Months after the merger of Hitachi into the Beko Australia operation management have moved to restructure the business with the announcement that former Samsung Vice President and of late National Sales Director at Hitachi along with David Anton the Companies supply chain manager are being laid off.
Hitachi whose products are sold at Harvey Norman and Bing Lee is the most profitable side of the Beko operation in Australia with Harvey Norman recently expanding sale of their premium refrigerators to additional stores.
The Managing Director of Beko John Brown said that Richardson who is seen as one of the most experienced appliance executives in the business had been “instrumental in growing the business” for Hitachi.
In the future Jim Kalotheos Sales & Marketing Director will take over the role from Richardson.
He also said that David Anton the former Supply Chain Manager had also played a pivotal role in the organisation.
As part of or restructuring the supply function is being integrated and absorbed within Beko’s national operations in Ormeau, Queensland.
