Systems Manager

As the Systems Manager, you will be responsible for managing the Sainsbury’s systems across Food & General Merchandise and providing business support to users. You will ensure the systems are efficient and effective at enabling the technical function to protect customer safety and our brand reputation. You will build tactical and strategic road maps to ensure the most up to date enhancements to continually improve our ability to manage compliance, business continuity and risk in a simple way.

What you need to do

• Manage a team of System Analysts to provide day to day systems support to the Food and GM Technical Teams.

• Identify, develop and implement new processes and systemic solutions to continually enhance the ability of the technical team to protect customer safety and our brand in a simple and effective way.

• Use project management skills to monitor the efficient and effective delivery of technology improvements to the division.

• Work with Sainsbury’s tech team to manage service provider relationships, ensuring clear performance reviews, KPIs and timebound action plans for issues raised and enhancements required.

• As appropriate use judgement, knowledge and expertise to identify solutions to potential issues to drive compliance across the teams.

• Clear communication on system issues and planned enhancements in our systems to the Food Technical Leadership Team through our governance meetings and Incident Management escalation routes.

• Ensure the workload and priorities of the team are prioritised proportionately managing risk and opportunity appropriately and in agreement with the priorities of Food Technical Team & GM Technical Team., We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. Here, everything in our stores starts out in Food Commercial. Whether it’s the product, proposition, packaging or price, or the fact that something tastes great, our team is responsible for all food items available in store, digitally and on demand. You’ll discover it’s incredibly fast-paced. People here are in it together and not afraid to take risks. They’re enthusiastic too, and their amazing leadership team is right behind them. The knowledge and experience you gain here could set you up for career moves, anywhere else in the business. So, if you’re passionate about food and just as hungry to learn, you’ll fit in perfectly.

• Relevant experience in a Systems role and line management experience.

• Understanding of Food Technical systems and best in class technical systems in the industry. SAP knowledge is crucial.

• Strong and demonstrable project management skills and the ability to run workstreams concurrently.

• Good attention to detail and a result driven approach that drives overall performance.

• Commercial awareness and ability to drive cost effective business processes and understand and articulate the importance of compliance to policies and processes and the consequences of not achieving this.

• Excellent communication and self-awareness with the proven ability to produce an engaging communications plan that drives action.

• Strong influencing and persuading skills.

• Facilitates technical excellence and attention to detail in all tasks., We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new – whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business – and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them

Starting off with colleague discount, you’ll be able to get 10% off at Sainsbury’s, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. We’ve also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You’ll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on how we perform.

Your wellbeing is important to us too. You’ll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy additional holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an Employee Assistance Programme, you will also be eligible for private healthcare too.

Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.

Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).