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Sarah Stolz

Chicago,IL

Summary

Pharmacy executive with extensive leadership experience overseeing 36 retail pharmacies and delivering sustained double-digit sales growth. Skilled in driving operational excellence, leading large teams, and expanding clinical services including vaccination rollouts and specialty care programs.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

District Pharmacy Manager

Albertsons (Jewel-Osco)
01.2021 - Current
  • Oversee operations of 36 pharmacies to ensure that financial, clinical, and compliance standards and expectations are met; hit incremental sales goal for 12 consecutive quarters and hold top spot nationally in clinical services
  • Manage 45 direct reports and oversee a team of 150 total pharmacists
  • Drive P&L by prioritizing cost-saving procurement initiatives, increasing digital engagement, and promoting margin-driving clinical services. Achieved $200M annual sales, a growth of 14%, for three consecutive years
  • Coordinated Covid-19 vaccination rollout; coordinating 75 mass-vaccination clinics to provide immunizations to over 100,000 individuals in the Chicagoland area
  • Orchestrate pharmacy acquisitions and openings from an operational, logistical, and compliance standpoint; worked with IL Board of Pharmacy to obtain and transfer licenses as well as the DEA to transfer inventory
  • Work closely with regional Director of Pharmacy Operations as well as division president to maintain profitability

Field Services Manager

Albertsons (Jewel-Osco)
01.2019 - 01.2021
  • Identified opportunities and built prescriber relationships to increase sales of HIV and specialty medications by $1.8M throughout the region
  • Oversaw and monitored medication adherence of patients on HIV medications in 15 focus stores
  • Work with area physicians and testing facilities to put HIV patients in contact with pharmacists
  • Created and oversaw division HIV Excellence Program; training pharmacists on guideline changes and medication adherence strategies, ultimately increasing medication adherence to over 90%
  • Developed and implemented medication administration service for mental health injections, working with over 30 physician offices to provide coordination of care with local pharmacists

Pharmacy Operations Specialist

Albertsons (Jewel-Osco)
01.2017 - 01.2019
  • Worked with pharmacy teams to manage and reduce inventory by over $800k, ultimately reducing shrink
  • Collaborated with District Pharmacy Manager to prepare the district budget each quarter

Pharmacy Manager

Albertsons (Jewel-Osco)
01.2015 - 01.2019
  • Managed a team of four pharmacists and 6 pharmacy technicians
  • Collaborated with store manager to maintain daily operations of a pharmacy achieving $150k in weekly sales
  • Trained pharmacy interns and newly hired pharmacy technicians

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

Albertsons (Jewel-Osco)
01.2015 - 01.2017
  • Established relationships with nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and academic institutions in order to promote clinical services in the community
  • Worked with pharmacy teams to organize over 100 community health fairs and immunization clinics, contributing to over $300k in total margin gain

Education

Master of Business Administration - Healthcare Strategy

The Kellogg School of Management At Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
03-2027

Doctor of Pharmacy - undefined

The University of Iowa College of Pharmacy
Iowa City, IA
01.2014

Bachelor of Arts - Health Sciences, minor in Integrative Physiology

The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
01.2010

Skills

    Pharmacy compliance and regulation

    Budgeting and forecasting

    People management

    Clinical pharmacology

    Field sales

    Pharmacy operations management

    Workflow optimization

Certification

American Academy of HIV Medicine: AAHIVP Pharmacist certification

Illinois Board of Pharmacy: Licensed Pharmacist

Midwest Aids Training and Education Center: HIV Clinician Scholar

Timeline

District Pharmacy Manager

Albertsons (Jewel-Osco)
01.2021 - Current

Field Services Manager

Albertsons (Jewel-Osco)
01.2019 - 01.2021

Pharmacy Operations Specialist

Albertsons (Jewel-Osco)
01.2017 - 01.2019

Pharmacy Manager

Albertsons (Jewel-Osco)
01.2015 - 01.2019

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

Albertsons (Jewel-Osco)
01.2015 - 01.2017

Doctor of Pharmacy - undefined

The University of Iowa College of Pharmacy

Bachelor of Arts - Health Sciences, minor in Integrative Physiology

The University of Iowa

Master of Business Administration - Healthcare Strategy

The Kellogg School of Management At Northwestern University

ADDITIONAL

Women’s Inspiration and Inclusion Network, 2022-Present
Albertsons Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, 2021-present
Progressive Grocer’s Top Women in Grocery recipient; 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024

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