What Transportation contributes to Cardinal Health

Transportation is responsible for the movement of materials and products between suppliers, manufacturing, warehousing and the customer. Management of transportation assets and systems to gain greater service, cost efficiency and optimization of processes.OptiFreight® Logistics is an undisputed industry leader in delivering savings via third-party freight management.  Annually, OptiFreight® manages over 20 million shipments for over 2,000 customers, generating collective savings of $535M. OptiFreight® has begun to expand our footprint to incorporate Same Day / Courier as well as other modalities of transportation management. Our goal is to offer full suite transportation management to cover ALL transportation needs of healthcare providers. Our proven methods and innovation have led to unique volume-driving capabilities to that support the ability to drive capture and mange more shipments and freight spend than anyone in this space.   Ultimately, our ability to deliver value comes through people (highly consultative), scale (breadth of experience and shipments managed), and insights (data driven actions that lead to value).

Responsibilities:

Supporting pharmaceutical & medical customers within same day & next day transportation model on the Logistics Operations teamResponsible for proactively handling customer, shipper, and carrier service requests and related inquiriesEnsure that all planned service activities are entered in the appropriate technology and assigned / dispatched to the appropriate carrier service providerServe as the primary point of contact for carrier service providers for all questions regarding routing, service expectations, and successfully completing transportation requestsMonitors the status of all planned activities and proactively contacts carrier service providers to resolve pickup or delivery issuesProactively communicates with customers to create awareness about potential service disruptions and communicate details about recovery plansTracks, analyzes, and reports on relevant data and metrics as needed or requestedWorks with business leadership to define, develop, implement, and continually improve business processes and technology that are necessaryAssists with other tasks or projects as assigned

Qualifications:

Internal Candidates

No active DAs, not under prescriptive period, minimum of 3.00/ Achieved on last Performance Rating; one year or more on current tenureAmenable to work mid shift and during weekends

External Candidates

Bachelor degree, or equivalent experience2-4 years experience in transportation planning or shipping activities preferredPrior experience working in freight brokerage company or transportation industry preferredExperience or knowledge working within TMS (Transportation Management System)Proficient in Microsoft officePrior customer service or support experienceExcellent communication and interpersonal skillAmenable to work mid shift and during weekends

Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

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