Partnerships Executive

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 in Sainsbury’s Commercial. From product, proposition, packaging and price, to whether it meets our sustainability commitments or simply tastes great, our team is responsible for all food, non-food and Clothing items available in Sainsbury’s stores, online and on demand. It’s an incredibly fast-paced environment. People here are in it together and aren’t afraid to take risks. 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 your products and just as hungry to learn, you’ll fit in perfectly.

Please note that this is a fixed-term opportunity for up to 12 months. Joining Sainsbury's as a Partnership Executive means being part of a dedicated team that is committed to making a positive impact on communities and tackling food poverty. You will have the opportunity to work closely with key partners like Comic Relief, developing impactful social campaigns and fostering strong relationships to drive meaningful change. By leveraging your skills in project management, stakeholder engagement, and strategic thinking, you will play a vital role in delivering successful partnerships that benefit both customers and colleagues, while contributing to our mission of providing Good Food for All of Us.

What you'll do

As a Partnership Executive at Sainsbury's, you will play a crucial role in supporting the Senior Community and Partnerships Manager in developing and executing impact campaigns with key corporate partner Comic Relief, as well as other strategic partners, to address food poverty within our communities. Your responsibilities will include:

• Overseeing relationships with partners
• Driving fundraising efforts across various channels
• Coordinating activation plans and campaigns
• Ensuring accurate donation processing
• Fostering internal and external relationships to deliver on our commitments and generate positive social impact
• Managing the Partnerships budget
• Anticipating risks
• Serving as the ambassador for our food poverty community programme and partnership with Comic Relief across the organisation

Who you are

You are a dedicated professional with a passion for driving social impact and building meaningful relationships with corporate charity partners to address food poverty in communities. With previous experience in developing effective social impact campaigns and strong project management skills, you thrive in a fast-paced retail environment and excel in prioritising tasks, influencing stakeholders, and ensuring the successful execution of impactful initiatives. Your attention to detail, communication skills, and ability to think strategically make you a valuable asset in coordinating partnerships, driving fundraising efforts, and ensuring the delivery of impactful campaigns that resonate with customers, colleagues, and key stakeholders.

Current demonstrable experience working within the retail sector, with a strong understanding of customer needs and how to deliver social activity that resonates with customers and communities. Experience working alongside charity partners to develop and deliver social impact activities or campaigns. Strong project management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver at pace. Ability to build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships across different teams and partner organisations. Excellent attention to detail and a proactive approach to problem solving. Self-motivated, resilient and comfortable working under pressure in a fast-paced retail environment. Strong written and verbal communication skills, with creative thinking and copywriting experience.

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 save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year.
• Pensions scheme and life cover.
• Performance-related bonus of up to 10% of salary, depending on how we perform.
• Annual holiday allowance and the option to buy up to an additional week's holiday.
• Season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before payday) and access to a great range of 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.

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