Transportation Analytics & 3PL Strategy Lead

cardinalhealth; United States; On-site; USD 89,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401k savings plan

Paid time off

HSAs

Job summary

Cardinal Health Transportation team leads efforts to optimize the movement of products across 45+ million shipments annually, delivering rapid, reliable, and cost-effective solutions. The role oversees a team, drives cost-to-serve analysis, routing optimization, and fleet strategy while partnering with Sales, Finance, and Operations to design client-focused transportation programs.

The ideal candidate has a deep background in transportation analytics, network design, and data modeling, plus

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in transportation analytics, network design, or data modeling.
• Strong knowledge of domestic transportation modes, regulations, and warehousing operations.
• Excellent business writing and communication skills.
• Proficiency in data visualization tools such as Power BI and Tableau.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of transportation executives that oversee day-to-day operations, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and people development.
• Identify and assess opportunities to improve logistics capabilities and service optimization for 3PL customers.
• Optimize routing, location, and carrier strategies, partnering across the broader transportation team.
• Design, implement, and maintain customer solutions that delivers mutual value.
• Conduct cost-to-serve and fleet equipment analysis to support strategic decisions.
• Support Account Management on regular business calls to review strategies and performance.
• Lead transportation cost modeling and support customer contract negotiations.
• Develop and operationalize new logistics capabilities through standardized processes and procedures.
• Build and maintain strong relationships across the enterprise to inform decisions and gather feedback.
• Collaborate extensively with cross-functional teams including Legal, Finance, Supply Chain Planning, Sales, Systems, the 3PL team and carriers to ensure alignment and successful execution of transportation initiatives.
• Translate complex transportation analytics and network modeling outputs into clear, concise, and actionable insights for both technical and non-technical audiences, influencing key stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Ensure that proposed customer solutions and optimization strategies are operationally feasible and align with real-world transportation and warehousing capabilities.

Skills

Leadership

Transportation analytics

Network design

Data modeling

Statistical analysis

Regression modeling

Optimization techniques

Communication

MS Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, or related field

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Cardinal Health Transportation team leads efforts to optimize the movement of products across 45+ million shipments annually, delivering rapid, reliable, and cost-effective solutions. The role oversees a team, drives cost-to-serve analysis, routing optimization, and fleet strategy while partnering with Sales, Finance, and Operations to design client-focused transportation programs.

The ideal candidate has a deep background in transportation analytics, network design, and data modeling, plus