Claire Zookski
Vernon Hills,IL
Summary
Insightful Manager with experience directing and improving operations through effective employee motivational strategies and mentoring. Proficient in best practices, market trends and regulatory requirements of industry operations. Talented leader with analytical approach to business planning and day-to-day problem-solving.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager, IM Process Enablement
Walgreens
01.2023 - Current
- Directed the development, enhancement, and stabilization of reporting tools to support Inventory Management, enabling data-driven decisions that improved inventory optimization through actionable insights
- Spearheaded a company-wide initiative to reduce aged inventory, leveraging custom reporting to drive a $2.4M reduction
- Developed and automated a Top Sellers report, delivering real-time sales insights to executive leadership and over 8,000 store managers across Supply Chain and Retail Operations
- Designed and launched Promotion Readiness and Effectivity reports, aligning inventory levels with promotional strategies to maximize sales performance
- Partnered cross-functionally to implement Display Sell-Through reporting, identifying underperforming displays and informing assortment strategy improvements
Business Process Manager
Walgreens
08.2021 - 01.2023
- Developed new supply chain KPI reports with team of end-users and SMEs
- Created reporting and collaborated with business partners on Phantom Seasonal Inventory; drove $7.8M decrease in excessive inventory
- Collaborated with leadership on Troubled SKUs, resulting in 20% reduction in low-fill items
Demand Planner
Walgreens
12.2019 - 08.2021
- Created seasonal buy plan and collaborated with vendors and merchants to support sales impacted by COVID-19; Improved Diagnostics In-Stock by over 800 basis points
- Created inbound order plan and tracking for PO fulfillment for rapid introductions of COVID-19 test kits
- Reduced inventory by $80.5M for excess and outdated Diabetes items
Production Planner
MM Enterprises
04.2019 - 11.2019
- Created, implemented, and managed production plans for multiple production locations
- Created and managed wholesale forecasts for over 1400 finished goods and raw materials
Demand Planner
MM Enterprises
05.2018 - 04.2019
- Developed wholesale and retail sales forecasts for multi-state operations
- Created supply chain trackers for 300+ SKUs, including finished goods, WIP, and raw materials,
- Built SQL sales reports for supply chain analysis and supported OTB rollout, including monthly/quarterly reviews
- Led production and purchasing teams to streamline ordering processes and manage quarterly budgets for Nevada stores
Material Planner
Space Exploration Technologies
02.2017 - 05.2018
- Managed demand, inventory, material data, and bills of materials for over 2600 unique purchased parts and fabricated assemblies
- Built prototype and oversaw final design of production-wide part and assembly status tool
- Led cross functional production teams during design sprints to identify supply gaps and create fulfillment strategies
- Managed forecasts for new supplier PCBA outsourcing
Raw Material Planner
Abbott Laboratories
06.2015 - 02.2017
- Led global teams of vendors and internal purchasing, procurement, quality, and warehouse groups to deliver chemicals, biologic products, and commodities to manufacturing on-time and in-full
- Identified and reported root causes for supplier misses for key Supplier On-Time and In-Full metric
- Analyzed raw material demand in SAP and directs inventory to meet global customer and plant needs
- Created and managed Raw Material Planning and Purchasing SharePoint site
- Built and disseminated monthly division-wide raw material forecast
- Managed and distributed affiliate site forecast and burden files
Supplier Quality Engineer
Abbott Laboratories
01.2015 - 06.2015
- Investigated mechanical and electrical failures and provided root cause data for customer product complaints
- Streamlined Supplier Change Notification process and globalized Approved Supplier List
- Audited suppliers per ISO13485
Utilities Engineer
Abbott Laboratories
07.2014 - 12.2014
- Managed implementation, commissioning, and close-out of brine reclaim system installation
- Created contingency plans for flushing freshwater lines and water utility line breaks
- Investigated current preventative maintenance tasks for cooling towers and chillers and identified gaps
Project Engineer
Abbott Laboratories
01.2014 - 06.2014
- Modified validation change request package for new filling device including IOQ and PQ activities
- Investigated and began implementation for multiple manufacturing cost-savings projects for projected total savings of $104M
- Led rapid problem solving to significantly improve kit packing process prep time
Master Data Support
Abbott Laboratories
07.2013 - 12.2013
- Generated weekly and monthly retail customer order cut reports
- Created process improvements using Sharepoint workflows
- Investigated root causes of retail cuts and presented top reasons for cuts to management
Education
B.S. - Mechanical Engineering
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL05.2013
Skills
- Team Leadership
- Change Management
- Power BI
- SQL
- Python
- SAS
- SAP ERP
- Project Management
- VBA
- MS Excel
- SharePoint
- Microsoft Office
- MS Visio
Accomplishments
- SpaceX Spot Award, 04/18
- Abbott Silver Award, 07/16
- Abbott Silver Award, 06/15
Timeline
Manager, IM Process Enablement
Walgreens
01.2023 - Current
Business Process Manager
Walgreens
08.2021 - 01.2023
Demand Planner
Walgreens
12.2019 - 08.2021
Production Planner
MM Enterprises
04.2019 - 11.2019
Demand Planner
MM Enterprises
05.2018 - 04.2019
Material Planner
Space Exploration Technologies
02.2017 - 05.2018
Raw Material Planner
Abbott Laboratories
06.2015 - 02.2017
Supplier Quality Engineer
Abbott Laboratories
01.2015 - 06.2015
Utilities Engineer
Abbott Laboratories
07.2014 - 12.2014
Project Engineer
Abbott Laboratories
01.2014 - 06.2014
Master Data Support
Abbott Laboratories
07.2013 - 12.2013
B.S. - Mechanical Engineering
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
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