Mary Jane Schermer
Chicago

Schermer
Consumer & Retail
Healthcare

Mary Jane Schermer is a Managing Director in the Consumer & Retail and Healthcare practices for the Executive Search division of Cook Associates, Inc. Mary Jane’s executive search expertise within the retail and healthcare services industries includes a wide range of disciplines such as Sales, Marketing, Operations, Procurement, Information Technology, Supply Chain, Human Resources, Finance, and General Management. She handles senior-level management assignments at the C-level in addition to Vice President and Director roles.

Outside of the significant search engagements Mary Jane has conducted in the retail markets—grocery, mass merchant, pharmacy and specialty—she has a unique specialization in servicing clients that are a part of the pharmaceutical services industry. Her client base includes pharmaceutical distributors, packagers and manufacturers, and providers of pharmacy automation and third party logistics.


Mary Jane joined Cook Associates, Inc. in 1993 and operates out of the firm’s Chicago headquarters. During her career with Cook Associates, Inc., she spent five years in Colorado developing and managing the Western Regional office for the firm. Mary Jane’s earlier search experience is with Korn/Ferry International.

She holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Accounting from Purdue University. In addition, Mary Jane has been invited to speak on selecting and retaining key personnel by various professional and trade associations including the Food Marketing Institute.

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