Manager, Program Management - Capital Planning

Cardinal Health; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 107,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401k plan

Paid time off

HSA

FSAs

Disability coverage

Work-Life resources

Paid parental leave

Wellness programs

Job summary

Cardinal Health is seeking a Capital Investments Manager to lead a North American team overseeing substantial annual capital spend across material handling equipment and facility infrastructure. You will develop investment strategies, business cases, and budgets for executive review.

The role partners with site leaders and Finance to optimize asset tracking, lifecycle planning, and capital deployment while ensuring safety and reliability across nationwide facilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related field preferred.
• Advanced degree desired.
• 8+ years of relevant experience preferred.
• Experience managing large-scale capital projects in distribution or manufacturing environments (MHE and facility infrastructure).
• Experience leading geographically dispersed teams across North America.
• Strong budgeting, spend management, forecasting, and business case development; ability to present to executives.
• Proficiency in SAP and Microsoft Excel with data analysis skills.
• Asset-tracking modernization; IBM Maximo a plus.
• Willingness to travel up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Leads a team of project managers supporting North American operations, overseeing $50M–$70M in annual capital spend across MHE and facility infrastructure projects.
• Develops and drives MHE and facility capital strategy, including asset lifecycle planning and make-versus-buy analyses.
• Partners with site leaders to prioritize upkeep and capital improvements for roofs, RTUs, restrooms, parking lots, and related infrastructure.
• Leads modernization of asset tracking across North America to inform capital investment decisions.
• Oversees project scope, planning, resource allocation, and scheduling within budgets.
• Maintains a 3–5 year capital plan, annual budgets, and monthly forecasts; explains variances.
• Prepares and presents capital plans and funding requests to executives to secure approvals.
• Evaluates suppliers and manages relationships to control costs and ensure quality.
• Collaborates with site leaders, Finance, and other stakeholders to align priorities and visibility into capital plans.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Data analysis

Leadership

Travel 50%

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree

Tools

SAP

Excel

IBM Maximo

Job description

Country-wide Remote

US-Nationwide-FIELD

Full time

20189904

Job Summary

This position leads a team supporting capital investments across North America, with a strong focus on material handling equipment (MHE) strategy and facility upkeep. The role oversees capital planning and execution for equipment and facility repairs, replacements, and improvements, including roofs, rooftop HVAC units (RTUs), restrooms, and parking lots. This manager leads budgeting, spend management, and forecasting; develops investment recommendations; and presents business cases and funding requests to executive leadership for approval.

Responsibilities

• Leads a team of project managers supporting North American operations, overseeing $50M–$70M in annual capital spend across MHE and facility infrastructure projects.
• Develops and drives MHE and facility capital strategy, including asset lifecycle planning, repair-versus-replacement decisions, spend benchmarking, bottom-up budget development, make-versus-buy analysis, and competitive bidding in partnership with key stakeholders.
• Partners with site leaders to assess facility conditions and prioritize upkeep, repairs, and capital improvements for roofs, rooftop HVAC units (RTUs), restrooms, parking lots, and related infrastructure to support safe, reliable operations.
• Leads modernization of asset tracking across North America, standardizing asset records and improving data accuracy and visibility into asset condition, maintenance history, and lifecycle costs to inform MHE strategy, facility upkeep, and capital investment decisions.
• Oversees project scope, planning, resource allocation, and capital deployment schedules to deliver projects on time and within approved budgets while minimizing disruption to operations.
• Develops and maintains a three- to five-year capital plan, leads annual budgeting, and provides accurate monthly forecasts. Manages approved budgets, commitments, and actual spending; explains variances; and implements corrective actions as needed.
• Ensures the team develops well-supported business cases that align investments with strategic priorities, safety and quality standards, infrastructure needs, and return-on-investment objectives, as applicable.
• Prepares and presents capital plans, business cases, budget requests, forecasts, and project updates to executive leadership to secure funding approvals and communicate investment priorities, financial performance, risks, and trade-offs.
• Evaluates and selects suppliers and contractors in partnership with key stakeholders, and manages relationships to control costs and meets quality, service, and delivery expectations.
• Collaborate with site leaders, Finance, and other stakeholders across North America to anticipate investment needs, align priorities, coordinate execution, and maintain visibility into current and future capital plans.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field preferred.
• Advanced degree desired.
• 8+ years of relevant experience preferred.
• Experience managing large-scale capital projects in distribution or manufacturing environments, including MHE, facility infrastructure, suppliers, project financials, and implementation planning.
• Experience leading geographically dispersed teams and coordinating multiple projects across North America preferred.
• Strong capital budgeting, spend management, forecasting, and business case development skills, with the ability to present investment recommendations clearly to executive leadership.
• Proficiency in SAP and Microsoft Excel, along with strong data analysis skills, is required to manage capital budgets, reconcile spending, develop forecasts, and translate financial and asset data into actionable recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to lead asset-tracking modernization and improve asset data quality and reporting. Experience with IBM Maximo or a similar enterprise asset management or computerized maintenance management system is a plus.
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time.

Benefits

• 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

Anticipated salary range : $106,700 - $176,785

Bonus eligible : Yes

Benefits : Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.

Application window anticipated to close : 11/15/26

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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 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.

Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) is a distributor of pharmaceuticals, a global manufacturer and distributor of medical and laboratory products, and a provider of performance and data solutions for healthcare facilities.

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With more than 50 years of experience, we seize the opportunity to address healthcare's most complicated challenges — now, and in the future.

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