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
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities
1. Executive communications and narrative
Write and maintain talking points for leadership meetings, town halls, customer or partner conversations, and enterprise forums
Keep messaging consistent across leaders, audiences, and channels, and keep a living library of approved positions and key facts
Draft internal communications on strategic priorities, organizational changes, and milestones
2. Briefs and leadership preparation
Prepare pre-read briefs for leader meetings, including background, stakeholders, objectives, risks, anticipated questions, and recommended positions
Produce one-page issue briefs and decision memos that frame options, tradeoffs, and a recommendation
Prepare leaders for senior-level engagements with context on attendees, history, open items, and potential landmines
Build Q&A documents ahead of major moments, including difficult questions and suggested responses
3. Cross-functional alignment and initiative leadership
Lead selected strategic initiatives across Finance, Commercial, Operations, and other functions
Define scope, owners, workplans, and milestones, and hold teams accountable through regular check-ins
Identify dependencies, conflicts, and risks early, and escalate with clear options
Facilitate alignment when functions have competing priorities, and drive decisions to closure
Report progress to leadership through concise status updates and dashboards
4. Strategic analysis and planning support
Synthesize financial, commercial, and operational data into insights and recommendations
Support annual planning, quarterly business reviews, goal-setting, etc
5. Special projects and ambiguous problems
Take on urgent or undefined problems, quickly define the problem, gather input, and stand up structure
Support transformation, integration, or reorganization efforts as needed
Serve as a trusted thought partner and sounding board to leadership
Core Deliverables
Talking points and executive briefs for leadership engagements
Decision memos and one-page issue briefs
Leadership and board-style presentations
Initiative workplans, status reports, and risk logs
Meeting agendas, pre-reads, and decision and action trackers
Planning and business review materials
Experience and Educational Requirements:
Education
Bachelor’s degree required in business, finance, economics, communications, or a related field
MBA, master’s degree, or equivalent professional experience preferred
Experience
4-8 years of experience in strategy, management consulting, corporate development, business operations, or a chief-of-staff-type role
Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional initiatives through influence
Experience working directly with senior or executive leaders
Industry experience, such as healthcare, pharma, or distribution, preferred or required
What Cencora offers
We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members’ ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities…