Endeavour
Group
has
appointed
Richard
Bamber
as
its
new
transformation
director
as
it
continues
to
establish
its
own
independent
technology
direction
following
its
split
from
Woolworths
Group.
Bamber
officially
commenced
the
position
in
January,
posting
on
LinkedIn
he
was
“excited”
to
start
his
new
role
at
the
Australian
hotel
and
retail
business.
An
Endeavour
Group
spokesperson
told
iTnews that
Bamber
“brings
a
unique
blend
of
technical
acumen
and
business
strategy
to
Endeavour
Group”.
The
group
first
put
a
call
out
for
a
transformation
director
last
September
to
“lead
the
overall
transformation
program
that
started
with
the
technology
strategy
driven
by
the
merger
of
Endeavour
Group’s
hotel
and
retail
businesses,
and
the
demerger
from
Woolworths
Group”.
The
business
demerged
from
Woolworths
Group
in
2021,
with
the
supermarket
giant
originally
stating
it
would
continue
to
provide
Endeavour’s IT
systems
and
services.
Bamber
is
set
to
report
to
chief
strategy
officer
Agnieszka
Pfeiffer
and
organise
the
strategic
programs
that
oversee
the
company’s
transformation.
Endeavour
Group
has
already
transitioned
end-user
computing
and
a
data
analytics
platform.
It
has
also
set
up
its
own
Endeavour
Group
technology
operating
model,
as
well
as
multiple
programs
through
the
transformation.
The
company
is
looking
to
modernise
and
simplify
how
it
operates
by
introducing
a
new
people
system,
commerce
tool,
order
management
system,
enterprise
resource
planning
system
and
point-of-sale
system.
Prior
to
joining
Endeavour
Group,
Bamber
was
the
chief
platform
and
innovation
officer
at
software
company
Clear
Dynamics
for
two
years.
He
was
also
previously
a
partner
at
Boston
Consulting
Group
for
over
six
years
and
IBM
for
more
than
eight
years.
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