Director Manufacturing Business Performance Partner

Cardinal Health, Inc.; Raleigh (NC); Remote; USD 132,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Director for Medical Manufacturing Business Performance Partner. This remote role involves managing large-scale projects, driving strategic initiatives, and ensuring effective stakeholder management across global functions. The ideal candidate will have strong project management skills, experience in plant manufacturing, and the ability to influence decision-making at all levels. This position offers a unique opportunity to shape business strategies and drive operational excellence in a dynamic environment. If you are a versatile team player with excellent communication skills and a passion for improving business performance, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Paid time off plan

Health savings account (HSA)

401k savings plan

Access to wages before pay day

Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Short- and long-term disability coverage

Work-Life resources

Paid parental leave

Healthy lifestyle programs

Qualifications

• Strong project management skills with experience in manufacturing.
• Ability to influence without authority and excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage operating mechanisms and support strategic initiatives.
• Develop business processes and ensure effective execution of projects.

Skills

Project Management

Change Management

Financial Acumen

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Problem-Solving

Team Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Advanced Degree

Tools

Lean Six Sigma

Job description

Cardinal Health is a distributor of pharmaceuticals, a global manufacturer and distributor of medical and laboratory products, and a provider of performance and data solutions for health care facilities. With 50 plus years in business, operations in more than 30 countries and approximately 44,000 employees globally, Cardinal Health is essential to care.

The Director, Medical Manufacturing Business Performance Partner will aid with large scale projects and program management. Reporting directly to the Senior Vice President of Medical Manufacturing, this role is accountable for executing strategic business initiatives within manufacturing. The individual will be tasked with applying best-in-class program management and resource prioritization principles. This individual will be responsible for working across the Global function to help influence and drive business strategy and support optimal decision making. Viewed as a key business performance partner, the individual will be expected to proactively build relationships across various functions, levels, and regions to ensure effective stakeholder management. The ideal candidate should bring experience leading global, multi-site, large-scale programs within Manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Manage all operating mechanisms for the business, potentially including staff meetings, business reviews, financial reviews, and other key forums.
• Work with Senior Vice President to define operating model and mechanisms and forums to drive progress.
• Work with administrative support to maintain calendar of key operating mechanisms and communicate schedule and expectations to leadership team and key stakeholders.
• Set agendas for key operating mechanisms and document and track action items.
• Support interaction between forums at functional, business, segment and enterprise level.
• Partner with Strategy Lead & Finance Lead to define Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and design supporting measurement systems & reporting tools to validate assumptions to drive business performance.
• Support resource prioritization aligned with the strategy to support the delivery of key business initiatives driving financial performance.
• Provide project leadership across strategic initiatives, including manufacturing strategy, value improvement projects (VIP), optimization and network performance.
• Accountable for managing dependencies across transformation efforts in alignment with established strategic objectives with a focus on driving change management.
• Assure prioritization, collaboration, and effective execution of projects to ensure all objectives and milestones are achieved.
• Develop and implement business processes and playbooks to support effective and consistent execution against business initiatives.
• Build and maintain multi-generational program-level plans, support stakeholder management, and provide appropriate escalations to drive timely and successful execution.
• Proactively identify program-level issues and risks, support issue resolution, and develop risk mitigation plans in close partnership with project teams and relevant business partners.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelors and Advanced Degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred.
• Strong project management skills with ability to plan tasks, assign and manage resources, remove barriers, manage change, resolve conflict, build consensus, and motivate team members.
• Experience in plant manufacturing and materials management, with experience in high volume, low cost modeled production.
• Developing business-specific strategies and implementing them.
• Experience in Operational Excellence (Lean Six Sigma).
• Strong financial acumen, preferred some knowledge of zero-based budgeting.
• Ability to influence without authority and excellent communication skills; ability to tailor communication with all levels of the organization, including executive leadership.
• Advanced problem-solving skills.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong communication skills to navigate efficiently and effectively in a matrix organization.
• Versatile team player that is comfortable under pressure.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, critical thinking, organizational, and financial planning skills.
• Ability to travel 30%.
• This is a remote based position; ideal candidate will live in the eastern time zone in the United States.

Anticipated base salary range: $132,000 - $200,000

*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.

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: 2/14/2025 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.

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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.