Manager, Supply Chain Planning

Cardinal Health • Dublin, OH • 7h ago

What Supply Chain Planning contributes to Cardinal Health

Supply Chain Planning is responsible for ensuring the right quantity of products arrive in the right place, at the right time and cost. This job family is accountable for the design and execution of demand planning, supply planning, deployment planning, inventory planning, collaborative planning, and the design and implementation of the supply chain network. This role works cross functionally with marketing, finance, sales, customers, and suppliers to align forecast and close gaps as needed. Supply Chain Planning is responsible for driving improvements in forecast accuracy and bias.

As the Planning Manager, you will collaborate with numerous cross-functional stakeholders, including sales, key account, purchasing, finance, operations, sourcing and more, to build and deliver a consensus demand plan that considers historical trends, seasonality, promotional activities, sales goals, and product transition plans, while balancing our financial targets. As we continuously have new technology launches, this role is also responsible for supporting new forecasting tools/reporting/dashboard development and scalable processes to drive cross-functional collaboration, improve forecast accuracy, and support long term sales strategies. The planning manager will own diving deep into data, deriving insights amongst ambiguity, and presenting findings that influence business critical decisions.

Responsibilities

Hire, train, coach and develop a team of Supply Chain Planning Advisors.

Leverage demand planning system, historical sales trends, and leading signals, creating short- and long-term demand forecast plans, and lead cross-functional meetings to drive demand consensus.

Review evaluates forecast results for different categories; validate demand inputs, deep dive root causes of forecast errors; leading and partnering with data engineering/analytics team to improve forecast models.

Work cross-functionally with different business partners to understand business growth strategy, market trend, customer demand trend changes, and reconcile significant forecast variances, refine forecasts to support customer demand and business growth.

Lead seasonal planning cross pharmaceutical segmentation.

Provide support with data analytics, root cause analysis, and problem resolution of inventory concerns or issues.

Responsible for identifying and mitigating future service level disruptions.

Be a leader in driving process improvements and automation for demand planning tools to reduce manual data aggregation and increase visibility to the forecast analysis.

Communicate ideas concisely to a wide variety of stakeholders for purposes ranging from informative to financial approval from executives.

Ad-hoc analytics related to inventory management MBOs.?

Qualifications

Bachelor's in supply chain management, industrial engineering, or equivalent work experience, preferred

Master's degree in Supply Chain or related field, preferred

5+ years of experience in Demand/Supply Planning, preferred

5+ years of experience working in data driven environment, preferred

3+ years of management experience, preferred

Proficient in Microsoft excel, SQL/Tableau a plus

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Experience building/maintaining statistical forecast models preferred

APICS certifications and Kinaxis Planning system experience preferred

Experience in S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) a plus

Must be a self-starter with strong strategic influence

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: $87,700 - $125,300

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: 3/10/2026 *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.

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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