BOUCHERVILLE, Que. ― Groupe BMR has selected Pierre Nolet as its new Senior Director of Business Development, reporting to CEO Pascal Houle, effective next month. Nolet’s role will include the development of the hardware and LBM market and business relationships with current dealers. Ultimately, he will take over for Jacques Pelletier who will remain with BMR part time as a consultant for special projects.
Nolet has been working in the hardware industry for over 15 years. He purchased his first BMR store in 2000 in Saint-Ferdinand, in the Centre-du-Québec region. He then expanded his business by buying the Plessisville BMR store in 2010, and the Disraëli and Thetford Mines stores in 2012. In 2014, he decided to join forces with the Coop des Appalaches and to head the retail division of the cooperative, now known as VIVACO groupe coopératif.