Jones has more than 40 years of c-store management experience with specialized expertise in developing best-practice processes for all facets of convenience retailing. As president of retail for Kellam Distributing, he led the growth of a retail startup [image-nocss] that resulted in the Shore Stop/Auto Plus chain. He has had profit and loss responsibility at several levels of multi-unit operations including vice president of operations at Mini Mart Inc. and zone manager for 7-Eleven.
His marketing leadership has included vice president of merchandising for the 2,500-store Circle K chain, with additional assignments as director of business development and director of advertising. At Circle K, in his role as vice president of strategic marketing, he worked closely with Accenture in developing process integration for decision support and category management software. In addition, he was responsible for supply chain management and new concepts, including the development work for self distribution. While vice president of marketing at SSP Circle K, his brand experience included the creation of the Stripes Convenience Store brand and the development of The Laredo Taco Co. foodservice brand.
As a recognized process expert, Jones is a faculty member at CSP's Convenience Retailing University.
Steve Montgomery added; "Greg is extremely knowledgeable about the industry from both the retailer and the distributor prospective. b2b Solutions is extremely proud to be able make his expertise available to our retailer and supplier clients."
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