Capital Projects & Facility Strategy Lead

Cardinal Health; Salem (OR); Remote; USD 107,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Paid time off plan

Health savings account (HSA)

401k savings plan

MyFlexPay access to wages before pay

Job summary

Cardinal Health is seeking a senior Capital Projects Manager to lead a North American team focused on material handling equipment strategy and facility upkeep. The role drives capital planning, budgeting, and funding requests for equipment and infrastructure repairs, replacements, and improvements.

You will manage a $50M–$70M annual spend, develop multi-year capital plans, and present business cases to executives for funding.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field preferred.
• Advanced degree desired.
• 8+ years of relevant experience preferred.
• Experience managing large-scale capital projects in distribution or manufacturing environments, including MHE, facility infrastructure, suppliers, project financials, and implementation planning.
• Experience leading geographically dispersed teams and coordinating multiple projects across North America preferred.
• Strong capital budgeting, spend management, forecasting, and business case development skills, with the ability to present investment recommendations clearly to executive leadership.
• Proficiency in SAP and Microsoft Excel, along with strong data analysis skills, is required to manage capital budgets, reconcile spending, develop forecasts, and translate financial and asset data into actionable recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to lead asset-tracking modernization and improve asset data quality and reporting. Experience with IBM Maximo or a similar enterprise asset management or computerized maintenance management system is a plus.
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Leads a team of project managers supporting North American operations, overseeing $50M–$70M in annual capital spend across MHE and facility infrastructure projects.
• Develops and drives MHE and facility capital strategy, including asset lifecycle planning, repair-versus-replacement decisions, spend benchmarking, bottom-up budget development, make-versus-buy analysis, and competitive bidding in partnership with key stakeholders.
• Partners with site leaders to assess facility conditions and prioritize upkeep, repairs, and capital improvements for roofs, rooftop HVAC units (RTUs), restrooms, parking lots, and related infrastructure to support safe, reliable operations.
• Leads modernization of asset tracking across North America, standardizing asset records and improving data accuracy and visibility into asset condition, maintenance history, and lifecycle costs to inform MHE strategy, facility upkeep, and capital investment decisions.
• Oversees project scope, planning, resource allocation, and capital deployment schedules to deliver projects on time and within approved budgets while minimizing disruption to operations.
• Develops and maintains a three- to five-year capital plan, leads annual budgeting, and provides accurate monthly forecasts. Manages approved budgets, commitments, and actual spending; explains variances; and implements corrective actions as needed.
• Ensures the team develops well-supported business cases that align investments with strategic priorities, safety and quality standards, infrastructure needs, and return-on-investment objectives, as applicable.
• Prepares and presents capital plans, business cases, budget requests, forecasts, and project updates to executive leadership to secure funding approvals and communicate investment priorities, financial performance, risks, and trade-offs.
• Evaluates and selects suppliers and contractors in partnership with key stakeholders, and manages relationships to control costs and meets quality, service, and delivery expectations.
• Collaborate with site leaders, Finance, and other stakeholders across North America to anticipate investment needs, align priorities, coordinate execution, and maintain visibility into current and future capital plans.

Skills

Capital budgeting

Forecasting

Budget management

Leadership

Data analysis

Executive communication

Vendor/vendor selection

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Advanced degree desired

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Excel

IBM Maximo

Job description

Cardinal Health is seeking a senior Capital Projects Manager to lead a North American team focused on material handling equipment strategy and facility upkeep. The role drives capital planning, budgeting, and funding requests for equipment and infrastructure repairs, replacements, and improvements.

You will manage a $50M–$70M annual spend, develop multi-year capital plans, and present business cases to executives for funding.