and change management strategies.

Cardinal Health is on a transformational journey while remaining committed to being Healthcare’s Most Trusted Partner.  This journey is enabled by the tireless work, expertise, and expertise of our team of talented individuals throughout all sectors of the business.  It is this team, and their capability that continue to drive innovation, not only in our products and services, but also how we fulfill our commitment to our customers.  This role will play a critical part in fulfilling our customer promise by driving forward the continuous improvement and enhancement of our digital systems, leading a team that will develop and enhance various capabilities around operational orchestration, reporting, visualization and simulation. 

In addition to the work in continuing enhancement of our reporting capabilities, this role will include and not be limited to organizing project teams, establishing project schedules and individual responsibilities, and determining resource requirements while managing project budgets and reports on the status of project cost, timing and staffing. Finally, this role ensures adherence to internal and external quality standards and integrates vendor tasks and deliverables into project plans.

Responsibilities

• This role will lead the SME team responsible for development and data analytics support of our operational network systems.
• This role will oversee and prioritize activities around development and operationalization of various tools supporting our operations organization.  These tools will include operational dashboards and data visualizations supporting actionable intelligence related to execution, prioritization and staffing of warehouse associates.
• The leader will leverage previous experience while adhering to our internal best practices to advance existing standards around data visualization and analytics.
• This role will lead the development and allocation of resources to ensure successful network scale of management systems like LMS (Labor Management System), WES (Warehouse Execution System), WCS (Warehouse Control Systems) and operational simulation software.
• This role will coach and develop teams’ capability in solution development and engineering, seeking to enhance capability in simulation, modeling, and solution planning supporting network deployment of new systems and technology.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in related field preferred.
• Advanced Degree is desired
• 8+ years of experience preferred
• Experience in the deployment or support of systems like LMS, WMS, WES and BI visualization tools preferred.
• Ability to travel up to 50%

What is expected of you and others at this level

• Manages department operations and supervises professional employees, front line supervisors and/or business support staff.
• Participates in the development of policies and procedures to achieve specific goals.
• Ensures employees operate within guidelines.
• Decisions have a short term impact on work processes, outcomes and customers.
• Interacts with subordinates, peers, customers, and suppliers at various management levels; may interact with senior management
• Interactions normally involve resolution of issues related to operations and/or projects
• Gains consensus from various parties involved

Anticipated salary range: $102,000 - 145,700

Bonus eligible: Yes

Benefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Paid time off plan
• Health savings account (HSA)
• 401k savings plan
• Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Work-Life resources
• Paid parental leave
• Healthy lifestyle programs

Application window anticipated to close: 05/10/2024 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.

Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Cardinal Health supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. Cardinal Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.