Clara Sponholz Minikovski

- Developed project plans that identify resource and budgetary needs for new company wide strategy plan - Hosted project meetings at least once a week with team and managers to provide feedback, advice, project updates and encouragement to team members - Manage deadlines and push the team to ensure timeliness - Facilitated the new streamlined collaboration process in order to increase efficiency and accountability within departments and cross-functional projects between different regions and Business Units

- Facilitating cross-channel feedback from customers and employees to management and executive teams - Planned and coordinated daily operations and allocation of human and material resources, including leading wholesale operations and shipments through peak season Managed the staging of all wholesale shipments as well as the coordination of driver arrivals and product loading

- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify design of currently parcel capture process to then optimize ensuring end-to-end alignment - Conducted DC shipment-level spend and transit analysis to identify cost effectiveness - Developed parcel shipping solutions that support strategic initiatives that drive cost, service, and improve service including process improvement initiatives

- Aided Dr. Wendy Tate with the organization and selection of suppliers for IPSERA2020 - Assisted with budget and vendor negotiation for the IPSERA2020 conference - Coordinated registration process for upwards of 250+ supply chain professionals - Led weekly meeting to report timeline conformance and issues faced with next course of action for transparency

- Led multi-cultural team from 3 continents in cross-functional collaborative efforts to prepare project proposals and consulting recommendations for board presentations to executive suite officers -Specialized in Supply-Chain Optimization, competitive analysis, process improvement, and capacity planning for 7 China-based firms all across the Supply Chain and Logistics industries

- Analyzed business requirements and translated it into concise system requirements for use by software architects and development teams by using advanced analytical skills and Excel expertise - Tracked and tested data in system interface to ensure compliance of federal reporting requirements and intuitiveness of user application - Collaborated with cross-functional teams to keep client and project teams well informed of project status, issues and issue mitigation strategies