Key contacts

Your key Merchandise and Replenishment team contacts.

Please reach out to your category or merchandise manager as your first port of call but if you need to get in touch with one of the merchandise leadership team, you can find their details below.

Steve Mills

Commercial Director - Packaged Goods, Drinks, Everyday Needs and Replenishment. EA: Chris Appleton chris.appleton@countdown.co.nz

Andrew Dixon

Head of Commercial E: andrew.dixon@countdown.co.nz M: 027 483 0009 Pieter De Wet

Commercial Director Fresh and FoodCo EA: Chris Appleton chris.appleton@countdown.co.nz Andre Visser

Head of FoodCo NZ E: andre.visser@countdown.co.nz M: 022 352 9983

Angela Deehan

Head of Grocery Non Food, General Merchandise and Pharmacy E: angela.deehan@countdown.co.nz M: 027 444 077 Greta Taylor

Head of Grocery Food and Liqour E: greta.taylor@countdown.co.nz M: 021 702 756

Nikhil Sawant

Head of Meat, Seafood, Deli and Perishables E: nikhil.sawant@countdown.co.nz M: 027 333 8383 Ryan McMullen

Head of Produce and Bakery E: ryan.mcmullen@countdown.co.nz M: 027 444 2032 Tash Toswill

Head of Replenishment and Store Planning E: ntosswill@woolworths.com.au M: 021 823 083

Our Grocery Food and Liquor team

We also wanted to give you an updated contact list for our grocery food and liquor team after a few changes in responsibilities recently.

Pantry and frozen: Stefanie Spandow

Merchandise Manager E: stefanie.spandow@countdown.co.nz M: 027 399 9239

Baking & Frozen - Sweets Katrina DeWitte Category Manager E: katrina.dewitte@countdown.co.nz M: 027 298 4132

Chanel Samaratunga Assistant Category Manager E: chanel.samaratunga@countdown.co.nz

Cooking Josh Bycroft Category Manager E: josh.bycroft@countdown.co.nz M: 021 537 799

Rohan Solanki Assistant Category Manager E: rohan.solanki@countdown.co.nz

Pasta, Rice, Noodles, International Richard Tonkin Category Manager E: richard.tonkin@countdown.co.nz T: 09 275 2760

Erin Bell-Hira Assistant Category Manager E: erin.bellhira@countdown.co.nz

Canned & Frozen Fish, Veg, Poultry Christine Mackenzie Category Manager E: christine.mackenzie@countdown.co.nz M: 022 049 1969

Scott Zhang Assistant Category Manager E: scott.zhang@countdown.co.nz

Health Foods & Spreads Merilynne Ashe Category Manager E: merilynne.ashe@countdown.co.nz M: 027 266 5091 Beverages, breakfast and snacking: Craig Douglas

Merchandise Manager E: craig.douglas@countdown.co.nz M: 021 856 222

Cold Beverages Nogo Falanitule Category Manager E: nogotuki.falanitule@countdown.co.nz M: 027 531 9532

Yingwei Lee Assistant Category Manager E: yingwei.lee@countdown.co.nz

Hot Beverages & Breakfast Sara Bernstone Category Manager E: sara.bernstone@countdown.co.nz M: 027 491 9776

Daniela Hernandez Assistant Category Manager E: daniela.avellanedahernandez@ countdown.co.nz

Snacking Minal Patel Category Manager E: minal.patel@countdown.co.nz M: 027 247 4915

Matilda Tiakia Assistant Category Manager E: matilda.tiakia@countdown.co.nz

Confectionery & Biscuits Alan Kwok Category Manager E: alan.kwok@countdown.co.nz M: 027 243 6092

Matilda Tiakia Assistant Category Manager E: matilda.tiakia@countdown.co.nz

Seasonal & Gifting Mandy Maclean Category Manager E: mandy.maclean@countdown.co.nz M: 027 209 2539 Liquor: Jono Fisher

Merchandise Manager E: jono.fisher@countdown.co.nz M: 021 914 175

Wine Haydn Jones Category Manager E: haydn.jones@countdown.co.nz M: 021 429 365

Joshua Land-Lange Assistant Category Manager E: joshua.land-lange@countdown.co.nz

Linda Sayasinh Assistant Category Manager E: linda.sayasinh1@countdown.co.nz

Beer, Cider & Seltzers TBA Category Manager Deelan Patel Assistant Category Manager E: deelan.patel@countdown.co.nz

New additions to the Merchandise & Replenishment team: We’ve had quite a few people join us over the past couple of months - join us in welcoming them to the team!

Rohan Solanki Assistant Category Manager Rachel Heyes Category Development Analyst Rahul Prakash Micro Space Analyst Briar Waldin FMCG Intern Project James Lee Graduate

Supplier Newsletter July 2022