Global Sourcing Program Management Advisor

What Strategic Sourcing - Global Products contributes to Cardinal Health

Global Sourcing is responsible for creating and managing diverse strategic supplier partnerships that drive enterprise value with innovation, best cost and competitive advantages that benefit customers, suppliers and patients. Develops and executes strategic plans by leveraging market intelligence, industry knowledge and cross-functional collaboration. Competitive advantage is created through supplier selection and management, contract negotiation, supply chain optimization and risk mitigation.

The Global Sourcing Program Management Advisor will be responsible for supporting the Global Sourcing organization and their key business initiatives, which includes owning, managing, and improving the Third-Party Risk Management Program, monitoring and reporting macro-economic activities and partnering with sourcing managers for risk mitigation. Additionally, the role will support provisioning, enhancements, and reporting of key sourcing tools, lead program management data visualization activities, support program management and improve business transformation projects. This role will partner closely with sourcing leadership to evolve category strategy, training and development programs, documentation, and continuous improvement activities. The Global Sourcing Program Management Team is responsible for program management of key business initiatives, third party risk management program, sourcing enablement, including training & development, ownership of sourcing tools, continuous improvement, and business partnership with key cross functional programs and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Solves complex problems and delivers on business initiatives and processes by applying subject matter expertise and technical knowledge of the business. Seeks solutions that aid in the proper allocation of resources, identify possible risks that drive business decisions, and anticipate opportunities to achieve a competitive advantage.

• Leads the operation and improvement of the global third-party risk program, including data collection, strategy, review of assessments/audits, being the business partner to cross functional stakeholders, and owner of risk mitigation program, including evaluating program’s risks and strengths and driving program maturity. Drives corrective actions, report creation and data management activities in support of the due diligence process.

• Monitors macro-economic activities that create risk to the business, empowers the global sourcing team with real time updates on ongoing activities and drives mitigation activities in partnership with global sourcing managers and key cross functional stakeholders.

• Partners with the Information Technology team to help create new functionality within TRACtion and Apttus owning reporting and empowering global sourcing managers with key insights to drive value to the business.

• Supports Apttus provisioning, front-line support, testing, enhancements, contractual leakage.

• Supports TRACtion front-line support and enhancements.

• Leads key program management initiative data visualization activities (dashboards, scorecards, etc), developing reports, and leading cross functional conversations to make key business decisions by using excel, tableau, and other data visualization tools.

• Supports program management and business transformation projects, leads workstreams, collaborates with and influences internal business partners in a highly matrix environment to optimize supplier network, performance, profitability, and innovation.

• Develops plans to drive progress toward business goals and objectives. Monitors and reports plan progress, outcomes of initiatives, and the impact of issues, adjusting priorities as necessary to achieve business goals.

• Supports Category Strategy program management and reporting, Global Sourcing Training and Development program, OneStop Shop, Documentation & Continuous Improvement activities.

Qualifications

• 4-8 years of experience, preferred

• Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred

What is expected of you and others at this level

• Applies comprehensive knowledge and a thorough understanding of concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to perform varied tasks and projects

• May contribute to the development of policies and procedures

• Works on complex projects of large scope

• Develops technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems

• Solutions are innovative and consistent with organization objectives

• Completes work; independently receives general guidance on new projects

• Work reviewed for purpose of meeting objectives

• May act as a mentor to less experienced colleagues

Anticipated salary range: $79,700 - $113,800

Bonus eligible: No

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: 5/16/2025 *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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