Advisor, Portfolio Management

Anticipated salary range: $80,900 - $103,950

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: 04/12/2026 *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.

What Portfolio Management contributes to Cardinal Health:
Portfolio Management has full profit-and-loss responsibility (from sourcing to commercialization) for a designated category for At Home Solutions. Portfolio Management is responsible for assessing customer needs, market conditions and competition to inform business strategy. Portfolio Management implements the strategy through developing, commercializing and monitoring the appropriate suppliers, products and services.

Job Summary:

The Advisor, Portfolio Management supports category owners by managing item setup and maintenance, sales team requests, pricing discrepancies, substitutes, reporting, AP/chargeback issues, and supply disruption management. The role reports to a Portfolio Management Manager and provides operational, analytical, and tactical support across assigned categories. In addition, the Advisor will own and manage a defined subset of supplier relationships, ensuring alignment of pricing, supply availability, issue resolution, and ongoing business needs.

Responsibilities:

• Builds and manages supplier relationships, negotiates distribution agreements, and evaluates supplier performance for the assigned portfolio.

• Collaborates with cross functional teams (Pricing, Marketing, Legal, Quality, Regulatory, Planning, Inventory, Finance, Sales, Operations) to execute assigned portfolio strategies.

• Monitors category financial performance and report product and category results for assigned portfolio.

• Optimizes assortment planning and product positioning, while aligning to the overall category strategy.

• Analyzes SKU trends and forecasts to inform merchandising and pricing strategies.

• Executes tactical portfolio tasks, including: Setting up new items in internal systems/ Executing supplier price changes/ Managing disruptions, discontinuations and rationalization activities/ Providing operational support to the Portfolio Manager/ Seeks guidance from senior Portfolio Management leaders when needed.

Qualifications:

• 4–8 years of experience in sourcing, category management, supply chain, or sales support preferred

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience preferred.

• Ability to support or lead sourcing projects, assist with supplier negotiations, and help maintain positive supplier relationships to improve cost, quality, and delivery.

• Comfortable gathering and analyzing basic data and market insights to identify opportunities and support category planning and decisions.

• Incontinence, Enteral, PPE category experience would be ideal.

What is expected of you and others at this level:

• 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

• Develops technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems

• Solutions are innovative and consistent with organization objectives

• Completes work; independently receives general guidance on new projects

• Work reviewed for purpose of meeting objectives

• May act as a mentor to less experienced colleagues

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. Cardinal Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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.