Nisa’s former Head of Retail Victoria Lockie has joined Unitas Wholesale as the buying group’s Retail Director.
Lockie spent 12 years leading the Nisa Retail field team and is an ambassador for Diversity in Wholesale, Women in Wholesale, GroceryAid and WiHTL Women to Watch 2024. She has also lent her support to a number of the Association of Convenience Stores’ campaigns and activities over the years.
Her new role will take in the continued development of the Unitas ‘Plan for Profit’ category management scheme, the group’s retail and wholesale promotional programmes, and the roll out of its Local Living own-brand range.
Unitas Wholesale Managing Director John Kinney said: “We are delighted to have Victoria leading the next phase of the implementation of our retail strategy. She is the perfect choice to continue our growth in retail, supporting our members in building an attractive symbol group offering and expanding the reach of their retail clubs.”
Victoria Lockie added: “Unitas hosts some of the biggest, best, and importantly entrepreneurial wholesalers and I am looking forward to working with these members, in partnership with our suppliers, to drive our retail agenda forward.”
