Purchasing expert joins Nosh

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Date 11/3/2010

Purchasing expert joins Nosh

Nosh Food Market shareholder Simon Gordon has joined the business as a working director responsible for the supply chain.

Gordon (38) is a good friend of Nosh co-founder Clinton Beuvink and became a shareholder in the business about 12 months ago. He recently returned to New Zealand after 11 years in the food and chemicals industries offshore.

Gordon’s most recent position was with Henkel based out of the UK where he was leading a global raw materials purchasing team with budgets in the region of €3 billion. He was seven years with HEINZ in Australasia and Asia and was with ICI for five years before it was purchased by Henkel.

At fresh food retailer Nosh, Gordon is in charge of purchasing, distribution and supply chain activities.

“Nosh has grown pretty quickly for a business that’s only four years old. We’ve got five stores now so stocks are up around five times and yet staff numbers have remained pretty static,” Gordon says.

“Add to that the fact our focus on quality fresh food and produce at affordable market prices across all stores and you can see there’s a big job to be done. And that’s my role – getting the stock on the shelf and replacing it when it’s sold.”

Clinton Beuvink says Gordon’s global experience across a range of industries provides the business with a major skill set.

“Gone are the days of stock control on an Excel spreadsheet,” says Beuvink. “With five stores as far afield as Matakana and Glen Innes we cannot afford to have any glitches in the supply chain.

“Simon brings those skills to the business. His mandate is to set us up with a supply back-end that can serve 10 or 20 stores, continue to improve the product range and to develop relationships with suppliers.”

About Nosh:
Nosh Food Market presents a new market-style concept in food shopping bringing together the authenticity and expertise of butchery, bakery, delicatessen, the greengrocer and more under one roof. Nosh focuses on quality fresh food and produce at affordable market prices appealing to modern household shoppers. It employs qualified, food-loving people, all experts in fresh produce who enhance the Nosh shopping experience. Nosh Auckland stores are located in Glen Innes, Greenlane, Mt Eden, Ponsonby and Matakana. The Nosh Food Market concept was created by Clinton Beuvink and Chris Moore in 2006. Both Beuvink and Moore have extensive and wide ranging grocery and retail marketing and management experience.

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