Inbound Manager, Warehouse Operations (1st shift inbound)
Cardinal HealthSalary
Anticipated salary range: $89,000 - $127,200 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 di
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sability coverage
• Work-Life resources
• Paid parental leave
• Healthy lifestyle programs
Schedule
Monday-Friday, but you may be required to work on Sundays as needed.
Job Summary
The Operations Manager is responsible for leading day-to-day operations in a high-volume distribution center. Operations is responsible for material handling and product distribution, including warehousing and fulfillment of materials and products, transportation, inventory management, and labor planning. This role drives operational excellence by leading teams, improving processes, monitoring performance metrics, and ensuring safe, efficient, compliant, and customer-focused execution. The Operations Manager partners with site leadership, support functions, peers, and cross-functional stakeholders to align resources, resolve operational and project-related issues, and support a high-performing team culture.
Responsibilities
• Lead, coach, motivate, and develop hourly associates, supervisors, and operational team members to achieve safety, quality, service level, productivity, and engagement goals.
• Promote a safety-first culture through training, accountability, observation, proactive risk reduction, and consistent execution of company standards.
• Manage daily operational execution, including workflow prioritization, inventory accuracy, quality standards, productivity targets, and customer delivery expectations.
• Build and execute staffing plans based on forecasted volume, business priorities, and available resources.
• Monitor key performance indicators to identify trends, anticipate risks, and drive data-informed decisions.
• Partner with Safety, Human Resources, Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, Transportation, Finance, and other cross-functional teams to meet site and organizational objectives.
• Identify root causes of operational challenges and implement sustainable solutions that improve efficiency, service, cost, quality, and employee experience.
• Lead or support continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, standard work, GEMBA walks, process mapping, or other operational excellence practices.
• Support the talent lifecycle, including interviewing, hiring, onboarding, training, performance management, coaching, recognition, and corrective action.
• Communicate business priorities, operational performance, project updates, and improvement plans clearly while gaining alignment across team members, peers, leadership, and other stakeholders.
• Participates in developing policies and procedures to achieve specific operational goals while ensuring employees operate within company guidelines and performance expectations.
• Partners effectively with frontline employees, supervisors, and senior leadership to drive operational excellence, resolve complex issues, and build consensus among key stakeholders.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Operations, Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Engineering, Technology, or equivalent work experience, preferred.
• Six or more years of experience in operations, distribution, manufacturing, logistics, fulfillment, warehouse operations, or a related environment preferred.
• Previous experience leading, supervising, coaching, or managing employees in a fast-paced operational setting.
• Experience using performance metrics, operational dashboards, reports, or business data to drive decisions and improve results.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage changing priorities, respond to operational issues, and exercise sound judgment in time-s