Morrisons supermarket has lost the man in charge of its online operation just two weeks after it launched.
George Dymond was hired from Australian retail giant Coles and only arrived at Morrisons this month. it is understood he decided to leave in the past few days.
Morrisons launched its online grocery delivery operation on January 10 in a £216 million partnership with delivery specialist Ocado. But Dymond was expected to be responsible for the day-to-day running of the online grocery service.
The success of the operation is seen to be critical to the tenure of Morrisons chief executive Dalton Philips who has launched the online service and convenience stores in an effort to catch up with his larger rivals Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda.
Dymond was at Coles for almost five years where he held positions as group general manager, supply chain and most recently group general manager, merchandise. He left Coles in October.
The Financial Times said the role had not turned out to be what Dymond had expected and that Morrisons had been discussing other possible roles before he resigned.
He was supposed to be in an induction period before taking on the role fully in April.
It has turned out to be a difficult month for the retailer. It was forced to reveal poor Christmas trading and then it emerged last week that its treasurer has been arrested on suspicion of insider dealing.
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