NAPLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The BGJ Group, a leading management consulting firm focused on delivering solutions to the extended retail value chain, is pleased to announce that Stephen Davis is joining its team as an Associate immediately. Davis will advise BGJ Group clients on drug and supermarket chain merchandising and operations; grocery, health, beauty, fuel and pharmacy issues; strategic relationships with industry trade groups and the broker community and private brand development.
“Steve Davis brings a wealth of knowledge and a network more than four decades in the making to The BGJ Group. He represents a unique confluence of thought leadership, innovation and a depth and range of experience that he uses to successfully address initiatives in trading partner environments,” says Vince Burke, Managing Partner of BGJ.
Davis has over 45 years of professional experience with top food, drug and natural products companies. Most recently, as Director of Center Store Grocery for Weis Markets, he built solid monthly promotional programs and developed unique first-to-market private brand product alternatives. Prior to Weis Markets, Davis was Senior Vice President of Sales/ Merchandising/Ops for Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy and Vice President of Holistic Health and Lifestyles for Wild Oats Markets. Earlier in his career, he was Vice President of GM/ HBC and Pharmacy at Ahold USA and Giant Food Stores, Carlisle, PA.
Davis served as Chairman of the Board of trade association GMDC from 2016 to 2018, and is currently on its Education Leadership Board. He was recently selected as a Legendary Champion of Change, which recognizes established senior-level business leaders who consistently demonstrate outstanding leadership, dynamic vision, inventive strategic direction and innovative solution-building.
After receiving a BS in Marketing from Illinois State University, Davis earned an executive MBA at Franklin W. Olin Graduate School of Business, Babson University.
“As the retail industry and the country as a whole recover from the pandemic, retailers and their suppliers and vendors will need seasoned advisors like The BGJ Group to help them take advantage of newly created opportunities. I’m excited to join a team I know really adds value to their customer’s bottom line,” says Davis.
About The BGJ Group
Based in Naples, Fla., The BGJ Group is a global consultancy focused on the supermarket, mass, convenience, drug and specialty retail channels. Founded by retail and consumer products industry veterans Vince Burke, Jim Gillis, and Rich Juliano, later adding Mike Carter as a partner in 2019, the firm offers executive management, market strategy, mergers & acquisitions, private equity, business development, product marketing, trade relations, executive search and related services to leading retailers, suppliers and vendors. Additional information is available at http://bgjgroup.com/.
