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Cardinal Health Sr. Director of Operations in Lakeland, Florida
The Sr. Director of Operations reports to Vice President of Operations and is responsible for motivating, developing and leading a team of four direct reports and 190 indirect employees.
The warehouse, located in Lakeland, Florida is 200,000 square feet and picks, packs and ships approximately $12 billion in pharmaceutical products each month. The role is essential to maintaining clear and frequent communications with all levels within the organization as well as with customers.
The Sr. Director provides strategic direction and leadership, ensuring execution of the distribution center's employee engagement and retention strategies and internal and external customer satisfaction. The Sr. Director ensures all Cardinal Health operational, financial and safety procedures are followed, enabling relevant key financial performance indicators are met and operational goals are achieved. In addition, this leader will lead the distribution center's compliance with all appropriate state and federal agencies.
Job Summary
The Sr. Director of Operations oversees and ensures the successful distribution of National and Cardinal Health branded products to customers from a single distribution site and is held responsible for meeting site specific goals and objectives. This leader oversees and directs materials and logistics problem resolution for a complex, large sized site to ensure availability of materials and smooth operations. This job may direct cost reduction and process improvement projects for their site to ensure efficiency of operations and cost effectiveness. This role manages cross functional teams through good practices, employee appraisal systems, communication systems, and performance management techniques to successfully meet and exceed our operational, customer, employee and organizational long term commitments.
Responsibilities:
Provide leadership to managers, experienced professional staff and operational associates
Promote a productive work environment with high employee engagement levels
Consults with site managers to coordinate capacity and team member schedules with their current and anticipated demand for goods and materials.
Partner with Environmental Health and Safety team to ensure high standards are in place for a safe working environment for all employees
Create and execute strategies to control operating costs
Evaluates, develops and implements key performance indicators, site specific policies and procedures to optimize resources and achieve volume, timeliness, reliability, and safety standards along with organizational goals
Monitor and ensure all regulatory procedures are properly administered and within appropriate tolerances
Assist in the development of functional strategies and continuous improvement initiatives
Interact with internal and external leaders, including senior management
Provides support and input to Senior Leadership in the establishment of performance objectives and strategies to ensure the achievement of company forecasts while maintaining a high level efficiency and quality in sites.
Acts as a strategic partner for customers to understand customer needs and issues and ensure that the customers receive satisfactory standards of services.
Evaluates, selects, and manages relationships with related suppliers to minimize costs and ensure satisfactory standards of service.
Persuade others into agreement with sensitive situations while maintaining positive relationships across the organization
Position Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience in a related field
7 -10 years of experience in a distribution environment preferred
5 years of operations management experience within a large scale operation preferred
Experience and passion for developing and motivating teams and driving positive culture while holding team accountable for goals
Strong financial acumen, analytical, organizational and communication skills
Knowledge of Health and Safety laws and best practices
Experience working with Lean Six Sigma methodologies
Experience in customer facing role
Strong communication skills and ability to interact with all levels of the organization or customers, up to c-suite
Intermediate to advanced knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite of products
Able to thrive in a fast-paced ever-changing environment; works well under pressure and results oriented
What is expected of you and others at this level:
Provides leadership to managers and experienced professional staff; may also manage front line supervisors
Manages an organizational budget
Develops and implements policies and procedures to achieve organizational goals
Assists in the development of functional strategy
Decisions have an extended impact on work processes, outcomes, and customers
Interacts with internal and/or external leaders, including senior management
Persuades others into agreement in sensitive situations while maintaining positive relationships
Anticipated salary range: $134,600 - $214,200
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: 08/27/2024 *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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