Cardinal Health · 9 hours ago
Manager, Strategic Sourcing National Brands
Dublin, OH
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$105K/yr - $150K/yr
8+ years expCardinal Health is a leader in healthcare services and products, and they are seeking a Manager for their Strategic Sourcing National Brands team. This role is responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring compliance with customer agreements.
Health CareHospitalMedical
Responsibilities
Work with key customers on third party returns. Establish strong relationships with key customers to resolve outstanding questions/concerns, establish and progress initiatives and priorities, and risk mitigation on a critical long-standing program
Work with pharmaceutical manufacturers to mitigate financial risk on returns program
Create financial statements on third party returns program
Lead update meetings with National Accounts, finance, and purchasing
Report on third party returns program on a quarterly basis to senior leadership
Manage resources responsibility for execution of approved resolution of deductions
Ensure customer agreements regarding returns processed are adhered to
Manage direct report
Negotiate terms and conditions within the Wholesale Purchase Agreements with Pharmaceutical Suppliers
Achieve inclusion of key terms to meet financial goals and mitigate risk
Renegotiate unfavorable terms in existing contracts to achieve working capital goals
Ability to build strong internal and external relationships and manage effectively across a heavily matrixed organization
Ability to analyze, summarize and communicate data for all organizational levels. Ability to convey complexities regarding impacts and recommendations to executives
Leads with influence to facilitate cross-functional issue resolution and process improvement
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent work experience
8-12 years of experience
Ability to build strong internal and external relationships and manage effectively across a heavily matrixed organization
Ability to analyze, summarize and communicate data for all organizational levels
Ability to convey complexities regarding impacts and recommendations to executives
Leads with influence to facilitate cross-functional issue resolution and process improvement
Superior interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills - with a high level of attention to detail
Preferred
Ideally targeting polished communicators with a track-record in relationship management (whether that's internal stakeholders or external customers), project or program management, conflict resolution and problem solving, and sound organizational skills
Experience with strategic sourcing, contract negotiation, contract review and relining
Financial acumen or experience mitigating risk
Healthcare (and Pharmaceutical) experience
Prior people leadership experience
Benefits
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
Company
Cardinal Health
Cardinal Health is a manufacturer and distributor of medical and laboratory products.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.08B2025-08-28Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2006-08-16Post Ipo Debt· $78M
1983-08-12IPO
Leadership Team
Aaron Alt
Chief Financial Officer
T
Tony Caprio
Executive Vice President
Recent News
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