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McKesson

Supplies medicines and technology to healthcare teams

Manager, Reverse Logistics - Returns & Recalls

Supply Chain ManagementPosted on Nov 11
Full-timeMontreal, QC, CanadaHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • A minimum of 6–8 years of progressive experience in supply chain, reverse logistics, procurement operations, inventory management, quality or regulatory operations, or a related field.
  • Typically, at least two years of leadership or team-supervision experience, or demonstrated leadership of complex cross-functional work.
  • Experience supporting internal stakeholders responsible for supplier relationships in collaboration with operational, financial and compliance partners.
  • Experience translating business needs into process, reporting, data or technology requirements and enabling adoption.
  • A bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Operations Management or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Strong people leadership, coaching, prioritization and performance-management skills.
  • Ability to connect operational facts, supplier terms, financial impacts and risk considerations to form clear recommendations.
  • Strong stakeholder-management and influencing skills, including the ability to align functions and shape an evidence-based internal position.
  • Ability to simplify complex subjects and communicate clearly to operational and leadership audiences.
  • Sound judgment in ambiguity, balancing urgency, compliance, customer impact, financial outcomes and operational feasibility.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving and continuous-improvement capabilities, including constructive challenge of the status quo.
  • Demonstrated change leadership and experience enabling adoption of new processes, data products and technology-enabled ways of working.
  • High proficiency in French and English, written and spoken.
  • Strong knowledge of reverse logistics, returns, recalls, supplier policies, inventory disposition and related controls.
  • Ability to define and interpret key performance indicators, financial impacts, business rules, data requirements and exception-management needs.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

  • Own the management framework for customer and warehouse returns, supplier debit notes, recalls and withdrawals, ensuring accountability, timely execution and escalation.
  • Ensure recalls and withdrawals comply with Good Manufacturing Practices, Health Canada requirements, internal controls and service expectations, including after-hours coverage.
  • Maintain operating standards, procedures, controls, service measures and management routines that support consistent network execution.
  • Define ownership, decision rights, hand-offs, escalation paths and service expectations across functions.
  • Provide decision support for complex or high-risk cases involving customers, compliance, inventory, supplier terms or financial risk.
  • Ensure audit readiness, traceability and appropriate separation of duties across key reverse-logistics processes.
  • Own the financial performance and accountability framework for reverse logistics, including Loss on Returns, Loss on Expired, aged provisions and other key recovery measures.
  • Partner with Finance and operational stakeholders to monitor financial exposure, validate results, resolve gaps and drive timely corrective actions.
  • Use financial insights to prioritize recovery opportunities, inventory disposition and actions that reduce losses, protect value and improve working capital.
  • Establish targets, reporting and management routines to ensure sustained visibility and accountability for financial outcomes.
  • Equip supplier-facing stakeholders with fact-based insights, options and recommendations on returns, policies, debit notes, recalls and financial exposure to support informed decisions and issue resolution.
  • Partner with sourcing teams and internal stakeholders to assess return terms, model business and operational impacts, and shape the narrative supporting supplier discussions.
  • Align sourcing teams, supply planning, distribution centers, Finance, Sales, Quality, Regulatory and other partners on coordinated reverse-logistics decisions and actions.
  • Identify supplier trends and policy gaps, recommending internal positions, corrective actions, discussion points or preventive controls.
  • Ensure the internal position balances financial recovery, compliance, operational feasibility, customer impact and long-term partnership considerations.
  • Act as business owner and key enabler for new reverse-logistics capabilities, from problem definition through implementation, adoption and sustained value.
  • Define outcomes, use cases, business rules, controls, workflows, data needs, decision logic and measures for returns, debit notes, recalls and withdrawals.
  • Ensure new capabilities combine supplier terms, historical decisions, inventory exposure, financial impact and operational status to improve decisions, not merely automate tasks.
  • Partner with data, analytics, process-improvement and technology teams to validate designs, resolve gaps and prioritize enhancements.
  • Drive adoption and disciplined use of new tools and processes, monitor benefits and adjust the operating model as capabilities mature.
  • Promote alerts, exception-based management, self-service visibility and audit trails to reduce manual effort, rework and preventable risk.
  • Lead, coach and develop a team of analysts by setting objectives, performance expectations, priorities and accountability for results.
  • Build functional depth, business acumen, analytical capability, internal advisory skills and readiness to work in a more data-enabled operating environment.
  • Delegate effectively while maintaining appropriate oversight of high-risk, high-value or regulatory-sensitive work.
  • Create an inclusive, collaborative and performance-oriented environment aligned with One McKesson, I2CARE and LEADRX values and principles.
  • Manage capacity across operations, urgent events and transformation work, escalating trade-offs as needed.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in the pharmaceutical, wholesale distribution, retail, consumer-goods or another regulated industry.
  • An MBA, Master of Science, CPIM or SCMP credential, or a relevant continuous-improvement designation.
  • Experience with analytics, workflow automation, reporting or enterprise supply-chain systems.

About the Company

McKesson

Supplies medicines and technology to healthcare teams

McKesson distributes medicines and medical supplies to pharmacies, hospitals and other care providers, alongside services that connect drug manufacturers with patients. Its specialty businesses support community cancer care and clinical research, extending its work beyond moving products through warehouses. The company buys drugs and supplies from manufacturers for resale, while its software helps pharmacies manage inventory and healthcare teams secure insurance approval for prescriptions. It also sells practice management and patient support services to clinicians and drugmakers. McKesson traces its business roots to 1833 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Irving, TX
Founded
1833

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