Wesley Grisdale takes on Tech Director - Stores leadership role at Woolworths Group

Wesley Grisdale is stepping in to the role of Technology Director - Stores at Woolworths Group.

He has been with the retailer for eight years and was previously General Manager - Replenishment, Retail and SAP Platform Services.

In a LinkedIn post, he said: "A new year and I am very excited and proud to be taking on a new leadership role at this incredible company during at an exciting and transformative time in retail and technology."

RELEX Solutions

RELEX is partnering with Woolworths Group to implement its Replenishment solution in all distribution centres and 1,400 stores in Australia and New Zealand for the retailer.  

Stefano Scandelli, General Manager, Consumer Goods and Production Business Unit and Senior Vice President, Sales EMEA & APAC at RELEX, says: “We’re proud to partner with Woolworths Group in supporting and modernising their replenishment capabilities. Our platform can handle even the largest data sets overnight, streamlining operations and providing cross-company visibility into inventory and sales.” 

Woolworths Group Director of Group Replenishment Justin Henderson comments: “We identified an opportunity to modernise our existing replenishment platform to support maximising product availability for customers, optimising cost and forging stronger supplier collaboration.”

“By partnering with RELEX we expect to see improved visibility across the Group which will ensure that our team and partners can focus their time building greater consistency with their supply and demand plans across our businesses. This will ultimately help improve product availability for customers in store and online.”

2026 RTIH Innovation Awards

Physical stores will be a key focus area at the 2026 RTIH Innovation Awards.

The awards will open for entries in April. They celebrate global retail technology innovation in a fast moving omnichannel world.

Our winners will be revealed at the 2026 RTIH Innovation Awards Ceremony, taking place at The HAC in Central London on Thursday, 15th October.

Check out our 2025 winners here.

Our 2025 hall of fame entrants were revealed during a sold out event which took place at The HAC on 16th October and consisted of a drinks reception, three course meal, and awards ceremony presided over by award winning comedian, actress and writer Tiff Stevenson.

In his welcome speech, Scott Thompson, Founder and Editor, RTIH, said: “This is the awards’ fifth year as a physical event. We started off with just 30 people at the South Place Hotel not far from here, then moved to London Bridge Hotel, then The Barbican, and last year RIBA’s HQ in the West End.”

“But I’m conscious of the fact that, to quote the legend that is Taylor Swift, You’re only as hot as your last hit, baby. So, this year we’ve moved to our biggest venue yet, and also pulled in our largest number of entries to date and broken attendance records.”

He added: “This year’s submissions have without doubt been our best yet. To quote one of the judges: The examples of innovative developments across both traditional and digital retail spaces were truly remarkable.”

Congratulations to our winners, and a big thank you to our sponsors, judging panel, the legend that is Tiff Stevenson, and all those who attended our 2025 gathering.