Cencora—Manager, Supply Chain Planning & Operations

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Description: Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere. Apply today! Job Details Summary The Supply Chain Network Modeling Manager is responsible for leading the development and application of advanced supply chain network models that support operational decision-making across the enterprise. This role combines hands-on modeling expertise with people leadership responsibilities, managing a team of supply chain modelers and analysts while ensuring delivery of high-quality network design, transportation optimization, capacity planning, inventory optimization, and business continuity initiatives. The Manager translates business challenges into analytical solutions that optimize cost, service, capacity, inventory, risk, and growth objectives. The role is accountable for developing team capabilities, establishing modeling standards and best practices, and ensuring successful execution of a portfolio of modeling projects aligned with organizational priorities. Primary Duties and Responsibilities: People Leadership & Talent Development - Lead, coach, mentor, and develop a team of Supply Chain Modelers and Analysts. - Conduct performance management, career development planning, and succession planning activities. - Support hiring, onboarding, training, and capability development of modeling resources. - Establish technical competency standards and promote continuous learning across the team. - Foster collaboration, innovation, and a high-performance culture. Project & Portfolio Leadership - Manage a portfolio of network modeling, transportation optimization, simulation, and supply chain strategy projects. - Prioritize initiatives based on business value, resource availability, and organizational objectives. - Provide project oversight, quality assurance, and governance throughout project lifecycles. - Ensure project deliverables are completed on schedule and align with stakeholder expectations. - Present recommendations and business cases to senior leadership and executive stakeholders. Supply Chain Modeling & Optimization - Lead the design, development, maintenance, and enhancement of end-to-end supply chain network models. - Evaluate scenarios including network expansion, consolidation, facility location, inventory positioning, manufacturing footprint changes, transportation strategies, and capacity investments. - Analyze tradeoffs between cost, service levels, inventory, risk, resilience, sustainability, and growth. - Develop transportation optimization and cost-to-serve models. - Support long-range planning, annual operating planning, and capital investment decisions through scenario analysis. - Drive adoption of advanced analytics, optimization, simulation, AI, and emerging technologies. Stakeholder Management & Consulting - Partner with business leaders to identify opportunities for analytics-driven decision making. - Translate complex business problems into quantitative analyses and actionable recommendations. - Facilitate workshops to define objectives, assumptions, constraints, and decision criteria. - Communicate findings through executive presentations, dashboards, visualizations, and storytelling. - Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Process & Capability Development - Establish and maintain modeling methodologies, governance processes, and best practices. - Improve data quality, model documentation standards, and model validation procedures. - Develop reusable templates, tools, and frameworks to improve efficiency and consistency. - Support the evolution of Network Modeling as a Service (NMaaS) and consulting capabilities. - Identify opportunities for automation and process improvement. . Work Experience: - 5+ years of experience in Supply Chain Analytics & Optimization. - 2+ years of team management/leadership experience. - Expertise translating business rules into modeling requirements and scenarios - Expertise in network modeling, optimization, transportation, and operations research. - Experience with supply chain network modeling tools, data analytics and visualization. - Hands-on with network optimization tools (Optilogic, Llamasoft, Coupa, PowerBI, Alteryx, Databricks). - Strong knowledge of supply chain design, inventory, warehousing, and capacity planning. - Exposure to Operations and different supply chain strategies (store, crossdock, import, buy/lease, etc) - Experience coaching and training modelers Education Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or any other related discipline or equivalent related experience. Technical Skills - Network optimization tools (Optilogic, Llamasoft, Coupa, or similar) - Supply chain simulation and modeling tools - Advanced Excel, SQL, Python, Power BI, and analytics platforms - Statistical analysis, optimization, and scenario planning - Supply chain design, inventory, transportation, warehousing, and capacity planning Leadership Competencies - Strategic thinking - Influencing without authority - Executive communication - Coaching and talent development - Project and portfolio management - Change leadership - Analytical problem-solving Success Measures (KPIs) - On-time delivery of modeling projects - Stakeholder satisfaction - Team engagement and capability growth - Business value from recommendations - Cost savings, service improvements, and capacity optimization - Adoption of modeling tools and best practices - Reduced analysis cycle time through automation and standardization Key Improvements - Removed repetitive wording for brevity. - Simplified KPI descriptions while retaining meaning. - Standardized terminology and formatting for a more professional job description. What Cencora offers ​Benefit offerings outside the US may vary by country and will be aligned to local market practice. The eligibility and effective date may differ for some benefits and for team members covered under collective bargaining agreements. Full time Affiliated Companies Affiliated Companies: CENCORA BUSINESS SERVICES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Equal Employment Opportunity Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law. The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory. Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email hrsc@cencora.com. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned Skills: network modeling, supply chain optimization, team management, transportation optimization, capacity planning, inventory optimization, operations research, supply chain simulation, project management, stakeholder management, excel, sql, python, power bi, optilogic, llamasoft, coupa, alteryx, databricks, statistical analysis, scenario planning, data analytics, process improvement, automation, model validation, model documentation, business case development, executive communication, coaching, talent development