Program Optimization Lead, OptiFreight
Posted 2025-06-16Job title: Program Optimization Lead, OptiFreight in Louisiana at Cardinal Health
Company: Cardinal Health
Job description: What a Program Optimization Lead contributes to Cardinal HealthResponsible for developing, quantifying and evaluating the transformation of internal and external information into business intelligence (includes: data acquisition, mining, analysis, data integrity management, metrics management and reporting) and, for identifying, creating and implementing processes that profitize, optimize and support the entire field sales organization (includes: customer contract implementation, contract compliance, strategic field sales resource deployment, on-boarding and basic training) to support the strategic objectives of the sales organization, drive operational excellence and maximize contract value.Location Targeting candidates in New Orleans, Louisiana; candidate will be required to be onsite at customer location five days per week.Accountabilities
- Work collaboratively with internal and external teams to manage the OptiFreight Logistics program, driving program compliance, increasing package volume and generating savings for a large health system
- Strong communication skills, comfortable presenting to and interacting with customers from the warehouse to the C-Suite on a regular basis including facilitation of meetings.
- Possess strong work ethic, self-motivated and able to operate independently with limited direct supervision, while also comfortable working with a multi-disciplinary team.
- Capable of adapting to change and able to successfully perform in an evolving environment
- Results oriented, ensuring we deliver on commitments while also working to continuously improve processes.
- Strong project management skills for creating and leading implementation plans for projects and initiatives and on-going administration of efficiency and savings.
- Strong listening and problem-solving skills and ability to develop plans to improve process efficiency.
- Ability to learn and understand technical details and act as a subject matter expert for hospital transportation and supply chain.
- Able to regularly be onsite up to three days per week for meetings, project support and engagement with customer stakeholders
- Bachelors degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred
- Ability to travel 10% of the time which includes regular regional travel to remote-sites (day trips) and occasional overnight stay
- 5+ years of transportation, shipping or logistics experience preferred
- Strong written, verbal and presentation skills to all levels of an organization
- Experience in Transportation, familiar with small parcel, large freight, carriers (FedEx, UPS, DHL, Courier/Same Day, LTL and TL) preferred
- Manage and report performance data to all levels within client organization
- Data and analytics experience identifying and addressing cost-savings and volume-driving opportunities with a proven record of achieving goals
- Proficient working within large amounts of data with Microsoft Excel and Access (PivotTables, Identify Trends, Estimate Savings, Basic Report Creation, Drill Down to Location/Department)
- Experience in change management, project management, or Lean Six Sigma background preferred
- 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
- Completes work independently receives general guidance on new projects
- May act as a mentor to less experienced colleagues
- 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
Expected salary: $66550 - 99465 per year
Location: Louisiana
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