Vice President, Network Operations

Summary Cardinal Health is a leading healthcare services and distribution company that helps providers, pharmacies, and health systems improve supply chain performance and ensure reliable access to critical medications. Through its Pharmaceutical Distribution business, Cardinal Health delivers innovative distribution solutions, technology-enabled inventory management, supply chain visibility, data analytics, and operational support that help customers optimize pharmaceutical procurement, manage drug shortages, improve financial performance, and enhance patient care outcomes. Serving nearly 90% of U.S. hospitals, thousands of pharmacies, laboratories, and specialty providers, Cardinal Health plays a critical role in connecting manufacturers, healthcare providers, and patients across the continuum of care. The Vice President, Network Operations will lead all centralized strategic supply chain activities and programs to simplify and standardize workflows and help to improve the performance of our supply chain and transportation. The incumbent is accountable for driving world-class operations with a focus on continuous improvement and exceeding customer expectations. The Vice President, Network Operations will lead all centralized strategic supply chain activities and programs to simplify and standardize workflows and help to improve the performance of our supply chain. This role is also responsible for capital planning and deployment, network design and capacity and automation capabilities.  The Vice President, Network Operations, is the owner of the annually financial planning process for the Supply Chain Team. This role reports to the Senior Vice President, Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Operations. Location: Ohio-based preferred, with relocation assistance provided as appropriate.

Develop and execute the Network Operations vision, strategy, and goals in line with company priorities to build a highly efficient and world class network operations team. Development, oversight and execution of the supply chain modernization strategy, roadmap and investment plan that advances supply chain digital and automation capabilities. Lead continuous improvement and optimization of the network, to enhance service quality, availability, reliability, efficiency, effectiveness, customer satisfaction and retention. Lead supply chain network design, delineating the overall framework of our supply chain to assess the time and costs required to bring goods to the market. Diagnose supply chain challenges, anticipate evolving areas of growth, and ensure prompt support for necessary system, process, and physical improvements across the network Holds organization accountable to have robust supply chain policies & procedures in place that properly govern our operations and drives continuous improvement in the function’s performance. Leadership for intelligent supply chain, functional performance metrics & reporting that drive agility, resiliency and enable critical business growth objectives. Leadership for the execution of new supply chain management programs and lean supply chain initiatives. Oversight for supply chain functional key performance indicators; Identifies and executes performance improvement initiatives. Leadership for overall function budget in alignment with strategic priorities and performance objectives. Network Modernization/Optimization – Manage core network additions, moves, changes, and/ or maintenance activities. Lead and manage the Network Operations team, including hiring, training, coaching, and performance management Ensure labor management programs deliver expected results Lead network wide strategic projects Oversee Operations supports of customer RFP’s inventory, capacity and service level Anticipate and develop strategy to maximize transportation and DC capacity and plans for expansion or consolidation Oversee capital investments including automation deployment across the