Tom Kowalski
Global Executive Leader | Food | M&A | Supply Chain | P&L | Growth | Startups | NASDAQ: BJRI
BJ's Wholesale Club•Huntington Beach, California, United States
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Bringing nearly two decades of executive leadership, building the right alliances and cross-functional support to create truly novel strategies, scaling businesses, and sustaining high performance teamwork across the supply chain, encompassing innovation and manufacturing in startups, restaurants and fast-moving CPGs. Drawing on operating experiences and capitalizing on my large network of best-in-class practices built over years at leading brands (Wingstop, Mars, Kellogg's, and Tyson / Hillshire Brands, PepsiCo). A problem solver at heart, and operating partner with a deep knowledge of the competitive landscape, contributing to the board of directors across executive strategy, modernizing supply chain, marketing, financial management, product development, and more. My core strengths include: • Executive strategy and leadership • P&L / financial management • High Performance Team development • Marketing and branding • Operational controls • Supply Chain / Procurement • Business planning • Derivatives and commodities hedging • Risk management
Career Timeline
- BJ's Wholesale ClubCurrentMay 2025–Present· 1 yr 5 mos
- Chief Supply Chain OfficerCurrentMay 2025–Present
- BJ's Restaurants, Inc.CurrentMay 2025–Present· 1 yr 5 mos
- Chief Supply Chain OfficerCurrentMay 2025–Present
- 2021–2025· 4 yrs
- Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain2021–2025
- 2019–2021· 2 yrs
- Co-founder | Chief Operations Officer (COO)2019–2021
- 2017–2019· 2 yrs
- Member, Board of Directors2017–2019
- 2017–2019· 2 yrs
- Commercial Executive Leader | Interim U.S. Head of Procurement (CPO)2017–2019
- 2014–2017· 3 yrs
- Vice President Procurement - Global Raw Materials & Energy North America2014–2017
- 2014–2014· 0 mos
- M&A Integration Management Office Lead (formerly Hillshire Brands-IP0 2012)2014–2014
- 2003–2014· 11 yrs
- Director, Procurement - Commodity Risk Management, Ingredients, Packaging, & Energy2008–2014
- Vice President - Contract Manufacturing2007–2008
- Director, Procurement, Contract Manufacturing2006–2007
- Director of Innovation & Business Development2003–2006
- 1993–2003· 10 yrs
- Frito-Lay; Industry Group Manager, Strategic Sourcing & New Ventures1993–2003
Education
Executive Education - Strategic Market Growth Innovation
Professor and Author Clayton Christensen
Harvard Business School Executive EducationBachelor of Science (BS)
Mechanical Engineering
Purdue UniversityExecutive Education - Creating and Managing Strategic Alliances
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of ManagementMaster of Business Administration (MBA)
Entrepreneurship & International Studies
University of Denver - Daniels College of Business