Strategic Grocery Ops Delivery Manager (12m FTC)

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.

Joining our team at Sainsbury's means becoming part of a highly strategic and collaborative environment. As the BU Ops Delivery Manager, you will play a critical role in ensuring the Business Unit's operations are aligned, efficient, and consistently delivering to plan. With the opportunity to work closely with various stakeholders across the organisation, including the Grocery Leadership team, you will gain a holistic understanding of the business and contribute to the optimisation of secondary and promotional space, pricing strategies, and overall operational goals. With a focus on continuous improvement, data analysis, and strategic decision-making, you will have the chance to drive impactful change and make a real difference in our business. Join us and benefit from a flexible work-life balance, ongoing training, and a wealth of career opportunities within our organisation.

What you’ll do

As the BU Ops Delivery Manager for the Grocery Business Unit, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring strategic alignment and operational consistency within the Business Unit. Your primary focus will be on leading and managing the Secondary Space Strategy and Value execution aspects of the Grocery Business Unit's strategy. This will involve developing and implementing strategies to optimise secondary and promotional space across the Grocery Food division, while also owning the price and value strategy for the Business Unit. You will collaborate closely with various teams, including category trading, commercial operations, retail, supply chain, marketing, and digital, to drive initiatives and achieve customer, colleague, and commercial goals. With your commercial experience and strategic thinking capabilities, you will analyse data and develop insights to support decision-making, introduce new tools and processes for continuous improvement, and ensure effective communication and engagement with stakeholders. Overall, your role will contribute to unlocking broader Business Unit objectives and drive success in a dynamic and competitive retail environment.

Who you are

As a BU Ops Delivery Manager for our Grocery division, you are a highly experienced professional with a strong background in leading and managing strategic projects within the commercial sector. With your expertise in areas such as Trading, FMCG, and Consultancy, you possess a deep understanding of the retail industry and have a keen commercial awareness. Your strategic thinking coupled with your practical implementation skills allows you to drive initiatives forward and achieve customer, colleague, and commercial outcomes. With strong analytical and numerical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to navigate conflicting demands, you consistently make well-informed decisions. Your strong influencing and communication abilities enable you to engage and collaborate successfully with stakeholders at all levels. Your resilience, creative problem-solving mindset, and forward planning skills contribute to overcoming obstacles and delivering results. With your passion for continuous improvement, you introduce new tools and processes to streamline operations and enhance efficiency. In this role, you play a vital part in shaping and implementing the Grocery BU's secondary space strategy and value execution, contributing to the overall success of the business.

Benefits

• Colleague discount: 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks, increasing to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day.
• 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 additional holiday.
• Season ticket loans, interest-free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance, and access to discounts from hundreds of other retailers.
• Employee Assistance Programme and eligibility for private healthcare.
• Up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.

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.