Warehouse Operations Trainer

Cardinal Health; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Paid time off

Health savings account

401k savings plan

Access to wages before pay day with my

Flexible spending accounts

Short- and long-term disability

Work-Life resources

Paid parental leave

Healthy lifestyle programs

Job summary

Cardinal Health is seeking a Warehouse Training Specialist to lead onboarding and ongoing training in our Durham distribution environment. You will design programs, coach staff, and drive production goals while ensuring safety and quality standards are met.

You will coordinate trainings, evaluate effectiveness, and maintain training logs. Travel may be required to support needs across sites, with a schedule of 9:00am–5:30pm and potential overtime as needed.

Qualifications

• Must complete an MHE training class to administer equipment certifications.
• Willing to train during any shift hours for at least 2 weeks.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.
• Good written communication skills.
• Exhibits and practices positive communications and team building skills with trainees.

Responsibilities

• Provides training for individual or group settings to new hires as well as tenured employees (i.e., order selectors, loader, auditors, etc.).
• Creates landmarks to be achieved through training content and creates training plans.
• Implements New Employee Onboarding Program to all employees across all roles inside the warehouse.
• Coaches, counsels, and inspires employees to not only meet but exceed required production goals.
• Drives engagement with each employee.
• Conducts skill needs assessments to identify specific skill/knowledge gaps, training objectives, work situations and changes in training policies and procedures.
• Utilizes Training Matrix report that will provide you and your site with data that supports employee's knowledge and hours.
• Coordinates trainings and re-certifications, ensuring training is designed, delivered, and evaluated for consistency.
• Observes employees to determine the effectiveness of training programs and ensure that any additional training requirements are fulfilled.
• Documents each training program and module properly and provides follow up for refresher training courses.
• Determines that trainees are aware of order accuracy procedures and conformity at each stage of the training.
• Complies with all safety policies, practices, and procedures.
• Maintains a training log with trainees and holds weekly one-on-one meetings with new selectors.
• Functions as a general warehouse team member within the department and performs other duties as assigned when not training.
• Learns and trains on all functions within the warehouse.

Skills

Written communication

Team building

Flexibility

Education

High school diploma or GED, or some college preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Anticipated hourly range: $20.00 per hour - $23.00 per hour based on experience

Bonus eligible: No

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: 11/09/2026

The hourly range listed is an estimate. Pay at Cardinal Health 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.

Shift schedule for this position is: 9:00am-5:30pm (or until completion) Monday-Friday. Must be available to work overtime as needed due to business requirements.

What Warehouse Operations contributes to Cardinal Health

Operations is responsible for materials handling and product distribution in a distribution or manufacturing environment. Includes warehousing and fulfillment of materials and products, transportation, inventory management as well as demand, supply and manufacturing planning.

Warehouse Operations is responsible for performing/controlling a combination of manual or automated tasks necessary for the receipt, storage, and shipment of product. This may include functions of receiving, picking, packing, shipping, staging, transporting, storage, delivery, etc. Also responsible for the efficient flow of products from the point of product receipt from vendors to the shipment of products (via prescribed service parameters) to a variety of internal and external customers.

Responsibilities

• Provides training for individual or group settings to new hires as well as tenured employees (i.e., order selectors, loader, auditors, etc. new employee, elevate training, cross training, quality training)
• Creates landmarks to be achieved through training content and creates training plans.
• Implements New Employee Onboarding Program to all employees across all roles inside the warehouse. This would include leadership.
• Coaches, counsels, and inspires employees to not only meet but exceed required production goals.
• Drives engagement with each employee.
• Conducts skill needs assessments to identify specific skill/knowledge gaps, training objectives, work situations and changes in training policies and procedures.
• Utilizes Training Matrix report that will provide you and your site with data that supports employee's knowledge, employees' hours in a function, the number of employees with knowledge in a function, etc.
• Coordinates trainings and re-certifications, ensuring training is designed, delivered, and evaluated for consistency.
• Observes employees to determine the effectiveness of training programs and ensure that any additional training requirements are fulfilled.
• Documents each training program and module properly and provides follow up for refresher training courses.
• Determines that trainees are aware of order accuracy procedures and conformity at each stage of the training.
• Complies with all safety policies, practices, and procedures. Reports all unsafe activities to supervisor and Safety Manager.
• Maintains a training log with trainees and holds weekly one-on-one meetings with new selectors.
• Functions as a general warehouse team member within the department and performs other duties as assigned when not training.
• Learns and trains on all functions within the warehouse.
• Travels as necessary based on needs of the business.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED or some college preferred
• Must take a MHE training class to administer equipment certifications to employees
• Be willing to train during any shift hours for new employees for at least 2 weeks
• Proficient in Microsoft office
• Good written communication skills
• Exhibits and practices positive communications and team building skills with trainees to ensure a consistently professional environment

What is expected of you and others at this level

• Applies knowledge and company policies to complete a variety of tasks
• Demonstrates a working knowledge of jobs outside area of responsibility
• Maintains appropriate licenses, training and certifications
• Works on assignments that are moderately difficult requiring judgment in resolving issues
• May assist in recommendation of processes on new assignments
• Adheres to all quality guidelines
• Works with limited supervision. Work occasionally involves review of output by work lead or supervisor
• May provide general guidance or technical assistance to less experienced team members
• Must have a flexible work schedule to accommodate training needs

Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

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/Affirmative Action 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.