Coles head of communications Jon Church to depart

The head of communications for Coles Jon Church is set to leave the supermarket group later this month after more than four years.

Yesterday Coles confirmed it was shedding 438 jobs in Melbourne as part of a restructure of its support functions, with Church confirming his role will not be replaced with his reports now under general manager Alister Jordan.

In an email today Church, who came to Coles after a decade as head of comms for supermarket giant Tesco in the UK,  said he is assessing opportunities in the UK and the US, adding the supermarket has made two new hires with the role of national communications manager taken by someone working at a TV network, and also a national media manger.