People Change & Deployment Partner - Retail, Digital & Logistics Change in London

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work–life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. We’re the first to say we do HR differently here. For a start, we work as business partners and specialists. Whether that’s making sure nearly 150,000 colleagues are paid on time, or shaping a strategy that helps us attract the right people, put them in the right place, and unlock their potential. This is a fast-moving business, and our policies and rewards evolve with it. That’s why we’re as flexible as we can be about where and when you work. We’re also flexible about your future. There’s always room to move up or across, if that’s what you want. We really value different perspectives, so there’s no one opinion, no single path, and yours matters.

Joining the team at Sainsbury's as a People Change & Deployment Partner in Retail, Digital, and Logistics presents a unique opportunity to lead and coordinate impactful people change initiatives in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. With a focus on driving operational capacity and business outcomes, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth deployment of transformational projects and products, working collaboratively with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders to drive sustainable change. As a key player in our matrix leadership model, you will have the chance to develop your leadership skills, drive continuous improvement, and make a tangible impact on the frontline environments of one of the UK's leading multi-channel businesses.

What you'll do

• Lead and coordinate the planning and deployment of people change and products across the assigned portfolio.
• Ensure that all people change initiatives are prioritised, sequenced, and aligned with operational capacity and business outcomes.
• Facilitate a smooth transition of change in frontline environments.
• Work closely with transformation teams, the People function, and senior stakeholders to assess people impact, shape deployment approaches, and drive high-quality, sustainable deployment through coaching and support to the People Change & Deployment Executives.

Who you are

• A seasoned HR professional with a proven track record in leading and implementing people change initiatives within fast-paced and complex organisations.
• Strong influencing and partnering skills, coupled with the ability to drive adoption and embed change.
• Continuous improvement mindset, leadership experience, and analytical capabilities.
• Demonstrable experience operating as a People/HR Business Partner and delivering people‑impacting change within complex, commercial and frontline environments.
• Proven ability to lead end‑to‑end people change deployment, including conducting people impact assessments and translating findings into deployment plans.
• Demonstrable capability to coordinate multiple concurrent change initiatives, managing dependencies, risks and sequencing to protect operational capacity.
• Evidence of partnering and influencing senior stakeholders across Retail, Digital, Logistics and People functions to shape and deliver people change.
• Ability to interpret workforce data and insight to inform deployment decisions, including use of workforce planning, reporting or analytics tools.

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed whatever 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.

Benefits include:

• Colleague discount of 10% on shopping online and in-store at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, with increases to 15% at points during the year.
• Pensions scheme and life cover.
• Performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on performance.
• Annual holiday allowance, with the option to buy up to an additional week's holiday.
• Private healthcare.
• Season ticket loans, interest-free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance, and access to discounts from hundreds of other retailers.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.