Zach Poelma currently serves as the Senior Vice President, Commercial Intelligence and Strategy, a newly created role he was promoted into in August of 2025. Prior this, he was the SVP Supplier Strategy and Insights Center of Excellence, a role he held since helping to lead the design of the new SGWS Supplier Development and Marketing (SDM) Organization in January 2021. In his current role Zach reports directly into SGWS President Commercial Sales, Mark Chaplin and manages a team of 120+ resources focused on working directly with Suppliers, Customers and Internal teams on Insights, Strategy, Collaboration projects, Commercial Operations and Consumer initiatives including Multicultural opportunities . Zach has served in multiple strategy and analytics roles of increasing responsibility since joining Southern Glazer’s in 2011.
Prior to his current role, he held the role of Senior Vice President, Supplier Strategy & Business Development, where he oversaw the Supplier Insights and Strategy teams, while also leading supplier expansion initiatives and collaborating with regional and state teams. In addition to his time at Southern Glazer’s, Zach has also worked in corporate and financial roles for Procter & Gamble, Dannon, and UBS. He earned a Bachelor of Science from The United States Naval Academy where he also was a Division 1 baseball pitcher and received an MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business. He’s a graduate of Southern Glazer’s Preeminent Leadership Program, in partnership with the Harvard Business School of Executive Education. Outside of work, Zach and his wife Melanie have 3 kids Landon, Adysen and Logan.
