Commercial Programme Manager
Posted 4 days 1 hour ago by Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd
Location: Holborn Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1N 2HT
Contract type: Fixed-Term Assignment
Business area: Food Commercial
Closing date: 30 April 2025
Requisition ID: 301060
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.
Joining Sainsbury's as a Commercial Programme Manager means being at the forefront of driving transformative change and innovation in a dynamic and collaborative environment. Our Commercial Programme team is dedicated to delivering exceptional propositions that enhance our customers' experience and ensure sustainable business growth. As a key player in this team, you will have the opportunity to showcase your strategic thinking, leadership skills, and ability to drive end-to-end solutions that make a real impact.
What you'll do
You will play a pivotal role in driving end-to-end thinking and strategic programme management to deliver transformative Winning in Propositions initiatives that enhance the customer experience and ensure sustainable business growth. You will demonstrate excellent thought leadership by challenging the status quo, fostering innovation, and leveraging insights to drive practical recommendations that inspire change across the organisation. With a proactive and forward-thinking approach, you will lead complex programmes with agility, setting up effective ways of working and building high-performing teams to accelerate change at pace.
Who you are
As a Commercial Programme Manager at Sainsbury's, you are a strategic and innovative leader with a growth mindset and a proven track record in shaping and implementing major change projects / programmes. With a strength in end-to-end strategic thinking and a keen ability to use data, insight, and external innovation to drive complex decisions, you excel in driving change at pace and delivering high-impact results.
Please note this is a 12 month Fixed Term Contract
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.
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, and we provide private healthcare. 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, 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.