What Strategic Planning & Execution contributes to Cardinal Health
Strategy is responsible for leadership, direction and expertise in the development of business strategy, strategic management disciplines and business analytics that support the company's mission vision and valuation objectives, in close collaboration with business leaders.

Strategic Planning & Execution is responsible for developing and supporting the realization of strategic plans and management agendas.
 

Responsibilities

Establish, build and maintain key relationships, including cross functional teams; works across organizations to accomplish goals

Perform detailed data and business process analysis to identify opportunities, assess readiness, and create proposals with business partners

Partner across functions to identify opportunities to standardize processes, develop new and consistent ways of working across sites and geographies

Drive value realization for in scope functions including right-shoring, automation, and process improvement

Perform ad-hoc analysis and analytical problem solving that provides meaningful insights; presents analysis in a concise and actionable way

Develop business cases/financial models for cross-functional strategic projects. Track value realization and analyze variances for key initiatives

Proactively seeks out area of process improvement and provides proposal for implementation

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent work experience, preferred

3-5 years of experience, preferred

Advanced Excel skills and financial modeling experience, preferred

Strong command of MS Office applications (Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel)

Flexible and adaptable; must demonstrate good judgment, tact, discretion, and diplomacy in decision-making authority

Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to influence decisions, business partners and processes

Proven ability to effectively prioritize; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and conclude a project

Excellent presentation and communication skills

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: $80,900 - $115,500

Bonus eligible: No

Benefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.

Medical, dental and vision coveragePaid time off planHealth savings account (HSA)401k savings planAccess to wages before pay day with myFlexPayFlexible spending accounts (FSAs)Short- and long-term disability coverageWork-Life resourcesPaid parental leaveHealthy lifestyle programs
 

Application window anticipated to close: 11/5/2025 *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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