Transportation Strategy Lead for 3PL & Operations

Cardinal Health; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 89,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Paid time off plan

Health savings account (HSA)

401k savings plan

MyFlexPay access to wages before pay

FSAs

Disability coverage

Work-Life resources

Paid parental leave

Healthy lifestyle programs

Job summary

Cardinal Health is seeking a senior transportation analytics leader in the United States to drive day-to-day operations and strategic optimization for 3PL and Cardinal Health distribution networks. You will lead a team delivering cost-to-serve insights, routing optimizations, and data-driven solutions for customers and internal stakeholders.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration with Legal, Finance, Supply Chain Planning, Sales, Systems, and our 3PL partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of transportation analytics, network design, or data modeling.
• Strong foundational knowledge of domestic transportation modes, regulations, and warehousing operations.
• Proficiency in Power BI and Tableau.
• Advanced quantitative and analytical skills, including proficiency in statistical analysis, regression modeling, and optimization techniques.
• Excellent business writing and communication skills, with the ability to present complex data and insights to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Travel Expectations: 10%.

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

Data analysis

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, or related field

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Excel

SQL

Job description

Cardinal Health is seeking a senior transportation analytics leader in the United States to drive day-to-day operations and strategic optimization for 3PL and Cardinal Health distribution networks. You will lead a team delivering cost-to-serve insights, routing optimizations, and data-driven solutions for customers and internal stakeholders.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration with Legal, Finance, Supply Chain Planning, Sales, Systems, and our 3PL partners.