Rachael Vegas has served as the Executive Vice President, Chief Merchandising Officer at BJ’s Wholesale Club since 2021. In her role, she is responsible for the strategic leadership of the company’s merchandising, services and sourcing functions to deliver value and drive future growth. She leads key initiatives to create a best-in-class, transformative assortment of products that align with BJ’s strategic priorities, exceed members’ expectations and drive membership growth and retention and margin and revenue objectives. She is an experienced merchant who brings more than 25 years of experience in both grocery and general merchandise.

Previously, Rachael was at H-E-B where she most recently served as SVP, Ecommerce Merchandising, Retail Media and Financial Services and as SVP, General Merchandise before that. At H-E-B, she was responsible for the company’s $3 billion ecommerce business as well as its in-store financial services and payments division and its retail media initiative. Prior to that, she was the Chief Merchant at Brandless, a pure play ecommerce retailer selling food, household, home, baby and pet products. She also spent 13 years with Target in a variety of leadership roles including VP, GMM, Center Store Grocery and Divisional Sourcing Manager for Apparel & Accessories and Director of Merchandise Planning for Toys & Sporting Goods. Earlier in her career, she held merchandising and operational roles at Delhaize Group and Hannaford Supermarkets.