Grocery retail
10 Kroger merchandising leaders
These ten current and former Kroger merchandising leaders have held chief merchandising officer, group vice president, vice president and head of merchandising roles at Kroger, at the general office and in its divisions. A reader can learn how merchandising leaders work at Kroger from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Anthea Jones
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Merchandising · Kroger
Vice President of Merchandising at Kroger since March 2024, where their profile says they lead the execution of retail merchandising across the Louisville division, overseeing product presentation, planogram management and inventory optimization. They were Vice President Operations at Kroger from 2021 to 2024.
Brian LeStarge
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Merchandising · Kroger
Vice President of Merchandising at Kroger since October 2024, a role their profile places in the Roundy's division. At Kroger they were also Vice President of Perishable Merchandising (2022–2024), District Vice President (2021–2022) and Retail Operations Manager, Roundy's Division (2017–2021).
Carlo Baldan
LinkedInExperience: Group Vice President Center Store Merchandising at Kroger, General Office · Kroger
Group Vice President Fresh Merchandising and Store Planning & Design at Kroger, General Office since March 2026. At Kroger they were also Group Vice President Fresh Merchandising (2025–2026), Group Vice President Center Store Merchandising (2021–2025), Vice President, Grocery and Natural Food Merchandising (2020–2021) and Vice President of Merchandising - Roundy's Mariano's Division (2016–2020).
Jordan Kremm
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, HBC Merchandising · Kroger
Former Vice President, HBC Merchandising at Kroger (2018–2022) and Director DSD, Grocery Merchandising there (2017–2018). Their profile says they held roles in Kroger's corporate grocery merchandising department including Sr. Category Manager and Coordinator of Category Management. They have since been Vice President of Sales at Mondelēz International and Chief Customer Officer at L&R Distributors.
Jorge Alfonso
LinkedInExperience: Head of Digital Merchandising · Kroger
Head of Digital Merchandising at Kroger since May 2022, where their profile says they lead the end to end merchandising experience for Kroger Digital with full P&L responsibility across digital modalities. They were Divisional Merchandising Manager (DMM) - Grocery eCommerce at Kroger (2020–2022) and Category Director- eCommerce - Pantry at Walmart (2019–2020).
Kate Meyer
LinkedInExperience: Vice President- Grocery Merchandising · Kroger
Vice President- Grocery Merchandising at Kroger since October 2025, after serving as Vice President-HBC Non Edible Merchandising there from 2022 to 2025. At Kroger they were also Senior Director- Grocery & Dairy Merchandising (2020–2022) and Director- Grocery & Natural Foods Merchandising (2017–2020).
Mary Ellen Adcock
LinkedInExperience: Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer. · Kroger
Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer at Kroger since December 2024. Their profile describes them as Chief Merchant and Marketing Officer for The Kroger Co. and a member of the executive management team reporting to the Chairman and CEO. They also list an SVP of Operations role at Kroger from 2019.
Mike Murphy
LinkedInExperience: Group Vice President - Grocery, HBC and GM Merchandising · Kroger
Group Vice President - Grocery, HBC and GM Merchandising at Kroger since January 2025, after serving as Group Vice President - Merchandising - Analytics and eCommerce there from 2020 to 2025. They were President of Ralphs Grocery Company (2018–2020) and Vice President of Operations at Kroger (2017–2018).
Sean Brislin
LinkedInExperience: VP of Deli and Bakery Merchandising · Kroger
VP of Deli and Bakery Merchandising at Kroger since September 2025. At Kroger they have also been Director of Merchandising for Deli, Prepared Foods, Culinary and Hospitality (since 2020), and were Category Management and Promotional Planning Coordinator (2017–2020) and a Division Merchandiser (2015–2017).
Valerie Jabbar
LinkedInExperience: Group Vice President of Center Store Merchandising · Kroger
Former Group Vice President of Center Store Merchandising at Kroger (2018–2021) and Senior Vice President, Retail Divisions there since August 2021. They were also Vice President of Merchandising, Mid-Atlantic at Kroger (2012–2013), and their profile lists category manager and Drug/GM director roles in the Fry's Division.
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