Job Summary
We're seeking a Senior Consultant, Business Performance Partner to support Global Supply Chain transformation initiatives. This individual will leverage project management, continuous improvement, and change management skills to drive improvement across our operational, financial, and service KPIs.
The ideal candidate is a strategic advisor with global supply chain expertise, capable of connecting supply chain operations, finance, and business leadership. They should be a problem-solver who drives change, facilitates action, makes decisions, identifies risks, and champions program management best practices to support transformation initiatives. The role requires experience and knowledge across multiple areas of the supply chain to understand how its various parts connect and depend on each other.
Responsibilities
- Leverage supply chain and cross-functional knowledge to drive change by thinking critically and challenging the status quo.
- Collaboratively unite teams to create a vision for improvement and a roadmap to success, empowering them to achieve targets and providing support as needed.
- Utilize process improvement and change management tools to create and implement transformation across Global Medical Product Distribution
- Build and maintain multi-generational Project Plans that support a complex program, support stakeholder management, and provide appropriate escalations to drive timely and successful execution
- Assists in the development of functional strategy
- Quickly earn the trust of sponsors and key stakeholders; mobilize and motivate teams
- Proactively identify issues and risks, support issue resolution, and develop risk mitigation plans in close partnership with project teams and relevant business partners
- Create and deliver project status reports to the executive leadership team, openly requesting support when necessary.
- Confidently facilitates decision making and removes barriers to progress
- Establish effective and adaptable controls, manage risks, issues, changes, decisions, costs, resources, and schedules, and connect short-term needs to long-term implications, aligning with the supporting business case.
- Effectively manage multiple projects, prioritizing multiple tasks while meeting deadlines; and communicate project status (health, forecast, issues, risks, etc.) to leadership and stakeholders in an open and honest fashion
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Business/Finance or related preferred
- Preferred Certifications: PMP, LSSBB
- 8+ years of experience in Supply Chain, with a proven track record of success in continuous improvement, change management, and project management preferred
- Experience and deep understanding of Supply Chain management and the surrounding eco-system
- Proven experience managing complex, cross-functional projects with multiple workstreams
- Strong leadership skills with ability to prioritize and deliver on multiple concurrent initiatives that have significant financial and strategic impact
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to influence others without direct authority and to adapt their communication style to effectively interact with all levels of the organization, including executive leadership.
- Strong analytical, problem solving, critical thinking, organizational, and financial acumen
- Comfortable navigating through ambiguity; challenging others to think differently and holding others, at all levels, accountable to delivering on commitments
- Ability to travel 15%
Anticipated salary range: $105,100 - $150,100
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: 9/13/26
- If interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.
The salary range listed is an estimate. Pay at Cardinal Health is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographical location, relevant education, experience and skills and an evaluation of internal pay equity.
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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.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Business, Finance, or a related field
- PMP certification
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification
- 8+ years of experience in supply chain
- Experience in continuous improvement, change management, and project management
- Deep understanding of supply chain management and its surrounding ecosystem
- Experience managing complex, cross-functional projects with multiple workstreams
- Ability to lead, prioritize, and deliver multiple concurrent initiatives with significant financial and strategic impact
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including influencing without direct authority and communicating with executive leadership
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, critical-thinking, organizational, and financial skills
- Ability to navigate ambiguity, challenge conventional thinking, and hold stakeholders accountable
- Ability to travel 15%
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is frequently described as generous, including examples like multiple weeks of vacation, additional sick days, and in some roles even “unlimited” or untracked time off. Parental leave, paid holidays, and volunteer time further broaden the overall leave offering.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage is positioned as comprehensive, with added supports such as preventive care, telehealth/clinic access, mental health resources, and EAP counseling. Wellness programs and incentives (e.g., premium discounts tied to checkups or healthy lifestyle actions) add to the perceived breadth of healthcare-related support.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match, along with programs like stock purchase/equity participation and charitable matching, contribute to a stronger total rewards picture beyond base pay. Additional financial supports such as disability coverage and early wage access also enhance the overall package.
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What We Do
Cardinal Health is a distributor of pharmaceuticals, a global manufacturer and distributor of medical and laboratory products, and a provider of performance and data solutions for healthcare facilities. With 50 years in business, operations in more than 35 countries and approximately 44,000 employees globally, Cardinal Health is essential to care. We are navigating the complexities of healthcare and providing scaled solutions to help our customers thrive in a changing world. We strive to be a trusted healthcare partner by driving growth in evolving areas of healthcare, while building upon our distribution, products, and solutions to meet customer needs.
