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    PLACEMAKERS

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    About PlaceMakers

    PlaceMakers is the trading name of Fletcher Distribution Limited, the retail trading arm of Fletcher Building Limited in New Zealand.

    PlaceMakers is New Zealand's leading and largest supplier of building materials and hardware. We're 100% committed to our customers. We employ over 2,100 people and assist over 300,000 customers.

    We have 62 stores, from Kaitaia to Invercargill. We sell over 74,000 product lines from concrete to paint and plasterboard. We manufacture frames and trusses from 8 manufacturing plants nationwide.

    THE PLACEMAKERS JOINT VENTURE PROGRAMME

    The PlaceMakers Joint Venture franchise programme enables highly exceptional individuals to go into business with New Zealand's largest building materials manufacturer and distributor, Fletcher Building. It's a well-established business model, and it requires people with proven business skills.

    Think you've got the energy, commitment, ambition and leadership skills to operate a PlaceMakers store? Call us direct to find out!

    The current PlaceMakers operating structure developed following the 1988 merger between Fletcher Merchants and Winstone Trading Limited (that included Odlins and Zip Trading).

    FLETCHER MERCHANTS LIMITED 

    In 1910 James Fletcher established a joinery factory and began Fletchers long association with the timber industry. Over 70 years, Fletchers became one of the largest timber merchants. In 1958, Fletchers expanded into building materials merchandising by purchasing a number of companies including McCallum and Co Limited, HC Kitchen Limited, Felvins Limited, Ellis and Burnand Limited and several branches of John Burns Limited.

    Fletcher Merchants, as it became, introduced the hardware supermarket / one stop shop concept into building materials merchandising in New Zealand and in 1981 they adopted a new trading brand - PlaceMakers.

    THE WINSTONE GROUP 

    The Winstone name goes back as far as 1864 and over time grew a reputation supplying an extensive range of materials to the building and construction markets. Winstone Trading Limited was formed in 1984 and over five years grew to provide national coverage by purchasing a number of smaller businesses including Odlins and Dudding Brothers.

    The merger of Fletcher Merchants Limited and Winstone Trading Limited in 1988 produced the largest and only nationwide building materials chain in New Zealand. 

    National Office 

    PlaceMakers National Office provides expert leadership and advice to our branches and employees throughout New Zealand. Just over 120 people work in a variety of roles at National Office. 

    The roles include: 

    • Business Systems
    • Finance
    • Health & Safety
    • Human Resources
    • Merchandising and Marketing
    • Office Administration
    • Operations
    • Sales

    PlaceMakers National Office is located at:

    810 Great South Road, Penrose, Auckland City, 1741, New Zealand. 

    Private Bag 14942, Panmure, Auckland, New Zealand

    National Office Phone number (09) 525 9000

    PlaceMakers CEO Bruce McEwen

    Bruce McEwen

    Chief Executive - Distribution

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    Julie Jang

    CFO, Distribution 

    Helen Ottaway

    Helen Ottaway

    General Manager, People & Performance 

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    Anthony Mitchell

    Head of EHS - Distribution

    Shane Cornelius

    Shane Cornelius

    General Manager, Operations

    PlaceMakers General Manager Manufacturing and Estimating Mark Buckenham

    Mark Buckenham

    General Manager, Manufacturing & Estimating 

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    Grant Morrison

    General Manager, Sales & Category

    PlaceMakers General Manager Marketing Sharon Lyndon

    Sharon Lyndon

    General Manager, Marketing

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    Mark Jaffray

    General Manager, IT - Distribution & Concrete

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    Wayne Armstrong

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