Manager, Program Management - Capital Planning

Cardinal Health; United States; On-site; USD 107,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Paid time off plan

Health savings account

401k savings plan

MyFlexPay access

FSAs

Short- and long-term disability

Work-Life resources

Paid parental leave

Healthy lifestyle programs

Job summary

Cardinal Health leads a North America team overseeing capital investments across material handling equipment (MHE) strategy and facility upkeep, including roofs, RTUs, restrooms, and parking lots. The role includes budgeting, spend management, and forecasting to support safe, reliable operations.

The manager develops investment recommendations, presents business cases to executive leadership, and drives asset-tracking modernization to improve data accuracy and lifecycle cost visibility.

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.

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 repair-versus-replacement decisions.
• Partners with site leaders to assess facility conditions and prioritize upkeep and capital improvements.
• Leads modernization of asset tracking across North America, standardizing asset records and improving data accuracy and visibility.
• Oversees project scope, planning, resource allocation, and capital deployment schedules to deliver projects on time and within budgets.
• Develops and maintains a three- to five-year capital plan, leads annual budgeting, and provides monthly forecasts.
• Ensures well-supported business cases align investments with priorities, safety, quality standards, and ROI objectives.
• Prepares and presents plans, budgets, forecasts to executive leadership to secure funding approvals.

Skills

Capital budgeting

Forecasting

Data analysis

Business case development

Leadership

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Excel

IBM Maximo

Job description

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.

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.

• 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

Application window anticipated to close: 11/15/26

The salary range listed is an estimate. Pay at CardinalHealth is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographical location, relevant education, experience and skills and an evaluation of internal pay equity.

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