Mitchells & Butlers has its heritage in brewing, but today its focus is on managing over 2000 pubs, bards and restaurants across the UK. Listed on the London Stock Exchange and headquartered in Birmingham it was founded in 1866 in Smethwick when Henry Mitchell's Crown Brewery merged with William Butler’s Brewery of the same town. In 1961 they bought out the Bass brewery name. IT Leader:Mike Sackman, Change and Technology Director In role since:Four years Reporting line: Reports to Commercial Director, Robin Young Board level seat:No IT budget:Turnover is £2bn IT estate and or number of log on accounts under the control of the IT leader:40,000 employees, 1600 outlets, turnover is £2bn Level of the workforce that relies on technology to carry out their tasks:100 per cent IT staff currently employed:Mainly outsourced, but 50 IT staff in house Split between in-house/outsourced staff:Approximately 10 per cent of team in house IT management team and reporting structure: Head of service and infrastructure, head of strategy and architecture, 3 heads of business change (one manages outlet, one manages margin (pricing, stock mgt, labour scheduling etc) and the other manages corporate) Primary technology platforms at the organisation: Torex, Microsoft, Red Prairie for labour schedules and stock management Primary technology suppliers: Red Prairie and Fujitsu Significant strategic technology deals been struck in the last 12 months: Recently transitioned form IBM to Fujitsu for datacentre and network services Strategic aim of the CIO and IT operations for the next financial year: Improve the guest experience in the outlets and optimise the cost base of running IT. Technologies considered by the leader to offer their organisation potential: Recently moved to Cloud with Fujitsu, which will reduce cost and increase flexibility.Future transformation and technology vision for the organisation: Massively, as the company does more of its customer interaction through technology. A lot of the apps are customer focused allowing a customer to make a reservation through an app and in the future ordering food.
