Advisor, Supply Chain Demand Planning

Headquartered in Dublin, OH, Cardinal Health is a global healthcare services and products company. We provide customized solutions for hospitals, healthcare systems, pharmacies, ambulatory surgery centers, clinical laboratories, physician offices and patients in the home. We are a distributor of pharmaceuticals and specialty products; a global manufacturer and distributor of medical and laboratory products; an operator of nuclear pharmacies and manufacturing facilities; and a provider of performance and data solutions. Working to be healthcare’s most trusted partner, our customer-centric focus drives continuous improvement and leads to innovative solutions that improve the lives of people every day.

What Supply Chain Planning contributes to Cardinal Health

Cardinal Health Supply Chain Planning is responsible for ensuring the right quantity of products arrive in the right place, at the right time and cost. Accountable for the design and execution of demand planning, supply planning, inventory planning. Supply Chain Planning optimizes inventory to meet customer service level commitments and leverages technology to achieve best in class processes to position supply chain as a competitive advantage.

Job Summary

The Advisor, Supply Chain Demand Planning is responsible for customer demand planning, developing, and maintaining accurate demand forecasts, and leading the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process to drive alignment cross functionally to support supply chain and corporate goals.

Responsibilities

• Drive the monthly Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
• Serve as the key facilitator for cross-functional collaboration across finance, sourcing, consumer health, purchasing and key accounts.
• Drive forecast accuracy improvements, validating and challenging inputs from stakeholders, market trends, and system forecast parameters.
• Conduct scenario planning to evaluate the impact of various business scenarios, including local/global supply disruption, customer demand shift, and seasonal planning.
• Ensure accurate and timely data flow to the planning tool, analyzing data to provide actionable insights for inventory decision making.
• Analyze customer demand data, identifying inventory gaps, load holdout in appropriate locations to support customer demand changes or addressing short term demand fulfillment gaps.

• Analyze demand forecast, identifying trends, root causing demand forecast errors, working cross-functionally to address customer demand swing, and taking actions to improve demand forecast accuracy in planning system.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in demand planning and supply chain, preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred.
• Highly skilled in scenario planning and Integrated Business Process (IBP)
• Proven success in improving forecast accuracy.
• Experience building cross functional relationships in a complex environment.
• Strong data analysis with demand forecasting, identifying trends and root cause.
• Experience with Kinaxis Maestro is a plus.

Location: Ideal candidates will be hybrid, working primarily remote with at least 1 day in the Dublin, OH, office per week.

Anticipated salary range: $68,500 - $97,700

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: 10/21/2026 *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.

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 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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About Cardinal Health

Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) is a distributor of pharmaceuticals, a global manufacturer and distributor of medical and laboratory products, and a provider of performance and data solutions for healthcare facilities.

We are a crucial link between the clinical and operational sides of healthcare, delivering end‑to‑end solutions and data‑driving insights that advance healthcare and improve lives every day. With deep partnerships, diverse perspectives and innovative digital solutions, we build connections across the continuum of care.

With more than 50 years of experience, we seize the opportunity to address healthcare's most complicated challenges — now, and in the future.

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