Responsibilities

Victor is President of The Kroger Co.’s Atlanta Division, based in Atlanta, Georgia. He is responsible for 182 stores in Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama that employ close to 28,000 associates.

Experience

Victor joined Kroger in 1983 as a courtesy clerk in the Ralphs Division. He advanced to other roles within the division, including store manager, Operations research analyst, Shrink manager, Operations coordinator, district manager and Meat merchandiser. In 2015, Victor was promoted to vice president of Operations in the Houston Division, before returning to Ralphs as vice president of Merchandising in 2016, where he led merchandising, both sales and marketing, for all 191 Ralphs locations throughout Southern California. He was promoted to president of the Delta Division in 2018. He assumed leadership of the Atlanta Division in 2022.

Recognition

Victor is a graduate of the University of Southern California Food Industry Management Program and the University of Southern California Food Industry Executive Program. Victor is currently on the Board of Directors for The Kroger Company Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation and has been named to the Memphis Business Journal’s Power 100 for the two consecutive years. Victor is also on the Board of the Georgia Food Industry Association.

Personal

Victor and his wife, Vernona, live in Canton, GA and have four adult children.