Advisor, Supply Chain Demand Planning

What Supply Chain Planning contributes to Cardinal Health

Supply Chain Planning ensures the right products are stocked, in the right quantity, at the right time, and at the right cost. This job family is accountable for the design and execution of demand planning, supply planning, deployment planning, inventory planning, collaborative planning, and the design and implementation of the supply chain network.

The Demand Planning Advisor is an individual contributor position within the supply chain planning function in the Pharmaceutical Division. As a subject matter expert, you will collaborate with numerous cross-functional stakeholders to build and deliver a consensus demand plan that considers historical trends, seasonality, promotional activities, and product transition plans, while balancing our financial targets. As we continuously evolve and improve our planning capabilities, this role will also involve learning new forecasting tools and processes to drive cross-functional collaboration, improve forecast accuracy, and support long term sales strategies. As an individual contributor, this role will also support deep diving into data, deriving insights amongst ambiguity, and presenting findings that influence business critical decisions.

Location

This role will be a hybrid position; 1 day in-office per week at the Dublin, OH headquarters.

Responsibilities

Leverage internal demand planning system, creating short-term and long-term demand forecast plans, and lead cross-functional meetings to drive demand consensus.

As part of Integrated Business Planning, review historical sales trends, research demand drivers and validate demand inputs to enhance forecast derived from off-the-shelf forecast models and evaluate forecast results for different categories.

Work closely with category owners to understand business growth strategy, reconcile significant forecast variances and refine forecast model inputs to reflect updated sales and marketing strategies, and improve forecast accuracy across different categories.

Support ongoing process improvements and automation of demand planning tools to reduce manual data aggregation and increase visibility to the forecast analysis.

Lead seasonal planning across the entire Pharmaceutical Division product portfolio.

Communicate ideas concisely to a wide variety of stakeholders for purposes ranging from informative to financial approval from executives.

Provide support with data analytics, root cause analysis, and problem resolution of inventory concerns or issues.

Support Key Account Team to identify opportunities and/or risks as part of collaborative planning.

Responsible for identifying and mitigating future service level disruptions.

Ad-hoc analytics related to inventory management business objectives.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, industrial engineering, operations research or equivalent work experience, preferred; Master’s degree a plus

3+ years of experience in Supply Chain Planning roles preferred

Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment CPFR Planner experience a plus

Proficient in Advanced Microsoft Excel preferred, SQL/Tableau a plus

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Experience building/maintaining statistical forecast models preferred

APICS certifications and SAP/Planning system (Manhattan, Kinaxis etc.) experience a plus

Experience in S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) preferred

Must be a self-starter with strong strategic influence

What is expected of you and others at this level

Applies comprehensive knowledge and a thorough understanding of concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to perform varied tasks and projects

May contribute to the development of policies and procedures

Works on complex projects of large scope

Develops technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems

Solutions are innovative and consistent with organization objectives

Completes work; independently receives general guidance on new projects

Work reviewed for purpose of meeting objectives

May act as a mentor to less experienced colleagues

Anticipated salary range: $66,500 - $94,900

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: 7/21/2025 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.

The salary 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.

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.

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