Growth-minded consulting
for margin-minded brands
Value Chain Advisors
J Gardner partners with ambitious food and beverage manufacturers and consumer brands to transform their value chains. We help you cut through the friction, strengthen your margins, and build lasting momentum, so you can grow wisely and win fairly.
What's holding your
business back?
Sometimes fast-growing businesses hit a wall. You know there’s more potential, but you’re too deep in the day-to-day to chase it. You need an experienced partner to help you realize it.
- What You Have
- Reactive, scattered planning
- Plateaued sales
- Rising vendor costs
- Razor-thin margins
- Team is stretched too thin
- What You Need
- Reliable forecasts & an impactful Sales and Operations Planning Process
- Targeted revenue growth
- Strategic sourcing to reduce spend
- Precision cost modeling to optimize value
- Embedded support to lighten the load
Operators turned advisors.
We’ve been in your seat. Now, we’re on your side. Our team of real-world, C-level experts fixes what’s broken, accelerates what’s working, and drives results. Here’s how we help:
Smart Growth
We identify new sources of revenue, potential markets, partners, and growth opportunities.
Value Creation
We recover margin with precision cost modeling, strategic sourcing, and operational optimization.
Product Optimization
We trim portfolio complexity, boosting ROI, and building faster product pipelines.
The J Gardner Advantage Approach™
Our Value Chain Advantage Services all share one commonality: The J Gardner Advantage Approach™. More than a proven process, this is our pledge to transform your operations, helping you regain clarity, recover lost margin, and cultivate confident growth.
Their success
is our success.
Here are just a few of the ways we’ve
helped our clients grow wisely and win fairly.
5,191
Agreements Negotiated
$3 Billion
Total Cost Savings
$100 Million
Largest All-Time Single Savings
$80 Million
Largest Savings in Food + Beverage
What are you leaving on the table?
Let’s talk. In 30 minutes, our Growth & Margin Snapshot will show you where you’re losing margin, momentum, or missing opportunities—and what we’d do about it.
FAQ
Frequently
Asked Questions
Know Don't Guess: Product Portfolio Management
We enable leaders to make data-driven decisions about pricing, product focus, and market targeting. By uncovering key insights, we help clients adjust strategies confidently and achieve the best results.
Surviving Customer RFPs
We guide clients to navigate RFP challenges with clarity and confidence, winning more contracts. By analyzing procurement team behaviors, we help them overcome hurdles and secure profitable agreements.
Go To Market Execution Plans
We map value chains to unlock profit pools and empower businesses to reshape strategies for growth. Combined with focused messaging, this approach ensures your business objectives are successfully achieved.
Profitability Improvement
We help clients increase their margins by up to 25% within a few months. We do this by negotiating more profitable client contracts as well as bring artificial intelliengence to address customer churn, pricing optimization, and cross-selling opportunities.
Strategic Account Management
We help clients build lasting relationships and boost retention by aligning negotiation strategies with customer needs. This approach ensures more stable revenue streams and stronger, long-term business partnerships.
Optimize Cost of Goods Sold
We help manufacturers reduce costs without sacrificing product quality, optimizing the supply chain. By anticipating challenges like inflation or tariffs, we ensure clients outperform competitors during disruptions.
C-Suite and General Counsel
Senior leaders face shrinking margins and challenging customer negotiations. They value our ability to align their teams, reduce stress, and drive better outcomes. We align their teams, drive better outcomes, and strengthen customer relationships, thus lowering their stress and securing their legacies.
Sales
Sales leaders are under pressure to close deals, boost profitability, and align account strategies with business goals. Yet, buying teams often isolate sales, leaving internal teams disconnected. We bridge these relationship gaps with experience, tools, and analytics to ensure you achieve the results you deserve.
Negotiators
Negotiators face operational demands that distract from strategic priorities, making their jobs tougher. We provide the horsepower negotiators need to align internal teams, build confidence, develop financial models, and see around corners so you close better deals faster.
Supply And Procurement
Supply Chain and Procurement leaders must tackle inflation, weather risks, and tariffs while driving resilience. We help leaders optimize supplier value, cut costs, and reduce risks. We deliver and execute solutions inspired by global leaders and tailored to ensure middle-market companies thrive.
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We help clients maximize their commercial relationships.
Experienced industry leaders dedicated to helping businesses optimize negotiations, strengthen supply chains, and maximize the value of their commercial relationships through proven expertise and best practices.
We help clients maximize their commercial relationships.
Experienced industry leaders dedicated to helping businesses optimize negotiations, strengthen supply chains, and maximize the value of their commercial relationships through proven expertise and best practices.
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