Global Product Sourcing Manager – Strategy & Launch

Cardinal Health; Carson City (NV); Hybrid; USD 107,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Paid time off

401k

MyFlexPay access

FSAs

Disability insurance

Work‑Life resources

Parental leave

Wellness programs

Job summary

Cardinal Health is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager to own top opportunities within the Portfolio Gap Launch, coordinating cross‑functional teams to drive product launches from concept to commercialization.

You will lead sourcing strategies for private brand medical products, negotiate with suppliers, manage a small team, and report progress to executives. The role requires strong cross‑functional influence and a track record in healthcare procurement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent relevant work experience.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, category management, supply chain, or product commercialization, preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading the end‑to‑end strategic sourcing process, including supplier discovery, RFQs/RFPs, supplier selection, cost analysis, negotiations, and contract execution, preferred.
• Strong project management experience, with the ability to lead multiple complex, high‑priority initiatives and drive them from strategy through implementation, preferred.
• Proven ability to lead and influence cross‑functional teams across functions such as Marketing, Quality, Regulatory, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, and external suppliers, preferred.
• Strong financial and analytical skills, including experience with should‑cost analysis, landed cost, business cases, and evaluating revenue or margin opportunities, preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with and present to senior leaders, including clearly articulating project status, risks, financial impact, recommendations, and decisions needed, preferred.
• People leadership experience, with demonstrated ability to coach, develop, prioritize work, and hold team members accountable, preferred.
• Experience identifying and resolving complex sourcing, supplier, or project issues and developing corrective actions to maintain business and launch timelines, preferred.
• Experience in medical devices, healthcare, FDA‑regulated products, finished goods, private‑brand products, or another regulated industry preferred, preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead the top 5 to 6 highest-priority, highest-revenue, and most complex product opportunities within the Portfolio Gap Launch pipeline, driving execution from initial opportunity assessment through commercialization and launch.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for new Private Brand medical products, including supplier discovery, RFQs/RFPs, bid analysis, supplier selection, award recommendations, negotiations, and implementation.
• Lead complex cross‑functional product launches by coordinating Marketing, Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, Operations, Planning, Logistics, Trade Compliance, Warehousing, Distribution, Legal, Finance, and external suppliers.
• Evaluate sourcing and product opportunities using revenue potential, landed cost, should-cost analysis, margin impact, supply risk, supplier capabilities, and time to market to support data‑driven business decisions.
• Develop integrated project plans, identify risks and barriers that could impact product launches, establish corrective actions, and drive stakeholder accountability to keep high‑priority initiatives on schedule.
• Lead supplier engagement and commercial negotiations, including pricing, critical terms and conditions, NDAs, amendments, contract routing, and other requirements necessary to establish and maintain strategic supplier relationships.
• Serve as the primary sourcing leader for high‑visibility opportunities, effectively influencing stakeholders across, upward, downward, and across peer relationships within a large, matrixed organization.
• Manage and develop 1 to 2 Strategic Sourcing Advisors, providing work prioritization, coaching, guidance, escalation support, and clear expectations for sourcing and project execution.
• Maintain visibility across the broader Portfolio Gap Launch pipeline and consolidate the work and outputs of the sourcing team into portfolio‑level reporting for functional leaders, senior leadership, and executives.
• Prepare and deliver executive‑level updates that clearly communicate portfolio progress, financial opportunity, sourcing status, launch readiness, key risks, decisions required, and recommended actions.
• Establish and continuously improve processes, governance, tools, templates, metrics, and best practices for the evolving Portfolio Gap Launch program, identifying recurring barriers and opportunities to accelerate execution.
• Ensure product and launch deliverables meet applicable quality, regulatory, commercial, sourcing, operational, logistics, and supply‑chain requirements, while proactively resolving issues that could affect successful commercialization.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Procurement

Category management

Supply chain

Cross-functional leadership

Negotiations

Project management

Financial analysis

Executive communication

People leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Cardinal Health is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager to own top opportunities within the Portfolio Gap Launch, coordinating cross‑functional teams to drive product launches from concept to commercialization.

You will lead sourcing strategies for private brand medical products, negotiate with suppliers, manage a small team, and report progress to executives. The role requires strong cross‑functional influence and a track record in healthcare procurement.