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Logistics Lead

Cheektowaga, New York Job ID JR0152031 Category Pharmacy Technician, Pharmacy Post Date Aug. 18, 2026
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McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care.

What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.

The Logistics Team Lead supports mail order, specialty pharmacy, and customer logistics operations by coordinating courier activity, resolving pickup and delivery issues, and serving as a key contact for customer support centers, store inquiries, carrier partners, and internal teams. This role helps ensure timely service, accurate communication, SOP compliance, and effective problem resolution across mail, specialty, logistics, pharmacy, and production support areas.

What You’ll Do (Responsibilities)

  • Serve as the primary logistics point of contact for customer mail support, specialty managed care, store inquiries, and mail or specialty business issues.
  • Track and monitor national and local courier activity, including pickups, deliveries, shipping concerns, escalations, and service issue resolution.
  • Manage day-to-day carrier relationships with FedEx, UPS, UPSMI, USPS, and Yzer to support timely and reliable logistics service.
  • Communicate professionally with customers, supervisors, peers, managers, and cross-functional teams to address questions, resolve concerns, and provide operational updates.
  • Support logistics compliance by following policies, procedures, SOPs, safety expectations, confidentiality standards, and McKesson Shared Principles.
  • Lead logistics continuous improvement efforts, develop new SOPs, support peer mentoring, and identify training opportunities as needed.
  • Support pharmacy, production, mail, and other lead areas when coverage is needed, including backup support for the Mail Team Lead.
  • Coordinate logistics support activities, including return-to-sender packaging supplies, Hazmat material collection and pickup, production supplies/components, monthly expense reports, shipping charge reports, and other assigned duties.

Basic Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Minimum education and typical experience, or equivalent combination,
  • Experience in logistics, mail operations, pharmacy operations, courier coordination, shipping, distribution, warehouse operations, customer support, or a closely related operational environment.
  • Working knowledge of logistics processes, mail processes, carrier pickups and deliveries, SOPs, customer issue resolution, and operational communication.
  • Good PC skills, including the ability to use computer systems to research issues, review carrier information, complete reports, and communicate updates.
  • Strong verbal, written, interpersonal, customer service, problem-solving, and attention-to-detail skills.

Preferred Skills/Experience

  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel.
  • Experience with GlobalShip or carrier shipping applications.
  • Experience working with FedEx, UPS, UPSMI, USPS, Yzer, or other logistics value chains.
  • Ability to download, review, and interpret reports from carrier systems.
  • Prior peer training, mentoring, team lead, coordinator, or continuous improvement project experience.
  • Positive attitude, strong ownership, and ability to work independently with minimal direct supervision while solving complex logistics issues quickly.

Description of Travel or In-Office and Physical Requirements

This role is primarily onsite and supports both office and production areas in a temperature-controlled facility. The standard schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; schedule may change based on business needs. The position may require walking, standing, and sitting throughout the shift, with the ability to support order-filling requirements if an emergency exists.

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.

Our Base Pay Range for this position

$19.19 - $31.98

McKesson has become aware of online recruiting-related scams in which individuals who are not affiliated with or authorized by McKesson are using McKesson’s (or affiliated entities, like CoverMyMeds or RxCrossroads) name in fraudulent emails, job postings or social media messages. In light of these scams, please bear the following in mind:

McKesson Talent Advisors will never solicit money or credit card information in connection with a McKesson job application.


McKesson Talent Advisors do not communicate with candidates via online chatrooms or using email accounts such as Gmail or Hotmail. Note that McKesson does rely on a virtual assistant (Gia) for certain recruiting-related communications with candidates.

McKesson job postings are posted on our career site: careers.mckesson.com.

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer

McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other legally protected category. For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.

McKesson is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including job seekers with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us by sending an email to (United States) Disability_Accommodation@McKesson.com or (Canada) Accessibility@mckesson.ca. Resumes or CVs submitted to this email box will not be accepted.

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McKesson has become aware of online recruiting-related scams in which individuals who are not affiliated with or authorized by McKesson are using McKesson’s (or affiliated entities, like CoverMyMeds or RxCrossroads) name in fraudulent emails, job postings or social media messages. In light of these scams, please bear the following in mind:

  • McKesson Talent Advisors will never solicit money or credit card information in connection with a McKesson job application.
  • McKesson Talent Advisors do not communicate with candidates via online chatrooms or using email accounts such as Gmail or Hotmail. Note that McKesson does rely on a virtual assistant (Gia) for certain recruiting-related communications with candidates.
  • McKesson job postings are posted on our career site: careers.mckesson.com

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