Global Sourcing Advisor – New Product Introductions

Cardinal Health; Salt Lake City (UT); Remote; USD 82,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Paid time off

401k plan

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Cardinal Health is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Advisor to coordinate and execute new product introduction and commercialization projects for medical products sourced from third-party manufacturers or internal production. You will collaborate with Marketing, Sourcing, Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, and Operations to enable launches that fill portfolio gaps.

The role involves managing NDA processes, confirming import requirements, and driving cross-functional sourcing initiatives to achieve

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and at least 5 years of experience in developing targets, developing global strategic sourcing strategies, and delivering breakthrough performance across categories.
• 5 years of experience in developing and implementing sourcing methodologies to execute strategic activities, preferred
• 5 years of experience developing and implementing requirements to execute day-to-day sourcing activities, preferred
• Knowledge of strategic sourcing lifecycle and procurement best practices, preferred
• Experience leading global cross-functional teams within a large matrix organization, preferred

Responsibilities

• Create RFPs and align award recommendations per Cardinal Health’s sourcing process.
• Support a portfolio of projects to fill portfolio and category gaps.
• Improve private brand sourcing and NPI processes by identifying handoff gaps and barriers.
• Coordinate cross-functional activities for launching new private brand medical products.
• Collaborate with Marketing to define product needs and priorities.
• Coordinate with Logistics, Trade Compliance, Planning, Warehousing, and Distribution for import requirements and network execution.
• Champion cross-functional sourcing initiatives across internal and external teams.
• Drive cost reduction initiatives to meet business unit goals and financial targets.
• Perform data analysis and apply financial acumen to identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Develop global category management knowledge including cost drivers and market trends.
• Develop creative solutions to resolve issues and verify deliverables meet requirements.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Cross-functional collaboration

Financial analysis

Negotiation

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Tableau

Job description

Cardinal Health is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Advisor to coordinate and execute new product introduction and commercialization projects for medical products sourced from third-party manufacturers or internal production. You will collaborate with Marketing, Sourcing, Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, and Operations to enable launches that fill portfolio gaps.

The role involves managing NDA processes, confirming import requirements, and driving cross-functional sourcing initiatives to achieve