Manager, Commercial Pharmacy Logistics

Cencora, Inc.; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision care

Backup dependent care

Parental leave

Training programs

Mentorship programs

Job summary

Cencora seeks a Manager, Commercial Pharmacy Logistics to coordinate projects across pharmacy operations, supply chain, and engineering. You will drive automation, workflow optimization, and performance improvements to support centralized pharmacy services.

You will partner with stakeholders to ensure compliance, readiness, and measurable outcomes. 70% travel may be required for site implementations and customer engagements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain, logistics, pharmacy ops, industrial engineering, or related field.
• 5–7 years of progressive experience in healthcare supply chain, pharmacy operations, logistics, or automation.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional projects involving automation or warehousing processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects supporting commercial pharmacy logistics and centralized service center operations.
• Evaluate workflows and performance metrics to identify throughput, inventory, productivity, and cost improvements.
• Coordinate facility design activities including workflow analysis and automation integration.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives from planning through implementation with risk and stakeholder management.
• Provide SME support for consulting engagements, business cases, and capability development.

Skills

Project coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Lean Six Sigma

Healthcare supply chain

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related

Tools

Warehouse management systems

SCADA/PLC interfaces

Job description

Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere.

Job Details

Job Summary

Under the direction of the Director, Commercial Pharmacy Logistics, the Manager, Commercial Pharmacy Logistics is responsible for coordinating operational projects that support commercial pharmacy logistics, warehouse automation, facility design, process improvement, and centralized pharmacy service center initiatives. This role partners across pharmacy operations, supply chain, engineering, technology, vendors, and business stakeholders to support project execution, operational readiness, compliance, quality, and service performance.

Key Responsibilities

Pharmacy Logistics & Operations

• Manage projects supporting commercial pharmacy logistics and centralized pharmacy service center operations, ensuring solutions align with business, customer, and operational requirements.
• Evaluate workflows, performance metrics, and operational challenges to identify improvements in throughput, inventory accuracy, productivity, service levels, and cost efficiency.
• Coordinate facility design activities including workflow analysis, storage solutions, space utilization, automation integration, and operational readiness planning.
• Partner with pharmacy, quality, regulatory, supply chain, and operational stakeholders to implement and maintain logistics processes across receiving, inventory management, storage, fulfillment, returns, and distribution.

Automation Systems & Solution Development

• Coordinate implementation, testing, deployment, and operational readiness for warehouse automation, material handling, warehouse management, PLC, and related technology solutions.
• Partner with engineering, IT, vendors, and operations teams to optimize automation systems, reporting, dashboards, operational visibility, performance monitoring, and workforce productivity.
• Provide operational subject matter expertise to support consulting engagements, customer discussions, assessments, workflow analyses, business cases, solution evaluations, and capability development.

Project Management, Quality & Continuous Improvement

• Manage cross-functional initiatives from planning through implementation, including implementation plans, timelines, risks, action logs, status updates, issue resolution, and stakeholder communications in conjunction with dedicated project manager.
• Lead continuous improvement activities using Lean, Six Sigma, and operational excellence methods to improve compliance, quality, productivity, customer experience, and measurable outcomes.
• Support compliance, safety, documentation, training, audits, validation, corrective actions, and operational readiness activities in alignment with company policies, operating procedures, and applicable regulations.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain, logistics, pharmacy operations, industrial engineering, business administration, or related field.
• Five to seven years of progressive experience in healthcare supply chain, pharmacy operations, logistics, warehouse automation, consulting, or related operational environments.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional projects involving automation systems, material handling technologies, warehouse operations, or pharmacy fulfillment processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, project management, continuous improvement, or operational excellence methodologies.
• Experience in healthcare distribution, pharmacy fulfillment, specialty pharmacy, centralized pharmacy services, or pharmaceutical logistics.
• Experience supporting automation implementations, facility design, operational readiness, or consulting engagements.

Skills and Capabilities

• Strong understanding of commercial pharmacy operations, healthcare supply chain, warehouse operations, fulfillment workflows, and logistics processes.
• Working knowledge of warehouse management systems, material handling technologies, automation systems, SCADA/PLC interfaces, reporting tools, and operational performance metrics.
• Ability to analyze operational challenges, interpret data, and develop practical, scalable solutions.
• Strong project coordination skills with the ability to manage priorities, timelines, risks, deliverables, and cross-functional execution in a matrixed environment.
• Strong communication, presentation, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong attention to detail with a commitment to quality, compliance, safety, and operational excellence.
• Customer-focused mindset with the ability to support internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to travel approximately 70% based on project, customer, vendor, and site implementation needs.

Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, mechatronics, automation engineering, computer science, information systems, business administration, or a related field, or equivalent experience required.5+ years of experience in enterprise systems, warehouse or supply chain applications, automation, controls, SCADA, and technical leadership, or a related field required.2+ years of experience in a management capacity required.Certification in project management professional, ISA certified automation professional, or equivalent certification preferred.

What Cencora offers

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members’ ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more. For details, visit https://www.virtualfairhub.com/cencora

Full time

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.

The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email [e-mail]. We will make accommodation determinations on a request‑based basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned

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