{"id":22507,"date":"2025-07-16T10:23:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T08:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retail-optimiser.de\/spar-austria-completes-it-management-team\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T10:28:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T08:28:02","slug":"spar-austria-completes-it-management-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retail-optimiser.de\/en\/spar-austria-completes-it-management-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Spar Austria completes IT management team"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22507\" class=\"elementor elementor-22507 elementor-22503\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8826966 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8826966\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cdd9618\" data-id=\"cdd9618\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b0da17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b0da17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Spar Austria is expanding the management team of its IT division Spar ICS with Robert Paul Eder, who will take over as Head of Digital &amp; Productivity. 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