Director of Transportation, Plasma

McKesson; Erlanger (KY); Hybrid; USD 109,000 - 182,000; Full time

Job summary

McKesson, a Fortune 10 healthcare company, seeks a strategic transportation leader to oversee the Plasma Transportation function, driving network design, routing, carrier management, and compliance across a cold-chain environment.

You will lead multi-disciplinary teams, partner with customers and partners, develop forecasts and budgets, and present performance and cost-improvement opportunities to executive leadership. Travel 25–35% and support 24/7 operations in a remote/hybrid work setup.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, logistics, business, transportation, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years in transportation, logistics, supply chain, or distribution.
• 4+ years of people leadership experience managing managers and/or professional teams.
• Experience with TMS and transportation analytics tools.
• Demonstrated experience in transportation network design, route optimization, and capacity planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead domestic and international plasma and biologic transport operations.
• Direct routing, network design, fleet utilization, and carrier capacity management.
• Oversee carrier relationships, contracts, performance scorecards, and governance.
• Develop transportation forecasts for volume, mileage, carrier capacity, fleet requirements, and budgets.
• Lead transportation billing accuracy, carrier invoice validation, dispute resolution, and revenue protection initiatives.

Skills

Leadership experience

Transportation operations

Cost management

Data analysis

Forecasting

Carrier management

Vendor governance

RFP experience

Power BI

Lean Six Sigma

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Transportation, or related field

Tools

Power BI

SAP

TMS

Job description

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care.

What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.

McKesson is seeking a strategic and operational leader to oversee transportation operations supporting the movement of temperature-sensitive plasma and biologic products. This role is responsible for transportation network design, route optimization, dedicated fleet operations, carrier management, transportation billing, capacity planning, and regulatory compliance across a highly regulated cold chain environment.

As the leader of the Plasma Transportation function, you will drive transportation strategy, operational performance, service excellence, cost optimization, and compliance while leading multidisciplinary teams and partnering with customers, carriers, quality, operations, finance, and commercial stakeholders.

What You’ll Do

• Lead transportation operations supporting domestic and international movement of plasma and biologic products.
• Direct route planning, transportation network design, fleet utilization, and carrier capacity management.
• Oversee carrier relationships, transportation contracts, performance scorecards, and vendor governance.
• Ensure transportation activities meet service, cost, quality, and regulatory requirements.
• Develop transportation forecasts for volume, mileage, carrier capacity, fleet requirements, and budgets.
• Drive transportation billing accuracy, carrier invoice validation, dispute resolution, and revenue protection initiatives.
• Support customer growth initiatives, facility expansions, and transportation-related business development opportunities.
• Lead transportation responses for customer RFPs, including pricing strategy, cost modeling, and feasibility analysis.
• Partner with Quality and Operations teams to maintain compliance with cold-chain requirements, chain-of-custody processes, and transportation regulations.
• Develop and implement transportation performance metrics, KPIs, operational standards, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead and develop managers and professional staff across transportation planning, carrier management, transportation billing, forecasting, and customer support functions.
• Present transportation performance, cost improvement opportunities, and strategic recommendations to executive leadership and customers.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Transportation, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of transportation, logistics, supply chain, or distribution experience.
• 4+ years of people leadership experience managing managers and/or professional teams.
• Experience leading transportation operations, routing, logistics networks, or fleet management functions.
• Experience managing third-party transportation providers, carrier partnerships, and service performance.
• Experience with transportation cost management, freight spend analysis, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Experience using Transportation Management Systems (TMS) and transportation analytics tools.
• Demonstrated experience in transportation network design, route optimization, and capacity planning.
• Ability to analyze operational data and drive measurable service and cost improvements.

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Plasma, biologics, healthcare, pharmaceutical, life sciences, or cold chain logistics experience.
• Experience managing temperature-controlled transportation networks.
• Knowledge of DOT, FMCSA, FDA, cGMP, IATA, and international transportation regulations.
• Experience supporting transportation pricing strategies, client proposals, and RFP responses.
• Executive-level customer relationship management experience.
• Experience leading transportation operations within a 24/7 multi-site environment.
• Experience with telemetry, GPS tracking, route optimization software, Power BI, SAP, or similar platforms.
• Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement certification.
• Experience supporting biologic product chain-of-custody requirements.

Travel / Work Environment / Physical Requirements

• Remote or hybrid work arrangement.
• Travel required approximately 25% to 35%.
• Travel may include distribution centers, plasma collection centers, customer locations, and carrier partner facilities.
• Must be available to support transportation operations and escalation management outside standard business hours when necessary.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment supporting a 24/7 transportation network.

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered.

Our Base Pay Range for this position

$109,100 - $181,800

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer

McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other legally protected category. For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.

McKesson is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including job seekers with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us by sending an email to (United States) [e-mail] or (Canada) [e-mail]. Resumes or CVs submitted to this email box will not be accepted.

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