Ideal candidate will be local to Central Ohio to be able to come into the office for moments that matter! Also open to remote candidates in Eastern and Central time zones!

Advisor, Strategic Sourcing - Indirect Procurement. This position primarily supports the Consulting and Professional Services categories, and select various indirect spend categories as needed. Support includes indirect sourcing activities necessary to support the business in the purchase of indirect goods and/or services within assigned categories or within other categories as needed.

What Strategic Sourcing - Indirect contributes to Cardinal Health

Global Sourcing is responsible for creating and managing diverse strategic supplier partnerships that drive enterprise value with innovation, best cost and competitive advantages that benefit customers, suppliers and patients. Develops and executes strategic plans by leveraging market intelligence, industry knowledge and cross-functional collaboration. Competitive advantage is created through supplier selection and management, contract negotiation, supply chain optimization and risk mitigation.

Responsible for developing and executing strategy to source indirect goods and services to support our business stakeholders and programs. Perform analysis in order to select supplier and negotiate best value for Cardinal Health. Provide supplier relationship management and contract compliance management, including maximization of financial deliverables and risk mitigation. May work within various procurement systems to execute purchase orders and resolve technical issues as identified.

Job Summary

The Advisor, Strategic Sourcing is responsible for end to end sourcing for an indirect category(ies). This job develops relations with category business partners to understand and determine the sourcing needs of the business. The Advisor Strategic Sourcing executes the competitive bid, negotiation, contracting processes and/or technical continuous improvement for assigned commodities or services. This job leverages spend analytics and market intelligence to identify cost optimization opportunities in the sourcing of goods and services.

Responsibilities

• Category sourcing lead for the following indirect categories: Consulting & Professional Services, Aviation, Memberships, Office Supplies, and other categories as may be assigned.
• Develop category strategy activities to support the goals and objectives of the organization.
• Manages various aspects of overall supplier relationships with new and existing vendors.
• Primary Souring business partner support for key stakeholders within assigned indirect categories to determine sourcing needs and to provide indirect sourcing support.
• Manage Request for Proposal (RFP) events within assigned indirect categories to ensure competitive bidding and optimal supplier selection.
• Lead negotiation related to contractual terms & conditions, financials, and various other activities directly with current and new vendors.
• Collaborates cross functionally with various internal groups to drive and achieve project goals and milestones to a successful completion.
• Apply corporate-wide policy guidelines to projects and advise stakeholders on appropriate paths forward considering policy requirements.
• Maintains a working knowledge of existing contracts to navigate contract extensions and effective supplier relations.
• Drive purchasing discipline and compliance with internal stakeholders.
• Stays abreast of strategic projects to ensure timely execution of sourcing demands.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of direct or indirect procurement / purchasing experience, preferred
• Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred 

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
• Professional representation of the organization in the presence of external parties
• 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: $79,700-$113,800 

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: 05/12/2025 *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.

#LI-SR1

#LI-Remote

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.