Paul Cichocki is executive vice president, chief commercial officer of the company and oversees merchandising, assortment planning and allocation, membership, marketing and analytics. Mr. Cichocki was named to this position in 2021. Mr. Cichocki joined BJ’s in 2020 as executive vice president, membership, analytics and business transformation. Prior to joining BJ’s, Mr. Cichocki was a partner in Bain & Company’s Boston office where he spent more than 20 years serving clients across a range of industries including retail, consumer products, financial services and food and beverage. While at Bain, he advised clients on a variety of strategic and operational issues and specialized in large-scale operational transformations to help companies deliver market-beating results. He led numerous performance improvement projects that have included redesign efforts across sales, marketing and G&A functions. Mr. Cichocki was also a member of Bain’s global operating committee and investment committee. Prior to Bain, he worked as an operating manager at Frito-Lay, a division of PepsiCo. Cichocki attended Harvard Business School, where he earned a Master of Business Administration with distinction. He is also a graduate from the University of Massachusetts, where he received a bachelor’s degree in operations management with high honors.