HAYMANS Beerwah has officially opened for business as it expands its electrical products trade and retail expertise into the Sunshine Coast hinterland.
Haymans Beerwah is located at 13 Moroney Place and managed by Haymans Caloundra’s Daniel Mills.
Daniel said Beerwah and the hinterland’s huge growth and future potential was a key reason for establishing a foothold in the area.
“There’s no one servicing the area, the closest stores are Caloundra, Morayfield to the south and Nambour to the north,” Daniel said.
“We believe over the next five to 10 years there will be a lot of development out here,
“There is a lot of agricultural and farming, manufacturing and a lot of tradies out here too.”
The Haymans brand falls under the overarching company, MM Electrical Merchandising (MMEM), established in 1916.
The company now has 12 brands, more than 3000 staff and 400 service locations Australia wide.
Haymans itself is based predominantly in Queensland, but has 70 stores nation wide.
The brand is the leading distributor of electrical products, and exclusively provides electrical, communications and data, solar and lighting products to both tradies and the retail market.
“We are focused on supporting both the trade & retail customers” Daniel said.
Daniel said the local support since opening had been amazing and very positive.
He said while the market was rapidly evolving, Haymans had a business plan ensure continued growth through different economic environments.
“I think people are spending less in general, whether it’s because the cost of living is going up and an increase to mortgage repayments, it will have a big impact on things,” he said.
“(But) our plan is just to establish a good base of foundation customers that we can tailor our business around.”
“So the focus for the rest of the year is going to be looking for new customers and local markets in the area that we can support.”
Daniel said that the Beerwah base was starting out with three staff plus himself, however had plans to keep growing.
“Our business plan is to have three staff this year, four staff by the end of next year, and five staff by the year after,” he said.
“We are looking to service everyone from domestic and residential customers, to civil & commercial as well as the agriculture and manufacturing sector.
“We think this is where the growth and developments will be over the next few years.”
On top of having nearly eight years of managing experience at the Caloundra store, Daniel spoke about other benefits of having strong connections between Beerwah and the Caloundra store.
“I manage both so we can share staff, share stock, share resources, the benefit to our customers is a lot greater than just a new store starting out, we’ve got a big delivery truck in Caloundra that we can use, and we’ve got the buying power of two stores,” he said. Daniel said Haymans was keen to forge a strong connection with the local community, including support with sponsorship opportunities.
“Once we find our feet we would like to get involved with supporting some local clubs like the Bee Gees soccer club, Football and the golf club are a few that come to mind,” he said.
“It seems like a very community-based group of people out here.”
Go visit Daniel and his passionate and knowledgeable team from Monday to Friday, 6:30am to 4:30pm.
Main image: Haymans Beerwah Manager, Daniel Mills and the new trade and retail outlet at 13 Moroney Place.