Sr Consultant, Transportation
Location
Grand Prairie, TX | United States
Job description
What Transportation 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.
Transportation is responsible for the movement of materials and products between suppliers, manufacturing, warehousing and the customer. Management of transportation assets and systems to gain greater service, cost efficiency and optimization of processes.
Schedule: Must be flexible to work off schedule hours including, weekends, holidays and after hours to support the business and customers.
Responsibilities
- Focus on transportation projects, network change implementations, shipment/carrier compliance and savings opportunities across all forward distribution centers within the central region.
- Manage daily execution of final mile shipments from assigned forward distribution centers to our customers.
- Perform route modeling, cost reduction, mileage reduction, asset analysis, and cost per stop modeling.
- Resolve problems concerning flow, carrier, fleet, and customer issues associated with delivery and logistics flow.
- Manage daily on-time performance including departure and delivery.
- Manage financial components for final mile deliveries including the assets utilization and shipment cube utilization.
- Support root cause identification/day-to-day execution, resolution of challenges/opportunities, customer implementation/disengagement.
- Deliver process improvements that drive efficiency and help to ensure budget accountability and savings opportunity identification.
- Provide tier 1 Logistic Service Provider support; Tier 1 is defined as day-to-day issue resolution which does not require a written performance plan, additional contract SOW development, or escalation within Cardinal Health or the Logistics Service Provider.
- Conduct field hub and driver audits to ensure compliance to our delivery standards.
- Coordinate daily and weekly carrier performance reviews.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in related field, or equivalent work experience preferred
- 5+ years of experience with logistics/transportation operations preferred.
- Experience working with parcel, LTL, and truckload modes highly desired.
- Proficient in Microsoft office.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills highly desired.
- Ability to travel up to 25-35%.
What is expected of you and others at this level
- Applies advanced knowledge and understanding of concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to manage a wide variety of projects
- Participates in the development of policies and procedures to achieve specific goals
- Recommends new practices, processes, metrics, or models
- Works on or may lead complex projects of large scope
- Projects may have significant and long-term impact
- Provides solutions which may set precedent
- Independently determines method for completion of new projects
- Receives guidance on overall project objectives
- Acts as a mentor to less experienced colleagues
Anticipated salary range: $85,100 - $121,600
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: 4/27/24 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.
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.
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