People Delivery Partner - Argos Retail London and Central

This role covers: London, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, West Midlands, Norfolk, Suffolk, Cheshire, East Midlands and West Yorkshire. Due to the nature of the role, you will be required to hold a full UK driving licence (subject to mileage, a Business Need car may be provided).

About the team: Argos Retail is at a pivotal point in its turnaround journey, with a strong focus on enabling performance, developing leadership capability and delivering great outcomes for customers and colleagues. Our People team partners closely with senior retail leaders across our regions to translate strategy into effective people plans that support store operations and colleague experience at scale. This role sits within a collaborative and inclusive People division, working in partnership with the London and Central regions to support operational delivery while shaping how people initiatives land where they matter most.

More about the role: As a People Delivery Partner for Argos Retail, you’ll partner directly with a Head of Region to ensure the successful delivery of people plans across your region. You’ll support cyclical people activity, including talent and performance processes, people development interventions, and change and transformation initiatives, working closely with People Partners and People Centres of Expertise to design, implement, and embed these activities effectively. Day to day, you’ll consult with stakeholders to gain insight and buy-in, plan and deliver cyclical talent and reward activity, analyse people data to inform priorities, and support the delivery of the wider people plan. You’ll play an active role in driving people initiatives in your region, ensuring they land as joined-up, positive experiences for both colleagues and line managers. There is an expectation to spend time in stores to understand the operation through an outcome-focused lens. This will typically involve approximately 1–2 days per week in stores, depending on business needs. You’ll also collaborate with the wider People team to drive efficiencies, share best practices, and continuously improve how people plans are delivered across Argos Retail.

More about you: You are a people professional with experience delivering people plans and supporting change within fast-paced, commercially focused environments. You are comfortable working in partnership with senior stakeholders and translating strategic priorities into practical, deliverable actions that add value on the ground. You bring a commercial mindset, understanding where People activity can have the greatest impact. With insight into retail or customer-facing operations, you can apply judgment to prioritise work that supports business turnaround and performance. You demonstrate curiosity, accountability and a drive to continuously improve how people initiatives are delivered, while modelling inclusive behaviours and building effective relationships. This role is well-suited to someone looking to develop into a more strategic people-partnering position while retaining a strong focus on delivery and impact.

Essential criteria:

• Demonstrable experience delivering cyclical people activity, such as talent, performance or reward processes within a customer-facing industry (such as retail or hospitality).
• Proven ability to plan, track and deliver people or change initiatives to agreed timescales, identifying and managing risks and issues.
• Evidence of effective stakeholder engagement in operational or geographically dispersed environments, influencing and delivering outcomes.
• Demonstratable experience analysing and using people data to inform decisions or shape People activity.

Due to the field-based nature of the role, a full UK driving licence is required.

Desirable criteria: CIPD Level 5 is desirable but not essential.

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.
• 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 10% 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 up to an additional week's holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary 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.
• 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).