Inventory Coordinator, QIC

Anticipated hourly range: $19.08 per hour - $29.48 per hour based on experience

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: 04/03/2026 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.

The hourly 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.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of experience within inventory department, working with returns preferred
• High School Diploma/ GED preferred
• Strong interpersonal skills, while working both independently and collaboratively
• Ability to develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with others
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with standard MS Office applications (Word, Excel, etc.) and various systems including SAP and ECC preferred
• Ability to navigate through various inventory systems preferred
• Willingness to learn to operate material handling equipment and rotate into various areas of the warehouse
• Ability to work overtime as required

Responsibilities

• Monitor inventory levels continually and run reports to analyze product movement and expiration data. Including ‘expired product report’, ‘product data change report’ and ‘sales order recon’
• Conduct daily cycle counts of inventory to maintain established accuracy goals.
• Evaluate quantity discrepancies, quality issues and exceptions both inbound and outbound, and enter issues into database
• Perform root cause analysis with various cross operational teams
• Research and reconcile daily inventory variances, and daily/monthly/annual reports
• Contact manufacturers to identify and resolve any issues and, as necessary, escalates the issue to Supervisor or Manager
• Monitor and manage expired product, customer returns and transfer of product
• Perform additional inventory management functions as required

Job Summary

• The Senior Coordinator, Inventory Management analyzes existing inventory and resolves inbound discrepancies in order to drive the operational efficiency of warehouse operations. The Senior Coordinator validates inbound shipments, places electronic orders, creates standard inventory reports and forecasts, and leads regular cycle counts. By ensuring the quality and efficiency of inventory management, this job contributes to customer satisfaction and minimizing the facility’s expenses

What Inventory Management contributes to Cardinal Health

• Inventory Management is accountable for the design and execution of demand planning and customer forecasting systems, supply planning, product deployment and expediting processes, and the development and implementation of stocking optimization model to minimize costs and inventory while delivering on service requirements.
• Members of the QIC team will analyze existing inventory and resolve inbound discrepancies in order to drive the operational efficiency of warehouse operations – which can include validating inbound shipments and leading regular cycle counts. By ensuring the quality and efficiency of inventory management, this job contributes to customer satisfaction and minimizing the facility’s expenses.

What is expected of you and others at this level

• Applies knowledge and company policies to complete a variety of tasks
• Demonstrates a working knowledge of jobs outside area of responsibility
• Maintains appropriate licenses, training and certifications
• Works on assignments that are moderately difficult requiring judgment in resolving issues
• May assist in recommendation of processes on new assignments
• Adheres to all quality guidelines
• Works with limited supervision
• Work occasionally involves review of output by work lead or supervisor
• May provide general guidance or technical assistance to less experienced team members

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.