Advisor, Strategic Sourcing – Portfolio Gap Launch Team

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop RFPs and align related award recommendations following Cardinal Health’s sourcing process.

• Assist with a range of projects designated to address portfolio and category deficiencies.

• Contribute to enhancements in Private Brand sourcing and processes for introducing new products.

• Organize and facilitate cross-functional project activities for the launch and commercialization of new Private Brand medical products sourced from third-party manufacturers.

• Work alongside Marketing to define product requirements, validate business priorities, and assist in product selection decisions.

• Collaborate with Logistics, Trade Compliance, Planning, Warehousing, and Distribution teams to verify import requirements, lane setups, warehouse readiness, inventory planning, and distribution network execution.

• Partner with internal and external stakeholders on cross-functional sourcing initiatives.

• Propel cost reduction initiatives that align with business unit objectives and financial targets.

• Conduct data analysis and utilize financial insight to uncover opportunities for leveraging scale and achieving cost savings.

• Utilize global category management experience, encompassing technical product knowledge, cost drivers, industry dynamics, and market trends.

• Create innovative solutions for problem resolution.

• Validate and oversee deliverables in accordance with quality, regulatory, commercial, sourcing, and operational standards.

• Estimate landed costs using the LCM tool and support should-cost analysis efforts.

• Monitor and manage the implementation of price lists.

• Oversee NDA processes for the team.

• Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for ordering samples within Cardinal.

• Manage critical contracts and ensure that new elements are appropriately amended or documented.

• Achieve annual tangible corporate objectives.

• Oversee complex projects of substantial scope with potential significant and long-term effects.

• Suggest new practices, processes, metrics, or models.

• Independently determine methodologies for completing new projects.

• Mentor less experienced team members.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 5 years of experience in setting targets, creating global strategic sourcing strategies, and achieving significant levels of performance improvement across a portfolio of assigned categories for an FDA-regulated medical device manufacturer or a healthcare company with annual sales exceeding $5 billion, preferred.

• 5 years of experience in developing and implementing requirements/change management methodologies to carry out strategic sourcing activities, preferred.

• 5 years of experience in formulating and implementing requirements to execute and enhance daily sourcing activities, preferred.

• Knowledge of the strategic sourcing procurement lifecycle and best practices in procurement methods, preferred.

• Proven experience in diagnosing, isolating, and resolving complex issues, along with recommending and implementing strategies for problem-solving, preferred.

• Experience in coordinating and facilitating executive management meetings, preferred.

• Strong project and process management skills to execute supply strategies for assigned categories with cross-functional teams, preferred.

• Experience with contract requirements to negotiate key terms and conditions consistent with category strategy, preferred.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Word, with familiarity in Tableau, preferred.

• Ability to interpret specifications, drawings, etc., preferred.

• Experience leading global cross-functional teams within a large matrix organization, preferred.

• Familiarity with manufacturing, quality, and supply chain processes to support supplier selection and performance management, preferred.

• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills; capable of effective communication and interaction with personnel at various expertise levels in a global context, preferred.

• Willingness to travel at least 5% for business purposes (both domestically and internationally).

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• Paid time off plan.

• Health savings account (HSA).

• 401k savings plan.

• Access to wages before payday with myFlexPay.

• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs).

• Short- and long-term disability coverage.

• Work-Life resources.

• Paid parental leave.

• Healthy lifestyle programs.